By Louise Simonson (Adapted by), Leigh Bardugo, Kit Seaton
Thank you Penguin for this book in exchange for an honest review
Synopsis:
She will become one of the world’s greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Leigh Bardugo, this graphic novel adaptation brings to life Diana’s first adventure beyond the hidden shores of Themyscira.
Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law–risking exile–to save a mere mortal. Even worse, Alia Keralis is no ordinary girl and with this single brave act, Diana may have doomed the world.
Alia just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. She doesn’t know she is being hunted. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary strength and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer–a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.
Together, Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies–mortal and divine–determined to either destroy or possess the Warbringer. If they have any hope of saving both their worlds, they will have to stand side by side against the tide of war.
Review:
You know when you read a graphic novel based on a book and leaves out all the relevant information from the book that is critical to the story but they decided it wasn’t important enough to have it in the graphic novel? Yeah well, that was the case with Warbringer!
What I love about how this story the most, is that it isn’t for Hollywood, it isn’t Diana meeting a guy and her world changes and she must do everything she can for him and blahhhh blahhh blah. It is based on two young girls and on friendship. Friendship is more important than a small elephant trunk people! Think of it as short term satisfaction vs long term happiness. I love it when stories break away from the moulding of girl meets guy and then life changes. After all we are strong woman, we don’t need a man.
Moving away from the girls saving the day situation, the storyline still held its intensity and was fast paced and overall exciting. And most importantly it doesn’t leave much out that is in the book version of Warbringer.
The graphics? I loved it. It’s great to see the amazon woman actually wearing clothes and not scampering around in barely nothing (thanks again Hollywood) but the characters were drawn in a tough, yet beautiful fashion and it was wonderful!
Overall, the first Graphic Novel of 2020 was a hit!
Rating: 4/5
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9781401282554