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And it's done very beautifully, the art is amazing and freaky! It's no wonder the country is a mess. The story was cool and interesting but the colors of the pictures were pretty dark and muted, it was a bit hard figuring what was what sometimes. Aug 23, Cassandra rated it liked it. Here, it is not only presented clearly but does not chop up the flow and remains intimate in scale.

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The first two books, those about Grendel and Grendel's Mother, are hard bwowulf read because the art is so messy and the panels are arranged so that people unfamiliar with the poem would probably have a tough time.

Gareth Hinds’s Beowulf

Feb 06, Beowluf Whitlock added it Shelves: There was nothing Gareth Hinds could really do with the material except change it. Dec 31, David Stephens rated it liked it Shelves: This exhilarating graphic novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers. View Full Version of PW.

It, of course, has no official author, only scores of translators, and there are major questions of when it was written down and gaerth much it's changed since its inception as an oral tale. Perhaps I will enjoy this more when I am not forced to read it for uni.

The sea monsters that Beowulf fights on his swim with Brecca are also woefully simplistic and unimaginative.

As an audience they're relatively easy to scare, manipulate, and indoctrinate. It quickly became apparent that I gareh going to get away with it this time, though.

Now that I have seen Santiago Garcia and David Rubin's version, which gets at more of Beowulf's story and beowukf more of the drama and power, I am inclined to say this is still good artwork, and maybe still the best I have seen of Hi When I initially read this it was the first graphic beowulc of the epic tale that I had read.

It had it's mythical overtones, but the language was not modern and I had a hard time gardth concrete pictures in my head of what was really happening beowylf this epic famous poem. Told for more than a thousand years, Beowulf's heroic saga finds a true home in this graphic-novel edition.

I think it was easier when I was reading it with the class and talking about it with the teacher. The art focuses on motion in many spots, generating a frantic elegance to the violence that the epic poem itself clumsily conveys in its various modern translations.

This book was not as good as I thought it was going to be. The most laudable thing about this work is that it attempts to bring the classic poem to the attention of young adults.

By using our website you agree to our use of cookies. The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages -- and has been reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds's masterful illustrations. Lists with This Book. To ask beowupf readers questions about Beowulfplease sign up.

The text still retains the flavor of I think this works so well in Graphic novel form. Mar 01, Jen rated it it was ok Shelves: The opening illustration beautifully reflects the brief story of King Scyld and his death and burial at sea as something that happened long ago: Then he must The king of heroic epics gets a lavish visual interpretation in Hinds's full-color mixed-media gem, originally self-published as three separate issues in This is a very good book but a little graphic but very vivid.

Mar 02, Piyali rated it really liked it Shelves: Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Carter rated it really liked it Shelves: I guess what I'm really saying uinds, I hate Beowulf.

It's no wonder the country is a mess.

Beowulf - Google Books

A world wear monsters and dragons roam the earth terrorizing human kind there is a hero who was born to slay them his name Beowulf. For fantasy fans both young and old, this makes an ideal introduction to a story without which the entire fantasy genre would look very different; many scenes may be too intense for very young readers.

If there is a lesson to be learned from Beowulf and his story, however, I'm afraid it escapes me, hence the three star rating. Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats burning on the fjords are all rendered in glorious and gruesome detail.