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A review by anvitascorner
The Spy Who Raised Me by Ted Anderson
2.0
***Thank you Netgalley and Lerner Publishing Group for the arc of this graphic novel in exchange for an honest review.***
I really wanted to read this graphic novel after reading its description. Unfortunately, I found the execution of the story to be very lacking. The dialogues seemed very dry and didn’t flow all that well in the beginning. They did get somewhat better towards the end though.
And the graphics. I just didn’t like them. It wasn’t just the style (I liked the red theme and some other style aspects) but it felt like there was no effort put into the illustrations and just didn’t feel like it would be a final draft for a graphic novel?? I think the book would’ve been more enjoyable had the illustrations been revised a bit more so we could actually see the characters’ facial expression a little better or even some of the cool spy moves the protagonist does.
I really wanted to read this graphic novel after reading its description. Unfortunately, I found the execution of the story to be very lacking. The dialogues seemed very dry and didn’t flow all that well in the beginning. They did get somewhat better towards the end though.
And the graphics. I just didn’t like them. It wasn’t just the style (I liked the red theme and some other style aspects) but it felt like there was no effort put into the illustrations and just didn’t feel like it would be a final draft for a graphic novel?? I think the book would’ve been more enjoyable had the illustrations been revised a bit more so we could actually see the characters’ facial expression a little better or even some of the cool spy moves the protagonist does.