Customer Reviews

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Graphic Revolve)

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I'm a huge King Arthur fan who also enjoys graphic novels, so when I saw this book I had to check it out. I have to say, I was very disappointed. The story has been hacked down to a thin, droll retelling of the classic story of Arthur. Granted, this is a graphic novel and you don't want a bunch of words cluttering up the artwork, but after reading the first two pages I could tell that the author really didn't care about the story and the whole book reads like something just thrown together to make a buck.

The artwork ranges from pretty good (the pictures of Merlin are great!) to bad (some of the pictures look like colored over stick men). Over all this book is very uninspiring and quickly forgetable. I give it 2 stars for the idea of turning the story of Arthur into a graphic novel and for some of the artwork, but I'd recommend looking elsewhere for a good graphic novel on Arthur and his knights. Hope this helps!

I love this graphic novel series for my elementary students and my secondary ELLs. Both groups love the illustrations and usually dive into the non-illustrated novel directly after reading the graphic novel.