A review by athravan
Muirwood: The Lost Abbey: The Graphic Novel by Lizzy John, Jeff Wheeler, Dave Justus, Lilah Sturges, Alex Sheikman
3.0
I really liked the art style of this graphic serial (I'm writing a review on book #1 as this is released in increments), but the dialogue was lacking. It didn't really have anything that grabbed me in terms of story. The dialogue was often thoughts and descriptions, which I don't feel really lends itself well to moving a graphic novel forward. It might be more apt to describe this as an illustrated storybook, rather than a graphic novel / comicbook.
The story was fairly tame and bland, and the heroine was flat - definitely not a strong protaganist and quite frankly, most of her actions made little sense. Of course, perhaps it might improve drastically, but I think it's going to be hard to keep people hooked on reading the next installment. Really, I'm afraid I found it a little boring.
I think that there is potential here and I genuinely loved the art style. I would like to see this form of book explored more often - but character, plot and dialogue are just as important as the art and these need to bring the pages to life which they failed to do here.
Overall, 3/5 - it has good points, and it has potential, but I don't think I would recommend it to a friend at this point.
I received a kindle edition of this book as an ARC from NetGalley.
The story was fairly tame and bland, and the heroine was flat - definitely not a strong protaganist and quite frankly, most of her actions made little sense. Of course, perhaps it might improve drastically, but I think it's going to be hard to keep people hooked on reading the next installment. Really, I'm afraid I found it a little boring.
I think that there is potential here and I genuinely loved the art style. I would like to see this form of book explored more often - but character, plot and dialogue are just as important as the art and these need to bring the pages to life which they failed to do here.
Overall, 3/5 - it has good points, and it has potential, but I don't think I would recommend it to a friend at this point.
I received a kindle edition of this book as an ARC from NetGalley.