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A review by alexutzu
Apollo by Matt Fitch, Chris Baker
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
2.75
I picked this out as I wanted to learn more about the Apollo 11 expedition. Sadly, I was rather disappointed, as the book's main focus was not on the event or key people, but rather on their families or past. Even so, it had potential to be an interesting perspective, but the execution kind of failed it.
😍 The good:
The design was quite nice, especially the ones from the appendix (related to the technical details of the expedition). These things also encouraged me at first to pick up this book and helped me in understanding a bit more about the topic. The only thing that saved this book a bit was that in the end (due to some appendix explanations), some things fell into place and became more clear.
😅 The not-so-good:
The graphic novel was hard to follow and the events and flashbacks were scattered, so it fell flat. I felt that the message related to how the astronauts' lives were impacted by this was not really delivered well. I almost wanted to DNF several times, but decided to stick with it as it was a reading from my shelf.
😍 The good:
The design was quite nice, especially the ones from the appendix (related to the technical details of the expedition). These things also encouraged me at first to pick up this book and helped me in understanding a bit more about the topic. The only thing that saved this book a bit was that in the end (due to some appendix explanations), some things fell into place and became more clear.
😅 The not-so-good:
The graphic novel was hard to follow and the events and flashbacks were scattered, so it fell flat. I felt that the message related to how the astronauts' lives were impacted by this was not really delivered well. I almost wanted to DNF several times, but decided to stick with it as it was a reading from my shelf.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Child abuse