I have a real appreciation for artists who make illustrated tellings of classic stories. I am a person who appreciates classics and has many of them of my TBR. But in reality I struggle to find the time, patience, and mind-space for ye old language to actually tick them off. And so I have a deep thankfulness to those which produce easy to digest editions of these classics.

I have not read the original story of The Scarlet Letter, but I do have a general understanding of what the story entails. Because of this I will not comment on the accuracy of the retelling.

Overall the book was easy to follow and understand (I did not need to interpret ye old language). I thought the illustrations and style, while quite traditionally manga-esque, did well at telling the the story. The emotions of such classic storytelling depicted in such a manga way (e.g. the shadowed expressions, Chillingworth depicted with a serpent during most morally evil moments) was interesting and unique, and honestly I thought it portrayed the story fine.

There wasn't anything standout-ish to me though. The illustration style was typical, the simplistic classic story retelling was typical, and while I quickly learnt of a classic story I didn't take away much else. But I guess this is what the artist's aimed to achieve. A classic retelling of a age-old story with little creative interpretation.

Note: I received this graphic book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Netgallery and the adaptive artists, Nathaniel Hawthorne, SunNeko Lee, Crystal S Chan, and Stacy King!