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A review by julenka_reads
Poems to See by: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry by Julian Peters
4.0
I received an arc from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest opinion.
This book comes out on the 30th of March.
This is a beautiful collection of classic English poems accompanied by comics in various styles. I really enjoyed the way that the poems have been brought to life with this visualization. While I am no fan of mangas and comics on classics, with poems it seems to be another thing for me. I especially love the different parts of the collection, for example seeing nature or seeing death. Also I think it was the right decision to add the original poem after the comic strips, as sometimes the text was a bit hard to read on the images and also this provides the awesome experience of being able to compare both ways of reading the poem - with and without the comics.
A great short read that introduced me to some poems that I did not know yet. I wished that the selection of poems would have been a bit broader though - most had quite a melancholy and negative undertone and I would have enjoyed to see some more poems which are celebrating the beautiful and positive sides of life.
This book comes out on the 30th of March.
This is a beautiful collection of classic English poems accompanied by comics in various styles. I really enjoyed the way that the poems have been brought to life with this visualization. While I am no fan of mangas and comics on classics, with poems it seems to be another thing for me. I especially love the different parts of the collection, for example seeing nature or seeing death. Also I think it was the right decision to add the original poem after the comic strips, as sometimes the text was a bit hard to read on the images and also this provides the awesome experience of being able to compare both ways of reading the poem - with and without the comics.
A great short read that introduced me to some poems that I did not know yet. I wished that the selection of poems would have been a bit broader though - most had quite a melancholy and negative undertone and I would have enjoyed to see some more poems which are celebrating the beautiful and positive sides of life.