miss_alaina 's review for:

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds

5.0

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Jason Reynolds is one of my most favorite people on the planet, and I have read Long Way Down about six times now and in every format available. I have used this story for multiple book clubs and I push it on pretty much everyone I know. This graphic novel version is phenomenal, and I highly recommend it as a companion to the original novel. The beautiful watercolor artwork added a whole new layer to the story, and I appreciate that parts of the story that were cut out were worked into the art. Will's anagrams can be seen on his bedroom wall, for example, despite any reference to them being removed from the text. I hope this new format will introduce this story to a whole new audience who may not have been willing to read the original novel in verse.