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karenstory 's review for:
Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel
by Agatha Christie, Bob Al-Greene
My husband flew into Texas earlier this week to get my grandsons so that they could all take the Amtrak from Texas to California as an adventure. It is a two-night trip, with sleeper car which allows for meals on the train. It is a fun way to travel, as long as there are no delays. But of course, there are always some. Still, what a fun experience for teenage boys with their grandfather. (The real adventure will be their visit with us in California, which began yesterday. Their train arrived last night.)
But while they were tripping by train, why not read, the graphic novel version, of “Murder on the Orient Express” originally written by Agatha Christie and now visualized through illustration by Bob Al-Greene?
So, what was my experience?
As long as readers could put aside Poirot’s excessively long mustache, it was a rather clever rendition of something I have already read, *reviewed and seen on screen several times. There were no smoking guns, no shocking climaxes, no surprise endings.
What readers would be looking for, is a visual interpretation of Agatha Christie’s classic. I think the only question that needs to be answered is, did the illustrator meet and accomplish his mission?
Have you read the classic? If you haven’t, don’t start here. Not that it is a spoiler to the classic, but Agatha Christie is the master storyteller, and she deserves to be the one to tell her story.
If you have read the classic, you already know the story, so there is nothing new being told. So, expect to turn pages quickly. The artistry of the individual characters is rather well-done, and the story-telling is in-line to Ms. Christie. If anything, it made me crave another reading of the original.
*Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie – My Review is Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5522736109
But while they were tripping by train, why not read, the graphic novel version, of “Murder on the Orient Express” originally written by Agatha Christie and now visualized through illustration by Bob Al-Greene?
So, what was my experience?
As long as readers could put aside Poirot’s excessively long mustache, it was a rather clever rendition of something I have already read, *reviewed and seen on screen several times. There were no smoking guns, no shocking climaxes, no surprise endings.
What readers would be looking for, is a visual interpretation of Agatha Christie’s classic. I think the only question that needs to be answered is, did the illustrator meet and accomplish his mission?
Have you read the classic? If you haven’t, don’t start here. Not that it is a spoiler to the classic, but Agatha Christie is the master storyteller, and she deserves to be the one to tell her story.
If you have read the classic, you already know the story, so there is nothing new being told. So, expect to turn pages quickly. The artistry of the individual characters is rather well-done, and the story-telling is in-line to Ms. Christie. If anything, it made me crave another reading of the original.
*Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie – My Review is Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5522736109