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A review by margeryb
The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5.0
I read this graphic novel back to back with the Fordham version for comparison's sake. This is the one I prefer.
The author-illustrator takes more creative liberties than the other version, including rearranging events in the text, splitting up the chapter breaks in different places, and condescending more of text. However, I think it paid off. If I hadn't been rereading it back to back with another version, I wouldn't have realized certain scenes and flashbacks were rearranged because they flowed very well where they were placed.
The art is where Woodman-Maynard's adaption really sings. There is a beautiful color palette used expressively, characters that express a lot in face and body language despite being rendered in deceptively few lines, and clever uses of the illustrations, such as depicting some of Fitzgerald's metaphors in visuals -- like his mansion falling apart like a house of cards, or the curling of Daisy's speech bubbles to depict how she speaks -- and playing with Nick as an unreliable narrator.
This is an overall beautiful and compelling adaption that could serve as a good introduction or additional version of The Great Gatsby story.
The author-illustrator takes more creative liberties than the other version, including rearranging events in the text, splitting up the chapter breaks in different places, and condescending more of text. However, I think it paid off. If I hadn't been rereading it back to back with another version, I wouldn't have realized certain scenes and flashbacks were rearranged because they flowed very well where they were placed.
The art is where Woodman-Maynard's adaption really sings. There is a beautiful color palette used expressively, characters that express a lot in face and body language despite being rendered in deceptively few lines, and clever uses of the illustrations, such as depicting some of Fitzgerald's metaphors in visuals -- like his mansion falling apart like a house of cards, or the curling of Daisy's speech bubbles to depict how she speaks -- and playing with Nick as an unreliable narrator.
This is an overall beautiful and compelling adaption that could serve as a good introduction or additional version of The Great Gatsby story.