{"id":19123,"date":"2019-01-15T20:48:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T02:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=19123"},"modified":"2019-01-15T20:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T02:48:40","slug":"book-review-anne-of-green-gables-a-graphic-novel-adapted-by-mariah-marsden-and-illustrated-by-brenna-thummler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2019\/20190115-19123.htm","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel<\/em> adapted by Mariah Marsden and illustrated by Brenna Thummler"},"content":{"rendered":"

“They” say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And maybe “they” are right – for most people. <\/p>\n

For me? <\/p>\n

"Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel"<\/p>\n

The written word is my heart language. Pictures are generally lost on me. So much so that the only way I can dream of understanding a movie (even if I’m paying it my full attention) is if I’ve got subtitles on. <\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s needless to say that graphic novels aren’t really my thing.<\/p>\n

But when the time came around for Carrie’s L.M. Montgomery Reading Challenge<\/a>, I searched the library for something I hadn’t read – and found this little (229 pages) graphic novel.<\/p>\n

I read it in about three sittings (give or take) and adored it. <\/p>\n

Marsden does an excellent job of shortening Anne’s speech while keeping its “Anne-ness” intact. Thummler does a great job of depicting the setting, actions, and emotions of the various scenes. It’s all well done.<\/p>\n

Anne smashing the slate over Gilbert's head<\/p>\n

I’m fairly certain, though, that my enjoyment of this adaptation has everything to do with it being an adaptation of a familiar<\/em> story. Would I have understood what was going on if this was my first exposure to Anne? I doubt so. Would someone else? Possibly. But even as much as I enjoyed this adaptation, I wouldn’t recommend it as a first exposure to Anne. Montgomery herself should be allowed to introduce her own character.<\/p>\n

\"L.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rating:<\/strong> 4 stars
\nCategory:<\/strong> Graphic Novel adaptation
\nSynopsis:<\/strong> Anne of Green Gables in graphic novel format. Done well.
\nRecommendation:<\/strong> Fun for fans of Anne, possibly also a nice option for a struggling-ish reader who has already heard Anne read aloud (Maybe?) Not a suitable substitute for actually reading L.M. Montgomery.
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“They” say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And maybe “they” are right – for most people. For me? The written word is my heart language. Pictures are generally lost on me. So much so that the only way I can dream of understanding a movie (even if I’m paying it my full … Read more Book Review: Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel<\/em> adapted by Mariah Marsden and illustrated by Brenna Thummler<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[36],"tags":[48,106,1629,1627,659,660,1628],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19123"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19123"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19132,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19123\/revisions\/19132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}