A review by nerdypotsie
After the Rain, by Nnedi Okorafor
2.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me a chance to review this book.
I almost DNFed this book. The font and the text was weird, which made it almost impossible for me to make out what the words were saying. Hopefully the final text of this book will be easier to read.
My favorite part of this book was the illustrations. They were beautiful and they’re the sole reason why I am giving this book more than one star.
I haven’t read “On the Road” yet, so I can’t compare this graphic novel to the short story that it was based off of, but what I can say is that it didn’t feel like this story translated well to a graphic novel. The story was heavy on thoughts and descriptions. When I read graphic novels, lots of dialogue and only a little bit of inner thought flows smoother. The lack of dialogue to some extent prevented me from getting invested in the story.
This story is probably good as a short story, but this graphic novel adaptation just did not work well for me.
I almost DNFed this book. The font and the text was weird, which made it almost impossible for me to make out what the words were saying. Hopefully the final text of this book will be easier to read.
My favorite part of this book was the illustrations. They were beautiful and they’re the sole reason why I am giving this book more than one star.
I haven’t read “On the Road” yet, so I can’t compare this graphic novel to the short story that it was based off of, but what I can say is that it didn’t feel like this story translated well to a graphic novel. The story was heavy on thoughts and descriptions. When I read graphic novels, lots of dialogue and only a little bit of inner thought flows smoother. The lack of dialogue to some extent prevented me from getting invested in the story.
This story is probably good as a short story, but this graphic novel adaptation just did not work well for me.