The Little Prince (graphic novel)
I remember reading The Little Prince many years ago, and reading it again and again. I don’t remember if someone had given my sister and I that book or if it was something my parents had purchased. But there it was, on our bookshelves. There was something so lost and sad and dreamy and sweet about this book and its lovely illustrations, and those illustrations were forever associated with that story. Somewhere along the way, I never reread it again, so it’s been years since I last picked up the book.
So here comes along a graphic novel adaptation of t
he book, and when I first saw it on Estella’s Revenge, I was torn – would reading it tear apart those lovely childhood memories of The Little Prince? But I was curious, and those colourful illustrations drew me in. I signed up for NetGalley but was disappointed to learn that at the time, there wasn’t a way to read galleys on the iPad. And I hate reading books, even graphic novels, on the computer. But now with the Bluefire app which supports Adobe ebook DRM, I can. I was quite pleased.
But back to The Little Prince and this graphic novel version. It is vivid and colourful and is bound to draw any reader, whether new or old, into the story. The new style of drawing does take a while to get used to but it was totally refreshing to read this book again, and in a graphic novel format. And it was that whimsical, sad, wonderful story that I remembered. Just with more colour and more weird, but delightfully so, images.
Glad this one worked out well for you! The style did take a bit of getting used to, but the story was familiar once I got into the groove.
It was fun to read this story again!