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Manga Classics: Pride & Prejudice
by Po Tse, Stacy King
The combination of two things that I love - Austen and manga - should have resulted in perfection. Sadly that was not the case here. Frankly even finishing it was a chore.
This work was disappointing on many levels. First and foremost the story! This adaptation was almost painful to read at times with newly invented scenes and the changing of characterizations. Example: Elizabeth Bennet cries over Wickham after accidentally coming across him and Miss King walking together only to go running off into a storm where she looses her bonnet, becomes soaked, and needs Wickham to find her and save her bonnet. Ug…excuse me while I go vomit.
Also these additional scenes with terrible dialogue made for very choppy reading as the text went back and forth from new created text and Austen’s original text. One minute Elizabeth is very articulately turning down Darcy’s proposal using Austen’s original text, but then when Mrs. Gardiner tells her they will be visiting Pemberly during their tour she replies:
Lizzy: “Oh no, I can’t go there! I mean we can’t! We! All of us! We shouldn’t go!
Mrs. G: “But why not? They are often open for visitors.”
Mr. G: “And they have the finest woods in the country!”
Lizzy: “Bears!The woods are full of bears! And boars! And…bees!”
Mrs G: “You have such a sense of humor.”
Bears. BEARS! REALLY?! And so many exclamation points!!!
Second, the rules of society that are absolutely integral to Austen’s works are completely flaunted here with men entering the heroines bedrooms, calling them by their first name, and always running around with their hair down. Yes, I get these things won’t mean much to the casual manga reader, but they are necessary to the story and the characters for anyone who reads Austen’s works.
Finally, the artwork was lacking in many areas. Some comics and manga strive for the unfinished look with characters/scenes purposely distressed/unfinished, but that was not the case here. Mostly the mistakes could be seen in characters hands. Many times the characters had hastily added fingers because they were originally only drawn with 4, or their fingers looked painfully broken, or the details were completely lacking and they all looked like they had webbed fingers a la Mr. Penguin in Batman.
All in all just so disappointing as I had been looking forward to reading this. I also have Emma and Sense and Sensibility from this same series, but I don’t think I will read them as I expect them to be just as frustrating as this was.
Copy provided by NetGalley for review.
This work was disappointing on many levels. First and foremost the story! This adaptation was almost painful to read at times with newly invented scenes and the changing of characterizations. Example: Elizabeth Bennet cries over Wickham after accidentally coming across him and Miss King walking together only to go running off into a storm where she looses her bonnet, becomes soaked, and needs Wickham to find her and save her bonnet. Ug…excuse me while I go vomit.
Also these additional scenes with terrible dialogue made for very choppy reading as the text went back and forth from new created text and Austen’s original text. One minute Elizabeth is very articulately turning down Darcy’s proposal using Austen’s original text, but then when Mrs. Gardiner tells her they will be visiting Pemberly during their tour she replies:
Lizzy: “Oh no, I can’t go there! I mean we can’t! We! All of us! We shouldn’t go!
Mrs. G: “But why not? They are often open for visitors.”
Mr. G: “And they have the finest woods in the country!”
Lizzy: “Bears!The woods are full of bears! And boars! And…bees!”
Mrs G: “You have such a sense of humor.”
Bears. BEARS! REALLY?! And so many exclamation points!!!
Second, the rules of society that are absolutely integral to Austen’s works are completely flaunted here with men entering the heroines bedrooms, calling them by their first name, and always running around with their hair down. Yes, I get these things won’t mean much to the casual manga reader, but they are necessary to the story and the characters for anyone who reads Austen’s works.
Finally, the artwork was lacking in many areas. Some comics and manga strive for the unfinished look with characters/scenes purposely distressed/unfinished, but that was not the case here. Mostly the mistakes could be seen in characters hands. Many times the characters had hastily added fingers because they were originally only drawn with 4, or their fingers looked painfully broken, or the details were completely lacking and they all looked like they had webbed fingers a la Mr. Penguin in Batman.
All in all just so disappointing as I had been looking forward to reading this. I also have Emma and Sense and Sensibility from this same series, but I don’t think I will read them as I expect them to be just as frustrating as this was.
Copy provided by NetGalley for review.