larakaa's review
3.0
Hum I expected a bit more from this. The story of this mutiny wasn’t new to me and there wasn’t a lot else to think about in it. Neither emotional nor philosophical nor psychological.
kittyg's review
1.0
Unfortunately this graphic novel really didn't work for me which was a real shame becuase I was hoping to find it really interesting. When I saw this in the shop I flicked through some of the pages and the watercolour imagery and the images of ships in particular definitely made me really intrigued. However, I guess I didn't look closely enough (my fault entirely) becuase the way that the people were drawn really bothered me and they all had hugely exaggerated faces. I am not a fan of this style of image-making, and although the watercolour technique did appeal, the actual content of the images and story didn't.
So what is this book? It's basically a rather wacky reimagining of a mutiny which happened in 1519 to a Spanish fleet. The idea was strong, but the actual execution felt a little sloppy at time and for me the artwork has to be good to make a story work in graphic form, and this one suffered not only from the art, but also the story.
I was hoping for a great pirate romp, and unfortunately I got more of a weird fever-dream retelling of events which was fascinating every now and then and just disturbing/weird the majority of the time!
In all honesty it's probably my fault for not checking it out a bit more carefully when I bought it, but it was a disappointment and soI could only give it a 1.5*s becuase it's not terrible, but it just did not work at all for me.
So what is this book? It's basically a rather wacky reimagining of a mutiny which happened in 1519 to a Spanish fleet. The idea was strong, but the actual execution felt a little sloppy at time and for me the artwork has to be good to make a story work in graphic form, and this one suffered not only from the art, but also the story.
I was hoping for a great pirate romp, and unfortunately I got more of a weird fever-dream retelling of events which was fascinating every now and then and just disturbing/weird the majority of the time!
In all honesty it's probably my fault for not checking it out a bit more carefully when I bought it, but it was a disappointment and soI could only give it a 1.5*s becuase it's not terrible, but it just did not work at all for me.
shouldgowork's review
3.0
A beautiful book, particularly it's last section, with a gripping story. However, some of the key players look confusingly similar, a challenging problem to solve I admit given its black and white and the style is not very detailed. Additionally, the narrative feels a little too ambiguous (but if I were certain of who was who at all times, perhaps this wouldn't be the case).
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