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A review by lilbookdreamer
The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel by Robert Venditti, Rick Riordan
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I enjoyed the graphic novel! It's a great refresher on the series without having to commit to the novels. There were a few changes made to the original plot, but that is to be expected to make it more palatable for a graphic novel. The reason this is getting 3 stars from me is that the art is utterly horrendous.
You can't go from the beautiful art of John Rocco on all your covers, box set art, and illustrated books and then give us.... whatever this is. The characters range from looking 30 to 60 but they certainly don't look 12. Not only that, but the art in general is just not aesthetically pleasing at all.
Different and unique art styles work just fine for comic books because we comic fans are pretty used to it even if we don't particularly like it. However, those who pick up the PJO graphic novels are not solely going to be graphic novel readers. The art is just a huge flop IMO and I'm sad to see the same artist and art style seem to follow through the rest of the series. If I were still the age that the series was originally targeted for, I feel kid me would have been incredibly put off by the artwork and how the characters all look so aged up and... make very strange facial expressions.
While I will probably read them for the enjoyment of the story, they won't be books I go out and buy to add to my Riordan collection since I don't foresee myself ever rereading them. In the future, I'd prefer to just pick up the actual books or the audiobooks.
Big flop with this one, Rick. Big. Flop.
You can't go from the beautiful art of John Rocco on all your covers, box set art, and illustrated books and then give us.... whatever this is. The characters range from looking 30 to 60 but they certainly don't look 12. Not only that, but the art in general is just not aesthetically pleasing at all.
Different and unique art styles work just fine for comic books because we comic fans are pretty used to it even if we don't particularly like it. However, those who pick up the PJO graphic novels are not solely going to be graphic novel readers. The art is just a huge flop IMO and I'm sad to see the same artist and art style seem to follow through the rest of the series. If I were still the age that the series was originally targeted for, I feel kid me would have been incredibly put off by the artwork and how the characters all look so aged up and... make very strange facial expressions.
While I will probably read them for the enjoyment of the story, they won't be books I go out and buy to add to my Riordan collection since I don't foresee myself ever rereading them. In the future, I'd prefer to just pick up the actual books or the audiobooks.
Big flop with this one, Rick. Big. Flop.