Naja

author: Jean-David Morvan

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.10

book published: 2014

rating: 4

read at: 2014/06/25

date added: 2014/06/25

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Naja' is a strange graphic novel. It's gotten good reviews and partially in, I was really questioning why. By the end it all made sense, but not before taking some interesting twists and turns.



Naja is an assassin who works for Zero. She's never seen Zero. She also doesn't feel pain, which is a plus in a violent profession. Naja is the third best assassin working for Zero and she's content being known as Three. One and Two are a bit more uneasy. Two would gladly knock off One if it weren't so difficult, but all three of them find themselves creating an uneasy truce just to stay alive from a bigger threat.



We learn all this through a narrator with a strange manner of speaking. At first, I thought this affectation strange, but it made sense as the story went on. The narrator knows a lot about Naja, including her disdain for most of the countries and peoples she has visited. There is an undercurrent of pretty dark humor here and it's pretty solidly written by Jean-David Morvan. Art by Bengal is really good for the story. I ended up liking it, so if you try it, stick it out until the end before deciding.



I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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