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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel, #1)
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This was purely an impulse buy but I still think it's the best Vampire Academy adaptation out there, based on the original books. They managed to cram the entire first novel into a comic book that's under 200 pages, and they honestly did a pretty decent job. I mean, it's still basically the Reader's Digest of a YA novel, but I liked it.
Also, every time Dimitri tells Rose he'd throw himself in front of her during a Strigoi attack instead of Lissa, I swoon a little.
It hits just the same in this graphic novel.
(Though gosh, I forgot how edgelord 2000s this book was-- cutting and self-harm, slut-shaming, mean girls, and everyone obsessed with who's sleeping with whom. I loved it. It was toxic BUT I LOVED IT. I was still a teenager myself when I was reading these books, okay?? Everyone needs a YA 'ho phase.)
Also this is literally the only student x teacher romance I'll allow.
Don't read this if you don't love the original series, but if you love the original series, this will basically cement your love for it even further, I think. Just, you know, don't get *too* attached. Apparently they stopped making the graphic novels after book three because they weren't selling well. I guess other people didn't find the uncanny valley manga look of these comics as charming as I did. But some people just don't have taste.
3.5 to 4 stars
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bookshelves: graphic-nouvelle, vampires, pnr-uf, ya-ya-land
Feb 14, 2024
bookshelves: graphic-nouvelle, vampires, pnr-uf, ya-ya-land
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This was purely an impulse buy but I still think it's the best Vampire Academy adaptation out there, based on the original books. They managed to cram the entire first novel into a comic book that's under 200 pages, and they honestly did a pretty decent job. I mean, it's still basically the Reader's Digest of a YA novel, but I liked it.
Also, every time Dimitri tells Rose he'd throw himself in front of her during a Strigoi attack instead of Lissa, I swoon a little.
It hits just the same in this graphic novel.
(Though gosh, I forgot how edgelord 2000s this book was-- cutting and self-harm, slut-shaming, mean girls, and everyone obsessed with who's sleeping with whom. I loved it. It was toxic BUT I LOVED IT. I was still a teenager myself when I was reading these books, okay?? Everyone needs a YA 'ho phase.)
Also this is literally the only student x teacher romance I'll allow.
Don't read this if you don't love the original series, but if you love the original series, this will basically cement your love for it even further, I think. Just, you know, don't get *too* attached. Apparently they stopped making the graphic novels after book three because they weren't selling well. I guess other people didn't find the uncanny valley manga look of these comics as charming as I did. But some people just don't have taste.
3.5 to 4 stars
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Feb 24, 2024 04:28PM
this review has me wanting to revisit the series! i feel like Vampire Academy really faded from the public consciousness …
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julia wrote: "this review has me wanting to revisit the series! i feel like Vampire Academy really faded from the public consciousness …"
Omg I know right? And it was SO big in its heydey
Omg I know right? And it was SO big in its heydey
I have the whole original series but was pissed when they changed the cover design, so the spines don't match :(