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A review by isabellarobinson7
The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Five by Robert Jordan, Francis Nuguit, Marcio Fiorito, Chuck Dixon
5.0
Rating: 5 stars
As expected, I read the last half of The Eye of the World novel much faster than the first, and finished it before I could complete the graphic novels. I am now reading The Great Hunt (in novel format, obviously) and am missing reading the graphic novels along with it, like I was able to do for book 1. They should absolutely continue on with the adaptions, and hopefully they will with increased popularity for the series that will come with the show airing. I'm not normally hugely in favour of TV or movie adaptations for books (I know I'm in the minority here), perhaps because Percy Jackson scarred me for life, but if we get to see Aviendha in graphic novel format I will be eternally grateful.
So we had Elayne in this volume. She looked ok, and I promise I found a good picture of her despite my feelings regarding her character to add to this review:
Ok, well no I can't promise you that, but I can promise you that I chose the picture that suits her personality the best: yelling at people because they are trying to take Rand away from her. Sounds just like Elayne, doesn't it? (I actually do like Elayne, but only in certain books, like The Great Hunt, and obviously not in this one.) She also had some suggestively placed swirly design things on her, ah, upper torso that were an interesting addition to her outfit. (I'd also like to add here as a mini side comment that while Galad looked fine, he was by no means "to handsome for masculinity" or whatever. No, I'm not going to put a picture here because, I don't know, it makes me uncomfortable rating people's levels of hotness, even in drawings.)
On a happier note, Loial! I love Loial because I'm, well, a human mortal, and he makes every scene better. He looked really cool in this volume, and I think the artists nailed how I imagine an ogier would look:
He's like an ent combined with a dwarf, or Treebeard combined with Gimli (who are both coincidentally voiced/played by John Rhys-Davis in the movies who also plays Sallah in Raiders of the Lo-! ok, that's too far, tangent over. Lord of the Rings was one thing but Indiana Jones is barely even the same genre).
Also, I just wanted to add that I particularly liked this panel:
I just think that the art here is especially good, and Moiraine, Nynaeve, Egwene and Loial's characters are portrayed individually really well, as well as their relationship with one another. The way Nynaeve tries to place herself above Moiraine, but also looks to her for confirmation... And how Egwene is tied between trying to impress Moiraine or Nynaeve... And how Loial holds Moiraine, as an Aes Sedai, in great esteem, but still refuses to lead then into the Ways... I could go on and on.
Other than that, there were a few odd looking pictures, one of stifling a laugh and the other of biting a lip, but overall I had no major issues. There was also a strange instance of Rand supposedly referring to himself in the third person saying "He's back Rand!" which I think was a speech bubble intended to come from Mat instead. Looking forward to the last volume of The Eye of the World, and then to New Spring where we get to see Siuan! (Also, can we just acknowledge that this is by far the best cover of the graphic novels so far.)
As expected, I read the last half of The Eye of the World novel much faster than the first, and finished it before I could complete the graphic novels. I am now reading The Great Hunt (in novel format, obviously) and am missing reading the graphic novels along with it, like I was able to do for book 1. They should absolutely continue on with the adaptions, and hopefully they will with increased popularity for the series that will come with the show airing. I'm not normally hugely in favour of TV or movie adaptations for books (I know I'm in the minority here), perhaps because Percy Jackson scarred me for life, but if we get to see Aviendha in graphic novel format I will be eternally grateful.
So we had Elayne in this volume. She looked ok, and I promise I found a good picture of her despite my feelings regarding her character to add to this review:
Ok, well no I can't promise you that, but I can promise you that I chose the picture that suits her personality the best: yelling at people because they are trying to take Rand away from her. Sounds just like Elayne, doesn't it? (I actually do like Elayne, but only in certain books, like The Great Hunt, and obviously not in this one.) She also had some suggestively placed swirly design things on her, ah, upper torso that were an interesting addition to her outfit. (I'd also like to add here as a mini side comment that while Galad looked fine, he was by no means "to handsome for masculinity" or whatever. No, I'm not going to put a picture here because, I don't know, it makes me uncomfortable rating people's levels of hotness, even in drawings.)
On a happier note, Loial! I love Loial because I'm, well, a human mortal, and he makes every scene better. He looked really cool in this volume, and I think the artists nailed how I imagine an ogier would look:
He's like an ent combined with a dwarf, or Treebeard combined with Gimli (who are both coincidentally voiced/played by John Rhys-Davis in the movies who also plays Sallah in Raiders of the Lo-! ok, that's too far, tangent over. Lord of the Rings was one thing but Indiana Jones is barely even the same genre).
Also, I just wanted to add that I particularly liked this panel:
I just think that the art here is especially good, and Moiraine, Nynaeve, Egwene and Loial's characters are portrayed individually really well, as well as their relationship with one another. The way Nynaeve tries to place herself above Moiraine, but also looks to her for confirmation... And how Egwene is tied between trying to impress Moiraine or Nynaeve... And how Loial holds Moiraine, as an Aes Sedai, in great esteem, but still refuses to lead then into the Ways... I could go on and on.
Other than that, there were a few odd looking pictures, one of stifling a laugh and the other of biting a lip, but overall I had no major issues. There was also a strange instance of Rand supposedly referring to himself in the third person saying "He's back Rand!" which I think was a speech bubble intended to come from Mat instead. Looking forward to the last volume of The Eye of the World, and then to New Spring where we get to see Siuan! (Also, can we just acknowledge that this is by far the best cover of the graphic novels so far.)