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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book is so disgusting it doesn't belong on Amazon,
This review is from: Hungarian Rhapsody (Paperback)
"Hungarian Rhapsody" is a graphic novel that shows explicit sex and other inappropriate images. Furthermore, it has no artistic strong points -- it is amateurishly drawn and has a bizarre plot. Great graphic artists like Herge never had to resort to the twisted to tell a story, and their pictures are beautiful, too. Never read this book.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book isn't good at all,
This review is from: Hungarian Rhapsody (Paperback)
I find myself agreeing with the guy who said "never read this book." He's right, there are some disturbing images, depicting sexual nudity and even sado-masochism. To be fair, this is quite a lot worse than what most decent people expect when they sit down with a book.
Also, the plot is so drab it's hardly worth the money. Think every B-spy movie and you've got it: happily retired spy gets called back to service, is thrown into confusion by the bad guys, starts working (and sleeping) with a nervous and mysterious co-agent, chases around the continent of Europe, sorta finishes the job, then goes to bed. Cheesy, to say the least.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Let's get real - a review as counterpoint,
By paul pirate (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hungarian Rhapsody (Paperback)
I would be appalled by the one-star review here if it weren't so absurd. Herge? Apples are not oranges. I am sorry this "disgusting" book offended the reviewer; what did he expect, "Donald Duck"?
Dealing within the proper context, "Hungarian Rhapsody" is a bit sprawling compared to other Max Friedman tales; the improvisational tone of some of the plot is more a trait of "Oriental Gateway" than "No Pasaran" or "A Jew in Communist Prague," both of which are by necessity more historically focused. Budapest is a less cliched location than Barcelona, Prague, or North Africa, and perhaps this allowed Giardino a little too much freedom. Nonetheless, I enjoyed HR as much as the other Max tales, especially as its story "feels" complete at its end (well, as much as any Max tale does). Giardino seems to like cliffhanging: will there be a third "No Pasaran"? Or does he consider this story (or "Jew in Communist Prague," for that matter) finished also? Open endings and unexplained circumstances may be a bit maddening for traditional reading, but Max's world seems to float in and out of a horrible decade, much like the historical references. Women serve a pretty familiar role in Max tales; but that's why I'm curious about Ethel. Unusually, I think she DEVELOPS as a character; by the end, she knows that she has to go her own way. Compare her to Cleo, the quintessentially beautiful "woman of mystery" - which is no mystery at all. For me, then, HR has the weight of the other Max tales; "No Pasaran" has the advantage of the Spanish Civil War as a "sexy" backdrop. Keep the pen flowing, Vittorio...
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