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annasirius's review
3.0
Pratchett's satyrical Discworld shouts to be adapted to the graphic novel format. Higgins and Briggs did an okay job with it. The drawings reflect the tone of Pratchett's books & Pratchett readers will quickly feel at home.
However, there were a few issues. I hadn't read the novel Guards! Guards!, and I found it hard in several scenes to understand what was happening - usually when events were pictured but not supported by text (e.g. when Wonse and the Patrician face off on p. 102). I also felt that while the action of the story was well rendered, the underlying philosophical points were not communicated as well. The art did the job, but I can't say that I admired it.
Overall, this is a good way to catch up on Pratchett when you don't feel like reading through 41 thick novels but a few things got lost in translation.
However, there were a few issues. I hadn't read the novel Guards! Guards!, and I found it hard in several scenes to understand what was happening - usually when events were pictured but not supported by text (e.g. when Wonse and the Patrician face off on p. 102). I also felt that while the action of the story was well rendered, the underlying philosophical points were not communicated as well. The art did the job, but I can't say that I admired it.
Overall, this is a good way to catch up on Pratchett when you don't feel like reading through 41 thick novels but a few things got lost in translation.
lordofthemoon's review
4.0
This isn't a review of [b:Guards Guards|64216|Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8)|Terry Pratchett|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388279085s/64216.jpg|1128601] per se, a book that I've read a few times and am fond of, but of the graphic novel. The art here by Graham Higgins is nice, very different from the Josh Kirby stuff that I grew up with, but fitting for the grimy world of Ankh-Morpork and its inhabitants. The only problem is the same problem that afflicts all adaptations of [a:Terry Pratchett|1654|Terry Pratchett|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1235562205p2/1654.jpg]: namely that so much of the humour comes from the narrative, the description and the footnotes, much of which is lost here, leaving only the bare dialogue, and the lovely art, to cover it.
However, as I say, this is an affliction of all Pratchett adaptations, and this graphic novel is as good as you can get, Stephen Briggs knowing his job (he also adapted several of the books for the theatre) and Higgins providing some lovely art.
However, as I say, this is an affliction of all Pratchett adaptations, and this graphic novel is as good as you can get, Stephen Briggs knowing his job (he also adapted several of the books for the theatre) and Higgins providing some lovely art.
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