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A review by book_concierge
The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel by Robert Venditti, Rick Riordan
1.0
This is the graphic novel version of the first book in Riordan’s popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Percy (a/k/a Perseus) is a 12-year-old dyslexic kid who fears he’s about to fail out of yet another school, disappointing his mother and antagonizing his stepfather. But in fact, he is about to discover that he is the son of Poseidon, a half-blood, and destined to retrieve Zeus’s missing lightning bolt from Hades.
I might have enjoyed this fantasy novel in the traditional book format. But the graphic novel is not to my liking at all. The print is tiny and all the color on the page makes it hard on my older eyes (especially when they reverse print – white font on green background, for example). I found myself disinterested in the dark images and just skipping ahead to read the dialogue. As a result, I feel that I missed a lot of the story. I can see where some children would be really attracted to this format, however I also think the images are very violent.
I might have enjoyed this fantasy novel in the traditional book format. But the graphic novel is not to my liking at all. The print is tiny and all the color on the page makes it hard on my older eyes (especially when they reverse print – white font on green background, for example). I found myself disinterested in the dark images and just skipping ahead to read the dialogue. As a result, I feel that I missed a lot of the story. I can see where some children would be really attracted to this format, however I also think the images are very violent.