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March: Book Two
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
From my review on Book One and still applicable here:
I (like a lot of other people) first heard about this graphic novel after Donald Trump's disparaging remarks towards John Lewis and it sold out on Amazon. I patiently waited for my copy to come in to the library, and I had pretty high expectations because of the hype. In the end, though, I found it to be just OK.
To be clear, I think what John Lewis did for the Civil Rights Movement was incredibly important and couldn't even be properly be reflected on a 5 star scale, but my rating is based on how that story was told. I didn't realize before reading this that it is aimed at a young adult audience, but I tried to keep that bias out of my final rating.
Out of the three volumes in the series, I think I learned the most from this one. While the Freedom Riders were briefly covered in school, I had never learned the harrowing details of their work. I did find the writing a bit clunky and, again, I think the graphic novel could easily have been a generic overview with minor changes. I spent a lot more time trying to keep track of the various organizations involved that what Lewis himself specifically did. (This is another time I think adding color could've contributed to the narrative if it had been used to help differentiate between each group.)
And just like the last volume, I feel quite a bit of emotional disconnect from the story. Maybe it's because I knew the "ending," but I couldn't quite feel the despair or fear the characters/people were experiencing. I was also still bothered by the wonky heads of figures I recognized - I wish I knew why this artistic choice was made.
I (like a lot of other people) first heard about this graphic novel after Donald Trump's disparaging remarks towards John Lewis and it sold out on Amazon. I patiently waited for my copy to come in to the library, and I had pretty high expectations because of the hype. In the end, though, I found it to be just OK.
To be clear, I think what John Lewis did for the Civil Rights Movement was incredibly important and couldn't even be properly be reflected on a 5 star scale, but my rating is based on how that story was told. I didn't realize before reading this that it is aimed at a young adult audience, but I tried to keep that bias out of my final rating.
Out of the three volumes in the series, I think I learned the most from this one. While the Freedom Riders were briefly covered in school, I had never learned the harrowing details of their work. I did find the writing a bit clunky and, again, I think the graphic novel could easily have been a generic overview with minor changes. I spent a lot more time trying to keep track of the various organizations involved that what Lewis himself specifically did. (This is another time I think adding color could've contributed to the narrative if it had been used to help differentiate between each group.)
And just like the last volume, I feel quite a bit of emotional disconnect from the story. Maybe it's because I knew the "ending," but I couldn't quite feel the despair or fear the characters/people were experiencing. I was also still bothered by the wonky heads of figures I recognized - I wish I knew why this artistic choice was made.