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hank_moody 's review for:
The Road: a Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Manu Larcenet
McCarthy's [b:The Road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1600241424l/6288._SY75_.jpg|3355573] is a harrowing novel, that lingers in your mind for long after you read it, yet it's a beautiful story about a father's love for a son. The movie adaptation is a bleak masterpiece worthy of original material. Just when you think it can't get any better comes Manu Larcenet with his graphic novel adaptation of "The Road".
I didn't think it would impact me as the book or movie did, yet Manu manages to do that. Each panel is so alive you can taste the ash of the dying world in your mouth and smell those rotten bodies lying around. Manu omits certain parts as is not to refer to the movie adaptation, which is ok, but he omits significant parts, such as dialogue with an old man or carrying flame talk. Still, he decided to keep most of the novel's gruesome scenes (cellar, infant) and he doesn't shy away from violence, maybe even a bit too much when his vision of "The Road" looks like a Mad Max wasteland with all those hanging heads and people.
Still, it's a great piece of art. No doubt about it.
I didn't think it would impact me as the book or movie did, yet Manu manages to do that. Each panel is so alive you can taste the ash of the dying world in your mouth and smell those rotten bodies lying around. Manu omits certain parts as is not to refer to the movie adaptation, which is ok, but he omits significant parts, such as dialogue with an old man or carrying flame talk. Still, he decided to keep most of the novel's gruesome scenes (cellar, infant) and he doesn't shy away from violence, maybe even a bit too much when his vision of "The Road" looks like a Mad Max wasteland with all those hanging heads and people.
Still, it's a great piece of art. No doubt about it.