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The Talisman (2009)

by Robin Furth(Favorite Author)

4.33 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

The Random House Publishing Group

series

The Talisman - Graphic Novel series

review 1: A gorgeous representation of one of my favourite King novels. It felt wonderful to slide back into this story of a boy and his harrowing quest. By necessity, this is a scaled down version of a rich and complex novel, but the artwork is tremendous, and the soul of the story is present if not all the flesh and bone. I would be very curious to hear feedback from readers who have not read the novel; it was hard for me to separate all that I knew. What would it be like going in completely blind? I am hooked and can't wait for more.
review 2: I'm a huge fan of Stephen King novels. I own almost everything he's written and have read a great deal of his books. Talisman, however, is one of the few I haven't read. So I wasn't sure I should pick up the graphic novel fir... morest... but of course that didn't stop me.The art in the graphic novel is beautiful... it's got the same quality that drew me to the art of Brian K. Vaughan's Runaways series. Hard to describe, but the characters all have a sort of rounded, soft look to them, and the colors are really vibrant. Simply gorgeous.The story itself was a little confusing... I'm not sure if this is just because I haven't read the real book, or if it's just a bit of a complex story. But I soon grasped hold of the threads. I was just getting into it when it ended, actually, so I hope the second volume is A) in my library soon and B) doesn't take quite as much time to get into as the first.Also, having read this, I was inspired to put a request in at the library for the audiobook of Talisman, so that I could read the "real" story as well. less

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