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3.22 AVERAGE
3.22 AVERAGE
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I once made a clever sign for my roommate who ran a marathon that referenced the hero of this book, but I'll be honest-I only knew about him from Wikipedia. So I was very interested to find out the actual story behind this messenger and this battle (or at least the Greek legendary version). It was really exciting and also super depressing, since pretty much everyone dies. Still, very very enjoyable. My only complaint was the art. It was good, but sometimes vague. I couldn't always tell what was going on. Seriously, the battle sequences are basically incomprehensible. Luckily the text compensates pretty well.
Interesting re-telling of the story, but the panels were sometimes a little too hectic to decipher.
I can only imagine this book is highly dramatized for the reader, but I’d did a good job of it. And it is marginally educational.
I found a lot of the male cast looked alike so I wasn’t always sure who was who.
I found a lot of the male cast looked alike so I wasn’t always sure who was who.
The story of Eucles who ran from Marathon to Athens to warn them of an in coming fleet of enemy ships becoming an inspiration for our modern day marathon race in graphic novel format. A great tale but a bit choppy. The reader really has to pay close attention to the armor styles to follow keep track of the Athenians, Persians and Spartans. Illustrations are sepia toned and done in a sketchy style. Good but not the greatest.
Pretty enjoyable. I like Infurnari's art a lot (although a touch more distinction between the different battling sides would have been helpful). The story is really engrossing, and well plotted (leaving me wondering how much is 'truth' and how much embellishment - and I normally take it as a good sign that I'm interested, and that I can't tell). Some bits of the dialogue seemed a touch disjointed - I think a slightly heavier hand on the editing would have helped.
Guess I’m just not into terrible kings and war. That’s fine.
My son Ezra, 11, just finished this book. Closing it, he said, "You know, they always say that history is written by the winners. And ok sometimes that's because all the losers are dead, but sometimes maybe it's because the losers just don't want to talk about it. They're like, 'Ugh, shut up, go away, don't remind me.'"
There is a good story in here somewhere and at moments it does peak through but mostly it is lost in a blur of rushed story-telling, confused art work and a mauling of history. From the beginning I found myself putting in way too much effort trying to figure out who was who during the herky-jerky prologue that was the main character’s youth. Then when the battle for Athens was under way, it just grew worse. Most of the dialogue was inelegant and the art work under-conceived—just throw a bunch of stuff in there and have someone shout what’s happening. When you have to reread portions to figure out who is who in a story designed to mimic the impetus of a runner you have already lost the race. As implied by the cover art and the title the best part of the book is the dramatic run at the end much of which is thrilling and well executed (dialogue at a minimum). However, by this point I was shouldering enough annoyance to hinder my interest in the goings on and what should have been a stirring victorious conclusion became just the last pages of a book I was closing so I could read something else.