Reviews

The Supernaturalist: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Paolo Lamanna, Giovanni Rigano

jaccarmac's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I dug the art style: It drives home the Akira connections I missed in the prose as a kid. Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad choices that make the adaptation poor cyberpunk. There are way too many text boxes, and instead of the tropiness of Harrison Ford's Blade Runner voiceover, they read as band-aids applied late to the work. The panel layout is often frustrating. A nostalgic hors d'oeuvre for the novel, nothing more.

paxthefifth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

akmargie's review

3.0

I think I liked the book better.

ladykatka's review

3.0

I did not care for the layout of this graphic novel. Some of the panels took up the whole two pages, but it was hard to tell which ones. So you would read a whole page before realizing that it was layed out over both pages and that is why it didn't make a lot of sense. It was a ok story, but less than I was expecting.

kailey_luminouslibro's review

3.0

I really like this story, but I hated the strange artwork. Everyone has buggy eyes and their faces look melted. The colors are bland and boring.
But the story and characters are really good!

mlindner's review

4.0

Sara brought this home from Cascades via Summit a few days ago.

mazzlo's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

trisa_slyne's review

2.0

Meh. I am glad I read this instead of the book but it wasn't that interesting to me for some reason.

an_adult_ish_bookworm's review

4.0

Review to Come

amdame1's review

3.0

Cosmo Hill is an orphan in Satellite City. He and the other children and teens there are all subjected to cruel medical and product testing. No one seems to make it past the age of 15. Through a stroke of luck, he escapes (at age 14) through a near death experience and is rescued by a group called The Supernaturalists. This group, including Cosmo, can see strange blue parasites that appear to suck the life out of injured and dying people. They make it their goal to exterminate these harmful organisms. However, despite their efforts, the beings are multiplying and their world seems to be suffering more and more energy-related damages that are also tied to these creatures.

There are a few times that the panels run length-wise across both pages, yet it is difficult for the reader to recognize this layout change until suddenly the panels are not making so much sense anymore. Lots of action and adventure.