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A review by hemloc
Becoming by Kelley Armstrong
4.0
Three reasons to read Becoming:
1) The artwork is impressive. It has a lot of detail and isn't afraid to be realistically grimy and violent. I could quite happily sit and stare at each panel for 5+ minutes. The last graphic novel I read I barely paid attention to the art.
2) It's been mentioned in other books from this series how hellish the transformation process after being bitten is, but it was always a fairly toned down description. I didn't fully grasp the extent of the torture until I saw the artwork for it. It conveyed in one panel the full horror of it.
3) The Legacy pages are a really nice addition and cover fascinating stuff.
One drawback to Becoming:
1) Clay's two pages at the end are more interesting than all of Elena's because everything in Elena's panels has already been shared in the main books, so there's nothing new.
1) The artwork is impressive. It has a lot of detail and isn't afraid to be realistically grimy and violent. I could quite happily sit and stare at each panel for 5+ minutes. The last graphic novel I read I barely paid attention to the art.
2) It's been mentioned in other books from this series how hellish the transformation process after being bitten is, but it was always a fairly toned down description. I didn't fully grasp the extent of the torture until I saw the artwork for it. It conveyed in one panel the full horror of it.
3) The Legacy pages are a really nice addition and cover fascinating stuff.
One drawback to Becoming:
1) Clay's two pages at the end are more interesting than all of Elena's because everything in Elena's panels has already been shared in the main books, so there's nothing new.