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The Eye Of The World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Two (2012)

by Robert Jordan(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0765331624 (ISBN13: 9780765331625)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

series

The Wheel of Time - Graphic Novels

review 1: I have read RJ's The Wheel of Time series from end to end twice, yet somehow the existence of the graphic novels escaped me. Until now. I am a huge fan of Chuck Dixon mainly for his work on Batman and he hasn't disappointed in bringing to life the characters in these novels. I would absolutely recommend anyone who, like me, has read the novels then goes on to read the graphics. It's such a powerful visual reminder of the world you grow to love in the novels.As standalone graphic novels though, I'm not sure the cuts of the story would hit the mark. I'll have to trust someone else's judgement for that.
review 2: I won this book through First Reads. Thanks, Tor and to Goodreads!First, some background: I haven't yet read the first volume of the Eye of the World gra... morephic novel, and I have really little familiarity with graphic novels as a medium in general. But I do know Robert Jordan! Since I first started reading the Wheel of Time books about ten years ago (!) they've always had a special place in my heart and I think that they still stand as a very good example of how to write Tolkien-style fantasy without feeling derivative or uninspired. So, in short, this review is based on how well it makes the transition from novel to graphic novel, and whether it works as an adaptation. I'll start with the good: the book is absolutely beautiful. Andie Tong frames his artwork really nicely, and gives each page a good sense of dynamism. The characters themselves are visually brought to life pretty well, with Perrin, Min, and Nynaeve as particular highlights. Moiraine is pretty nice as well. The best part, though, is the coloring. Nicholas Chapuis fills the images with purples and blues and greens and I think that the sudden jumps in colors, from light to shadow, from murky to bright, carries a lot of the weight in bringing Robert Jordan's world to life.I have a couple small criticisms as well: I think the change in medium shortchanges a couple of the characters as they disappear off into the background or seem more one-dimensional than they did in the novel. Mat's characterization is somewhat flattened and Perrin is mostly relegated to the background (though to be fair, this a particularly Rand-heavy part of of the story). I also thought that on occasion - especially near the beginning - the pages were a little bit wordier than necessary, and things would be explained via exposition when they could have been shown visually (this did get quite a bit better as things went along). I also thought that lots of the bad guys who showed up were not given the most imaginative of artistic treatments - a certain fellow who shows up in Rand's dreams about 1/2 of the way through looks almost comically evil, with fire bursting out of his eyes and mouth and all that. Finally, it seems kind of a bummer that the work was so short, clocking in at just over 150 pages. At this rate I'd guess they'll need about five volumes to finish off just The Eye of the World, which seems kind of excessive. Overall, though, they're relatively small complaints: I think it works well as an adaptation and the majority of the time it's absolutely lovely to look at. Definitely worth a look for Wheel of Time fans. less

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