anhedonia_n_anomie's review

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I was genuinely really excited to start this series.
I mean, the ASOIAF series as a full-color graphic novel? How could it not be amazing? You'd obviously assume GRRM would only release the rights to a really good team with basically a perfect illustrator whom everyone can basically appreciate, right?
...Eh? 😀

When I bought the first volume, I didn't really get a full taste of what the illustration style was like before buying because I first found them for sale in an actual comic book shop and the volumes come individually sealed in plastic (because of illustrated nudity, I'd assume).

Ultimately, I just, unfortunately, ended up really disliking like the illustration style. I couldn't get past it to get into what I was reading fully.
Everybody in the novel was really, overly thick (not thicc, thick) bodied like cave man-y wide across; the fingers were weirdly thick, everyone was definitely capable of crushing a bowling ball in one of their huge hands (even women)—just everything.
Also, didn't like the faces. Made characters look somehow even more like cave people—wealthy cave people...

So, I didn't finish the first novel. Didn't get past more than a handful of chapters (I did try!), specifically because of the illustration style. 

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appurusakura's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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jaimc's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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