beigents_and_books's review against another edition
5.0
Honestly, for a comic adaption this was great.
isabellarobinson7's review
4.0
Rating: 4 stars
Woah. This is really Dune graphic novel. Not like a Dune graphic novel adaption. It's like Frank Herbert's Dune the novel went into a transporter and something malfunctioned and it came out a comic.
I loved the art in this. Particularly Lady Jessica, she was bootiful. (What am I saying? I actually said "bootiful". Like a prepubescent child. Ok, let's just go with it.) Here are two pages with Jessica on them:
I also liked how they drew Paul, as in the artists didn't try to mimic the look of a certain actor slated to portray him in an upcoming adaptation (well, "upcoming" when this graphic novel was in development anyway). No matter how hard I try, I just cannot get Timothy Chamalamabingbong in my head when I think of Paul. Ok, other characters. Well, Leto looked fine, but any white middle aged man would have suited, and the Baron looked like a fat old dude (as he should).
And then we have the worms. THE WORMS!!! They needed their own paragraph because they are that amazing. Because this is only the first half of the Dune novel, we only really get one worm appearance, but it was AWESOME! I need to put a picture here because WOAH!
Look at that majestic creature! The lightning! That mouth! Those TEETH! I was eagerly anticipating their arrival and these artists did not disappoint.
Ok one more picture, there is this cool one of Arrakis:
Now I'm done. Review over.
Woah. This is really Dune graphic novel. Not like a Dune graphic novel adaption. It's like Frank Herbert's Dune the novel went into a transporter and something malfunctioned and it came out a comic.
I loved the art in this. Particularly Lady Jessica, she was bootiful. (What am I saying? I actually said "bootiful". Like a prepubescent child. Ok, let's just go with it.) Here are two pages with Jessica on them:
I also liked how they drew Paul, as in the artists didn't try to mimic the look of a certain actor slated to portray him in an upcoming adaptation (well, "upcoming" when this graphic novel was in development anyway). No matter how hard I try, I just cannot get Timothy Chamalamabingbong in my head when I think of Paul. Ok, other characters. Well, Leto looked fine, but any white middle aged man would have suited, and the Baron looked like a fat old dude (as he should).
And then we have the worms. THE WORMS!!! They needed their own paragraph because they are that amazing. Because this is only the first half of the Dune novel, we only really get one worm appearance, but it was AWESOME! I need to put a picture here because WOAH!
Look at that majestic creature! The lightning! That mouth! Those TEETH! I was eagerly anticipating their arrival and these artists did not disappoint.
Ok one more picture, there is this cool one of Arrakis:
Now I'm done. Review over.
georgias_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
mcasey364's review against another edition
4.0
Really beautiful, well-paced, most of the character designs are great, though Harkonnens come across overly clean to a world used to Lynch and Villeneuve’s visualizations.
jiaphet's review against another edition
5.0
It is more so a sunmary of the novel. A lot is cut out for obvious reasons. But the overall story still makes sense.
philoundphie's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
jbmorgan86's review against another edition
3.0
I’ve read several of the books in the Dune series. I’ve seen multiple film adaptations. A graphic novel treatment seemed like one of the most unnecessary adaptations at this point. That being said, the new Dune graphic novel adaptation showed up on ALA’s “2021 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List.” Therefore, I picked it up at the library.
The Dune books are pretty exposition and internal dialogue heavy. Graphic novels, by their nature, are mostly dialogue. If I wasn’t already familiar with Dune, I’m not sure if I would have followed the plot.
The artwork was fine.
Overall impression? Meh. It was fine.
The Dune books are pretty exposition and internal dialogue heavy. Graphic novels, by their nature, are mostly dialogue. If I wasn’t already familiar with Dune, I’m not sure if I would have followed the plot.
The artwork was fine.
Overall impression? Meh. It was fine.
onlinetomato720's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
pottermr's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
chaotyka's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0