Renegade: Martin Luther, the Graphic Biography

author: Andrea Grosso Ciponte
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.11
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2019/09/05
date added: 2019/09/05
shelves: graphic-novels, non-fiction
review:
'Renegade: Martin Luther, the Graphic Biography' by Dacia Palmerino with art by Andrea Grosso Ciponte is a graphic novel about the founder of the Protestant Reformation.

Martin Luther was born into a pretty cruel world full of poverty and plague. As he grew, he found himself in a monastery, but while there, he starts to have questions about what the Bible teaches versus what the church did at the time. This led him to post the ninety-five theses on a church door in Wittenberg. His stance makes him unpopular with the church and he goes into hiding.

Martin Luther is a controversial figure, but this graphic novel does a fair job of showing both sides of him. He's no saint, but he is not to be wholly reviled. The art was a weird style of computer art and it worked, but seemed to already look dated in style. The story is pretty dark in tone, and may be disturbing for younger or sensitive readers. I did enjoy reading it though.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Plough Publishing House and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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