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geekwayne's review against another edition
3.0
'Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury'would seem to be a graphic novel adaptation of the book 'Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.' The content has been greatly reduced, but the stories are still good.
We meet a young boy and girl that find something strange on a beach, and we meet a man who has forgotten Ray Bradbury. There are story homages from famous writers like Dave Eggers and Audrey Niffenegger. There is a strange rambling bit in the middle from Harlan Ellison that seems more wordy and doesn't seem to match the rest of the book.
The stories are good and seem to be adapted well, I'm just not sure why I'd recommend this over the original book with about 4 times the number of pages. This is probably a case where the graphic novel feels a bit superfluous, especially in light of all the content that didn't make it to this graphic novel. I enjoyed almost all of the stories, and the art, but I think I would recommend the book that it's based on first.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
We meet a young boy and girl that find something strange on a beach, and we meet a man who has forgotten Ray Bradbury. There are story homages from famous writers like Dave Eggers and Audrey Niffenegger. There is a strange rambling bit in the middle from Harlan Ellison that seems more wordy and doesn't seem to match the rest of the book.
The stories are good and seem to be adapted well, I'm just not sure why I'd recommend this over the original book with about 4 times the number of pages. This is probably a case where the graphic novel feels a bit superfluous, especially in light of all the content that didn't make it to this graphic novel. I enjoyed almost all of the stories, and the art, but I think I would recommend the book that it's based on first.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
mboyette252's review against another edition
5.0
The beauty of Ray Bradbury’s work is finely illustrated by some of the top tier writers this world has to offer. Each story resonated differently as each writer was affect by Bradbury in equal difference.
juddy's review against another edition
3.0
I'm conflicted, some of the stories were great and some others not so much. I guess there's also the fact that I've only seen a movie base on a Ray Bradbury book, so I don't know the man, so I probably wasn't the target audience for this book. Nevertheless, it was still entertaining. Joe Hill's story was by far my favourite one.
stophie12's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
daynpitseleh's review against another edition
3.0
I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is a collection of illustrated, adapted short stories from a collection inspired by Ray Bradbury. As in most collections, there are several good stories and others that are not so successful. I was pleased to see a story by Harlan Ellison, and I also enjoyed the story by Charles Yu. The art styles are extremely varied, but many of them are delightful. Other all, a decent collection.
This is a collection of illustrated, adapted short stories from a collection inspired by Ray Bradbury. As in most collections, there are several good stories and others that are not so successful. I was pleased to see a story by Harlan Ellison, and I also enjoyed the story by Charles Yu. The art styles are extremely varied, but many of them are delightful. Other all, a decent collection.
jhstack's review against another edition
2.0
While the stories are good, I feel that they work better as prose than in a graphic novel trade paperback collection. Additionally, not all of the pages in the Netgalley copy displayed properly.
toloveabook's review against another edition
2.0
Alice Hoffman's was the only memorable story in this collection.
noveladdiction's review against another edition
3.0
Like all books of short stories by different authors - some are absolutely amazing and some are just so-so. Overall, this was a three or three point five.
Review will be posted on my blog, Novel Addiction, in April 2015.
Review will be posted on my blog, Novel Addiction, in April 2015.