*Book
source ~ Library
Title ~ Treasure Island
Author ~ Tim Hamilton, Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher ~ Spotlight
Published ~ 1 January 2006
Genre ~ Graphic Novel
Pages ~ 148
My Rating ~ 3 bites
Do
I really need to summarize this book? It’s Treasure Island , a classic
for Pete’s sake! Ok, ok…Jim Hawkins is a young son of an innkeeper. When a
drunken pirate, Billy Bones, comes to stay at the inn he tells Jim many
different stories, but he also has Jim keep a weather eye out for a pirate with
a wooden leg. Hawkins and Long John Silver end up sailing to an island looking
for buried treasure. Much shenanigans ensue.
Ok,
I’ve read Treasure
Island before. But this is the graphic novel. It does a pretty
good job of conveying everything that was in the original book in a short
amount of pages. I didn’t particularly care for the artwork though. It seemed
sparse and unfinished. But then again, I like a lot of detail and color. If you
want a short quick read of Treasure Island then this graphic novel may do the
trick.
*Book
source ~ Library
Title ~ Cowboys & Aliens
Author ~ Scott Mitchell Rosenburg
Publisher ~ It Books
Published ~ 28 June 2011
Genre ~ Graphic Novel
Pages ~ 112
My Rating ~ 3 bites
It’s
1873 in Arizona and Zeke and his partner are
protecting a caravan trying to reach their destination of Silver City
Not
a bad graphic novel. Art is ok and story is also ok. As far as being like the
movie though, other than having aliens and cowboys it is nothing like the
movie. Yes, I saw the movie when it came out. Hello. Daniel Craig and Harrison
Ford? How could I not. Besides, the kids wanted to see it. We went, we saw, we
were entertained. When I saw the graphic novel in the library I decided it was
a must read to revisit the movie. Then I read it and was like, huh. Ok. I ended
up returning it to the library before I wrote the review and I can’t remember
the names of anyone else in it. So, I was slightly entertained by it and then
almost completely forgot about it.
I've never read Treasure's Island. haha I did see the movie Cowboys vs. Aliens, but I wasn't really a fan. Glad you liked the graphic novels alright. :)
ReplyDeleteYou've never read Treasure Island?! *gasp* Just kidding. There are many classics I haven't read yet. And may never read. lol I enjoyed the movie because I like stuff blowing up and CGI. Plus, Daniel Craig. Nom! *winks*
DeleteBoth sound quite skippable. I read Treasure Island a million years ago and remember little of it. I haven't seen Cowboys and Aliens, it sounded too weird for me. Maybe some day.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree. lol I liked the movie because I like action movies. And Daniel Craig. It was kinda dumb though. But...Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. lol
DeleteYou know, I still haven't gotten on the graphic novel bandwagon. I don't know why exactly, but they just don't appeal to me. I do have a serious itch to read Buffy Season 8+ though, so maybe that will be the icebreaker.
ReplyDeleteI don't read that many of them. They're hit or miss with me. I like colorful ones and really, I prefer a graphic novel of a favorite series that has an original story instead of rehashing an old one. It doesn't stop me from reading, say Dresden Files, but it would be nice to have new short stories in graphic novel form.
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