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pinaki_s91's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
mark_74's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I wanted more from this book, probably because I watched the film first and I'm a big fan of it. Reading the book after made it feel at times like it was a rough draft for the film. A starting point for visuals that would later be refined for the film. There are some wonderfully drawn panels but there are also some that I felt looked rushed. This is one of the rare occasions where I feel the film is better than the book.
marden's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
mormengil's review against another edition
2.0
The only reason I give this piece of hot garbage 2 stars instead of 1 is the admittedly good art. Otherwise it is a dumpster fire of everything I hate about Miller.
pbruning's review against another edition
3.0
Loved the story, The artwork was good at times, but definitely questionable at other times. I loved Sin city and its artwork but the style of this book was different.
dmcke013's review against another edition
3.0
As with most comics/graphic novels-into-movies I've read, I'll admit that I saw the movie (quite a few years back) before reading this.
Essentially a comic-book-brought-to-screen, the movie iteself was incredibly violent (but enjoyable), with ridiculous amoutns of blood and body parts splattered across the screen, and with more nudity than I was expecting alongside the whole sub-plot of King Leonidas wife getting the Spartans to march.
An entire sub-plot that is not in the source material at all.
I also have to say that the violence in this - while still there - is actually toned down quite a bit from what I was expecting, with several of the panels virtually lifted from the pages and put on to the screen.
The story, for anyone who doesn't already know, is centred around King Leonidas' view of Thermopylae - or 'The Hot Gates' - , a narrow pass defended by the 300 Spartans of the title (plus miscellaneous other Greeks, although you'd be forgive for thinking they weren't there the way this, and the legend, is told!) to the death, and which was immortalised by the poet Simodides as follows on an epigram placed on theri burial mound:
"Go tell the Spartans, you who passeth by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie."
(see: http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/1458/go-tell-the-spartans.html)
Essentially a comic-book-brought-to-screen, the movie iteself was incredibly violent (but enjoyable), with ridiculous amoutns of blood and body parts splattered across the screen, and with more nudity than I was expecting alongside the whole sub-plot of King Leonidas wife getting the Spartans to march.
An entire sub-plot that is not in the source material at all.
I also have to say that the violence in this - while still there - is actually toned down quite a bit from what I was expecting, with several of the panels virtually lifted from the pages and put on to the screen.
The story, for anyone who doesn't already know, is centred around King Leonidas' view of Thermopylae - or 'The Hot Gates' - , a narrow pass defended by the 300 Spartans of the title (plus miscellaneous other Greeks, although you'd be forgive for thinking they weren't there the way this, and the legend, is told!) to the death, and which was immortalised by the poet Simodides as follows on an epigram placed on theri burial mound:
"Go tell the Spartans, you who passeth by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie."
(see: http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/1458/go-tell-the-spartans.html)
x0pherl's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful art and a great story bring history alive.
A bit on the short side.
A bit on the short side.
harlando's review against another edition
5.0
What can I say?
This is a classic. It appeals to a broad swath of humanity. You might not like it, but it’s much more likely that you will. It is great.
This is a classic. It appeals to a broad swath of humanity. You might not like it, but it’s much more likely that you will. It is great.