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The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Six by Chuck Dixon, Andie Tong, Robert Jordan
foofers1622's review
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
lectorliber04's review
4.0
The epic end of the book, the one the TV series and the morons running it decided to ignore, was and is in my opinion full of foreshadowing. It occurred to me that if the TV series had done what the graphic novels did: picked the most important parts of the first book and created a very entertaining read the show would not have been the disappointment it was.
The Green Man though... no idea what Jordan meant to do with this character. An homage to Tolkien? The graphic depiction made me think of the Green Giant of the TV commercials. Overall I enjoyed seeing the characters we all love depicted as Jordan conceived them. The comments at the end have been a great insight of what what it takes to produce graphic novels.
The Green Man though... no idea what Jordan meant to do with this character. An homage to Tolkien? The graphic depiction made me think of the Green Giant of the TV commercials. Overall I enjoyed seeing the characters we all love depicted as Jordan conceived them. The comments at the end have been a great insight of what what it takes to produce graphic novels.
ppetropoulakis's review
5.0
Now, the end of the Eye of the World in graphic novel form is tying up a bunch of plot threads. It may be that the book version gives more context and you can get hints of events to come but In the case of the graphic novel, these hints are not so subtle or altogether missing. So, when Rand and his group kick ass at the end of their journey, there is a certain degree of anticipation but also surprise at the scale and epicness of it all. Great series, too bad the other books in the series have not yet been treated in graphic form.
isabellarobinson7's review
5.0
Rating: 5 stars
This volume was the best yet! The art was awesome! I basically just want to show cool pictures, then I will write stuff.
This is the Green Man!
These two are of Rand fighting at the end:
This is a Draghkar looking awesome:
And lastly this is from when Lord Agelmar talks about Lan's past:
These graphic novels were great. I obviously prefer the traditional format, but I really enjoyed these, especially reading them along side the full novel. I was very impressed at how much the adapters managed to keep in the graphic novels, because (in my experience, anyway) comics tend to cut out quite a bit of the original story. I totally understand this, because pictures and speech bubbles are a very different way of telling a story rather than just words, but the adaption of The Eye of the World kept pretty much everything from the source. In a lot of cases, it was word for word.
I will definitely be reading the New Spring graphic novel when I get to it in my reread of The Wheel of Time (though I am not sure when that will be, as I don't currently own a physical copy of it like I do with The Eye of the World) and I especially look forward to seeing what Siuan looks like.
This volume was the best yet! The art was awesome! I basically just want to show cool pictures, then I will write stuff.
This is the Green Man!
These two are of Rand fighting at the end:
This is a Draghkar looking awesome:
And lastly this is from when Lord Agelmar talks about Lan's past:
These graphic novels were great. I obviously prefer the traditional format, but I really enjoyed these, especially reading them along side the full novel. I was very impressed at how much the adapters managed to keep in the graphic novels, because (in my experience, anyway) comics tend to cut out quite a bit of the original story. I totally understand this, because pictures and speech bubbles are a very different way of telling a story rather than just words, but the adaption of The Eye of the World kept pretty much everything from the source. In a lot of cases, it was word for word.
I will definitely be reading the New Spring graphic novel when I get to it in my reread of The Wheel of Time (though I am not sure when that will be, as I don't currently own a physical copy of it like I do with The Eye of the World) and I especially look forward to seeing what Siuan looks like.
shanbear16's review
5.0
Excellent as per usual. A very faithful adaptation of the original. I think the artwork is good (not amazing, but drawn really well and does a good job illustrating some of the more harder to imagine scenes).
beatitude's review
3.0
I seriously can't keep up with the plot of these books, it seems like everyone has a dozen different names and they're constantly referring back to people who were briefly mentioned 2 volumes ago. I don't know how I followed the Wheel of Time through a dozen books when I was a teenager, but apparently I did. Despite the tortuous cavalcade of names and histories, I'm still keen to keep reading (if they ever do the second book). The story is fun, and this volume chronicles one of the more exciting passages from The Eye of the World.
I feel pretty meh about the art style. It's standard stuff I suppose, but applied to a medieval fantasy world it looks like something from 1950s pulp fiction. All the guys have six packs and necks like tree trunks, all the women look like models, and the fantastical creatures are rendered in the most boring way possible, with little imagination and often contradicting the descriptions written in the text itself. But the story drew me on.
I feel pretty meh about the art style. It's standard stuff I suppose, but applied to a medieval fantasy world it looks like something from 1950s pulp fiction. All the guys have six packs and necks like tree trunks, all the women look like models, and the fantastical creatures are rendered in the most boring way possible, with little imagination and often contradicting the descriptions written in the text itself. But the story drew me on.
vylotte's review
4.0
The final volume in the Eye of the World graphic redo, from the ride through The Ways to the end battle at the Eye. I am still loving these, obviously a lot of care went in to truly recreate the story. I think I *finally* have a grip on that end sequence, which was a bit cloudy even after a handful of rereads from the novel. Again, so cool to see major settings represented, and knowing it's probably pretty darn close to Jordan's vision.
Looking forward to the continuation, with the next novel!
Looking forward to the continuation, with the next novel!
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