Since I read this today, I didn't think it was worth creating another post for the review.
Book: Pride & Prejudice (issues #1-5) by Jane Austen and adapted by Nancy Butler with illustrations by Hugo Petrus
Source: Library
Description:
Tailored from the adored Jane Austen classic, Marvel Comics is proud to present Pride and Prejudice! Two-time Rita Award-Winner Nancy Butler and fan-favorite Hugo Petrus faithfully adapt the whimsical tale of Lizzy Bennet and her loveable-if-eccentric family, as they navigate through tricky British social circles. Will Lizzy's father manage to marry off his five daughters, despite his wife's incessant nagging? And will Lizzy's beautiful sister Jane marry the handsome, wealthy Mr. Bingley, or will his brooding friend Mr. Darcy stand between their happiness?
Rating: 1 star
Review:
It's unbelievable how awful this was. This is one of the worst adaptations I have ever seen. Pride & Prejudice was full of passion and emotion but this version seems to have sucked all the life out of the story. Each page is bland and boring. The reader doesn't really get a good understanding of the story or the characters. It's as if the author just flipped through the pages of the original story and selected various quotes to make up this story.
The artwork was as equally bland as the story. All the Bennet sisters (as well as all the young women) in this story all have the same face but with different hair colors and styles as well as all the young men in the story all look the same.
Pride & Prejudice is not a book you can just condense because then you take away all the little things that made this story so special.
This was just a huge disappointment. The best thing about this story was the adorable cover which resembles a magazine cover.
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