author: David Vandermeulen
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.00
book published: 2013
rating: 2
read at: 2019/05/13
date added: 2019/05/13
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Mary Shelley' with words and art by David Vandermeulen is part 2 of a historical fiction graphic novel. I enjoyed the first part about poet Percy Bysse Shelley, and I was looking forward to seeing how Mary Shelley's story was going to be told.
Percy and Mary are in love, but Mary's father disapproves. He's probably right. Percy is a womanizer and really bad at managing money and travel. When travel mishaps with the couple and Mary's sister Claire lead them to Switzerland and Lord Byron, we read the events leading up to the haunted Summer where the novel Frankenstein was born. Then the story takes a weird abrupt turn.
I liked the first graphic novel and the first half of this one. Historical fiction can take some liberties with events and this one does, but then it heads off into apocalyptic territory and I didn't hate it, but it just left me scratching my head. I like the art well enough. I just wish the author had stayed true with the work previously done in the first book.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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