James Sturm

Usually I'm pretty good at differentiating between thinking something is good or bad, and feeling as though I liked or disliked it. I'm really struggling with that in this case. The book feels like a rumination on being a subpar father, husband and man; with the overtone of having been owed a messiah in Bernie, or at least having been owed something. There is almost no introspection or self reflection. I'm not a person who believes that a lot needs to happen in a book for it to be good, and the writing and art are mechanically great and have a wonderful grasp of tone. That being said, I can't determine what emotional journey is supposed to be being portrayed here. The final note of the book is the two taking drugs in order to rekindle a marriage that you've just spent 200 pages establishing as dysfunctional and unhealthy, and the tone it seems to want to take with that is... hope?

If this were a zeitgeist character study I think I would really have enjoyed it, but the presentation as a semi-autobiographical work made it confusing and perhaps even slightly concerning. Perhaps its aim was to present precisely that worldview and pattern of behaviour to readers with no added veneer of retroactive reflection, but if so I can't say that I found it particularly compelling.… (plus d'informations)

I remember being very bored when I read the overlong original novel back in 1985, and the animated movie did nothing to improve my opinion of the story. But this graphic novel adaptation finally made me care about these rabbits and their desire to start a new life of liberty away from oppressive regimes and deadly predators.

It's a thick adaptation -- and heavy enough to give me a little back strain when I tried to read it while walking -- but the plot has been distilled down to the exciting bits and the art is lovely, managing to distinguish most of the large cast of rabbits from each other while still letting them look like real rabbits.… (plus d'informations)

An absolutely beautiful adaptation of the original (which, honestly, I don't remember that well, as I was probably eight or nine when I read it). A useful "Lapine Glossary" is located at the end.

When Fiver has a vision of impending doom, he, Hazel, and a few others leave their warren and strike out on their own, in search of a place of safety and freedom. Throughout are tales of El-ahrairah, told by Dandelion.

Quotes

"And I will proudly tell it. As the old saying goes, 'Our children's children will hear a good story.'" (306)

"A rabbit safe and sound is a rabbit underground." (306)

"Adapting this book often felt less like using our imagination and more like documenting a historical event." -James Sturm… (plus d'informations)