Review: #403
Title: Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse: The Graphic Novel
Series: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - graphic novel book 3
Author: Rick Riordan; adapted by Robert Venditti
Read Before: no
My Comments: A decent adaptation and feels more fleshed out than The Sea of Monsters. While it still doesn’t capture the complexity and humor of the source material, they did well. I think it is probably due to the art style, which lends itself to be more serious, being somewhat at odds with the books. Naturally, there are some compromises in that most events are shortened; this means that some of your favorite scenes feel shafted. The plot doesn’t feel too clever since you’re never given enough time to build hype or understand how everything works together. Probably one of the worse things here is that Thalia looks so much like a guy. In 80% of panels with her in it, you will mistake her for a male character and you’re left thinking, “when did he get introduced?” until you realized who it really was. Other than that, this is a decent and faithful graphic novel.
Rating: 6/10
