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A review by sylviafey
Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1 by Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I read this in graphic novel form because, I'll be honest, I didn't want to read a 600+ page book. (Later found out it's only ONE PART of the original book.) But I just like Graphic Novels and the art of them. At first, I didn't understand what was going on, mainly because I've never read the original book and have never watched the movies. I didn't even know about Dune until recently. I was confused because it feels like the graphic novel jumps straight into the storyline without much explaination, if any at all. I liked the idea behind it but the way 'You should have had a daughter' kept coming up was very off putting. I hated that the mother was basically spineless and Paul came off as a bit of an entitled, spoiled brat, at times. I hated the reverend mother bitch and the skuzzy baron. The full panel of just the baron's face was gross and nightmare enducing after assassin dude said something about 'having lady Jessica'. Like, WTF? Ew! The plot of someone scheming to take over everything isn't new and considering the original book was published in 1965, it doesn't surprise me considering around that time, this was a huge plotline that a lot of movies, comics, and books followed, along with the 'chosen one' theme. I will say that my favorite characters were Duncan Idaho and the Duke. Everyone else can fuck off, including the main character.
Unfortunately, I was just... bored reading this. Usually Graphic Novels can keep my attention because they have a lot going on in the scene or with the characters, or even some action. This one was just... panels and panels of the same scene from different angles and huge, dense speech bubbles. Randomly, the characters would have little boxes of text that were their 'inner thoughts' but it was few and far between. If I'm being honest, I skipped over a lot of the dialogue because it was just... yawn. I love dialogue in BOOKS, but IMO, Graphic Novels are meant for action more than dialogue and this one had little action. The only reason I finished it was because it was so short and I could determine what was going on just from looking at the pictures, if I didn't want to read the mountains of dialogue. I'll probably not read the other two, going off of this one, HOWEVER, I am going to try reading the actual book and see how I feel about that.
Unfortunately, I was just... bored reading this. Usually Graphic Novels can keep my attention because they have a lot going on in the scene or with the characters, or even some action. This one was just... panels and panels of the same scene from different angles and huge, dense speech bubbles. Randomly, the characters would have little boxes of text that were their 'inner thoughts' but it was few and far between. If I'm being honest, I skipped over a lot of the dialogue because it was just... yawn. I love dialogue in BOOKS, but IMO, Graphic Novels are meant for action more than dialogue and this one had little action. The only reason I finished it was because it was so short and I could determine what was going on just from looking at the pictures, if I didn't want to read the mountains of dialogue. I'll probably not read the other two, going off of this one, HOWEVER, I am going to try reading the actual book and see how I feel about that.