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A review by yetilibrary
Darwin: A Graphic Biography by Eugene Byrne
3.0
Overall, this is a good, brief biography of Charles Darwin, and a good, brief introduction to his theory of evolution.
Quibbles: It could have used some additional editing--there's at least one egregious typo, and a single page about three natives from Tierra del Fuego interrupts the flow of the narrative: it either needed to be cut, or the story needed to be expanded upon & worked into the larger story. The biography also suffers from largely-unacknowledged Eurocentrism (it makes claims about "the world believed X" when in reality those beliefs applied primarily to Europe & the US) and speaks as if everyone in the world at the time was either a Christian or (rarely) an atheist. Perhaps the authors found this necessary, due to the constraints of making a graphic-novel biography directed at young adults?
These issues aside, this book is a nice introduction to Darwin and to evolution, and is best for young adults (I'd say middle school and above).
Quibbles: It could have used some additional editing--there's at least one egregious typo, and a single page about three natives from Tierra del Fuego interrupts the flow of the narrative: it either needed to be cut, or the story needed to be expanded upon & worked into the larger story. The biography also suffers from largely-unacknowledged Eurocentrism (it makes claims about "the world believed X" when in reality those beliefs applied primarily to Europe & the US) and speaks as if everyone in the world at the time was either a Christian or (rarely) an atheist. Perhaps the authors found this necessary, due to the constraints of making a graphic-novel biography directed at young adults?
These issues aside, this book is a nice introduction to Darwin and to evolution, and is best for young adults (I'd say middle school and above).