littlepiscesreading's review against another edition
1.0
I honestly can't believe what I've just read. For all its many, many flaws the books are my favourite. I didn't think author Xu Lei could have done worse by the series than the tv show and I'm not happy to be proven wrong.
The narration is so stilted and it sounds so pretentious. It's trying for grand and all-knowing but it's just annoying. The characters are so different here from whitewashing to just making everyone a terrible person. They were always terrible people but their camaraderie was always one of the best bits of the series. They really hate each other here. And I hate them all.
The only good thing is the art which can be gorgeous. But even that can be too dark to make out - especially if you're in a place with less than quality lighting.
I'm so disappointed.
The narration is so stilted and it sounds so pretentious. It's trying for grand and all-knowing but it's just annoying. The characters are so different here from whitewashing to just making everyone a terrible person. They were always terrible people but their camaraderie was always one of the best bits of the series. They really hate each other here. And I hate them all.
The only good thing is the art which can be gorgeous. But even that can be too dark to make out - especially if you're in a place with less than quality lighting.
I'm so disappointed.
jljaina's review against another edition
2.0
DNF- 1.5 stars
This was Killing my eyes trying to read this and decipher pictures. Way too dark and the font style and colors did not mix. I could not read more that 5-10 pages of this in a sitting. I have NEVER had that problem with a graphic novel like this, to be so bad.
So why not 1 star for a dnf? Because some of the images were very well done and even based on real images to an impressive level. Plus I still saw potential in the story. not much but I think, based on what I did read, that if the coloration and font were not atrocious this would have earned at least 2.5 - 3 stars.
*I was loaned a digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review*
This was Killing my eyes trying to read this and decipher pictures. Way too dark and the font style and colors did not mix. I could not read more that 5-10 pages of this in a sitting. I have NEVER had that problem with a graphic novel like this, to be so bad.
So why not 1 star for a dnf? Because some of the images were very well done and even based on real images to an impressive level. Plus I still saw potential in the story. not much but I think, based on what I did read, that if the coloration and font were not atrocious this would have earned at least 2.5 - 3 stars.
*I was loaned a digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review*
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