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sydneyrp143's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
emeestans's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty okay, I just could not get interested in it. It was a little confusing and I had to force myself to finish it.
jarrahpenguin's review against another edition
4.0
Apollo does a great job instilling the sense of history-making the Apollo 11 mission had, and taking you inside the psyches of the three astronauts in space. From the publicity copy on the cover I had expected more detail in terms of how the mission was put together and how it was also being run on the ground at NASA, but after the destruction of Apollo 1 early in the book there's a big gap until Apollo 11. Instead, the authors chose more to focus on the personal baggage of the three astronauts, even segueing into a trippy dream sequence where Michael Collins discusses his feelings about the mission with the "Spirit of America."
The flashbacks/flash forwards were sometimes a bit hard to follow, and it was really hard to tell apart the many similar-looking white guys, especially members of the large group of astronauts drinking after the fire on Apollo 1. The biography page with the images of the astronauts from the comics would've worked better up front to help as a reference.
The flashbacks/flash forwards were sometimes a bit hard to follow, and it was really hard to tell apart the many similar-looking white guys, especially members of the large group of astronauts drinking after the fire on Apollo 1. The biography page with the images of the astronauts from the comics would've worked better up front to help as a reference.
spacetoread's review against another edition
3.0
Four stars for the story, knocked down to three for execution.
I was thrown off by the dream/hallucination by Mike Collins in the middle of the story. Was it meant to tap into his role and the pressure on his shoulders? I’ve seen that concept done far better with words, or in other graphic novels.
The art being grainy and possibly a throwback was distracting to me. Finally, the misspelling of Virgil Gus “Grissolm”’s last name is poor copy editing and a disrespectful affront to a fallen hero.
I enjoyed the inclusion of personal stories and parts of the Apollo 11’s home lives and childhoods.
I was thrown off by the dream/hallucination by Mike Collins in the middle of the story. Was it meant to tap into his role and the pressure on his shoulders? I’ve seen that concept done far better with words, or in other graphic novels.
The art being grainy and possibly a throwback was distracting to me. Finally, the misspelling of Virgil Gus “Grissolm”’s last name is poor copy editing and a disrespectful affront to a fallen hero.
I enjoyed the inclusion of personal stories and parts of the Apollo 11’s home lives and childhoods.
alexutzu's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
2.75
I picked this out as I wanted to learn more about the Apollo 11 expedition. Sadly, I was rather disappointed, as the book's main focus was not on the event or key people, but rather on their families or past. Even so, it had potential to be an interesting perspective, but the execution kind of failed it.
😍 The good:
The design was quite nice, especially the ones from the appendix (related to the technical details of the expedition). These things also encouraged me at first to pick up this book and helped me in understanding a bit more about the topic. The only thing that saved this book a bit was that in the end (due to some appendix explanations), some things fell into place and became more clear.
😅 The not-so-good:
The graphic novel was hard to follow and the events and flashbacks were scattered, so it fell flat. I felt that the message related to how the astronauts' lives were impacted by this was not really delivered well. I almost wanted to DNF several times, but decided to stick with it as it was a reading from my shelf.
😍 The good:
The design was quite nice, especially the ones from the appendix (related to the technical details of the expedition). These things also encouraged me at first to pick up this book and helped me in understanding a bit more about the topic. The only thing that saved this book a bit was that in the end (due to some appendix explanations), some things fell into place and became more clear.
😅 The not-so-good:
The graphic novel was hard to follow and the events and flashbacks were scattered, so it fell flat. I felt that the message related to how the astronauts' lives were impacted by this was not really delivered well. I almost wanted to DNF several times, but decided to stick with it as it was a reading from my shelf.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Death
lkthomas07's review against another edition
2.0
Storytelling was just ok. Art was just ok. I definitely wasn't a fan of the hallucination scenes... Just not sure where it was really going with those. I did like the end scene with Buzz's father and the scenes with Janet, at least. Loved the beginning quote and ending excerpt from JFK.
bug_lightyear's review against another edition
3.75
Weird flashbacks and hallucinations, not very clear what is going on
yohhhanna's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.75
Super cool story but I don't think I would have been able to understand it without having read a lot about space before. especially the references to their life before the Apollo program were quite hard to understand without background knowledge
katievank's review against another edition
3.0
Struck me as not enough. Would have liked more exploration of any one of the directions they hinted at: anticipation of the mission, astronauts’ personal lives, responses on earth before and during the mission, more details and reflections and reactions of astronauts during the mission, return process and experience after returning to earth - many of these were briefly touched but none were deep enough to really compel me to the story. Even a story as compelling as the first moon landing needs more to hook the audience. It was also very “Rah Rah USA” which I get was the genuine feeling at the time but being not an American that aspect didn’t land for me.
What was there was good, it’s what I felt was missing that caused it to fall a little flat in some areas. I’m also very new to graphic novels as a medium so I can’t say if this is typical for the genre, but it didn’t captivate me or leave me hungry for more whereas a few other graphic novels have.
What was there was good, it’s what I felt was missing that caused it to fall a little flat in some areas. I’m also very new to graphic novels as a medium so I can’t say if this is typical for the genre, but it didn’t captivate me or leave me hungry for more whereas a few other graphic novels have.