1984: The Graphic Novel

This book is a fantastic read from start to finish. Engaging, well-written, and thought-provoking—it’s one of those titles you’ll want to revisit. Definitely a gem worth adding to your collection. Highly recommended!

My Gen Z kid, who utterly despises reading, DEVOURED this book in a couple of hours! I’m very been waiting years for him to be old enough to appreciate Fahrenheit 451 but given his resistance to sitting down and reading a novel I had to accept that he’d be reading a glorified comic book. So, while he’s enjoying the pictures and reading short lines in each panel, the story is still there and I suppose the artwork does add emphasis to the literature. At any rate, I’m happy that he has read a classic novel and he feels a little success, too. Win-win.

There is nothing I can add to commentary on the story itself. I'd like to focus on the graphic novel aspect.We understand words by their association to images and things. The graphic novel provides a vital format for solidifying those concepts presenting in the book through images.The illustration used in this book is perfect. It is never overwhelming and it never detracts, or distracts the reader, from the story. Nowhere is there an image too graphic or too explicit to take you out of the story, to distract you from the overall plot and point. Rather, the images are masterfully drawn to reinforce what you read. The reader is not told how to think about the story through the illustrations; rather, they serve as an anchor of sorts to subtly convey what Orwell is saying in this novel.There is nothing of substance I can add, which has not already been said, about this vital piece of literature. So in summation, the illustrator has done an excellent job of providing backdrop and context to the ideas of the story without detracting the reader from it. This is just as it should be done, so the message of the work is not diluted. I think Orwell would have approved.

A beautiful rendition of 1984. I loved every second of it, despite its topic. Would definitely read more by this artist

The book was really nice and arrived very fast but there was a big sticker on the book that left sticky residue on the book. I’m very disappointed. I don’t know if it’s Amazon’s fault or what but I’m upset.

As a lover of the book, movies and such, I found the graphic novel version extremely enjoyable and memorable and impactful.

Every man, woman and child should read this before they turn 21

It made my mother cry and my son unhappy when they read this graphic novel. George Orwell is still doing his job. This adaptation is very consistent with the original novel, and should be required reading for everyone, not just boys and moms.