Manga Classics: Emma REVIEW

So, here we are at the end of my list for the Manga Classics. There are a few I have left to read but I don't own them and have no way to currently acquire them so I shall be doing more reading of other things. What fun.

Speaking of fun, this was a fun read. I believe that Emma was the only book that made me react at all to it. As in, I do this whole body cringe at some points. When a certain couple FINALLY gets together I was just in so much shock that it finally happened that I couldn't contain myself. This adaption has definitely made me want to read the book. That's a shame, I have five copies of Pride and Prejudice and no copies of Emma. I desperately need a job.

This was a really light and dramatic read. I think that everyone knows a person that is an Emma or a Harriet and so on and so forth. I, of course, spent the whole time wanting everyone to get with the person that they were supposed to get with but I was stuck waiting until two hours later when I finally finished it.

Of course, this isn't the full novel of Emma by Jane Austen and I really cannot wait to read that.

I'm not sure how those that liked the original novel would feel about it but I certainly enjoyed it. I definitely recommend it.

Manga Classics: Les Miserables REVIEW

The first thing I need to mention is that this is an adaption, obviously, and I have never found the title of the original work to apply to an adaption so well.

Les Miserables indeed, fuck me.

Let me elaborate because it's not so much that I thought that this was bad. I thought it was pretty magnetic but my fear is that it is an adaption. If the adaption was this conflicting how conflicting is the original is. Also, the original novel is really chunky, it's larger than the largest book that I read, which is Atlas Shrugged. Atlas Shrugged took a month to read for 17 year old me, how long would it take 23 year old me to read Les Mis? Maybe a week, I have tons of books to read this year. I'm scared.

As far as the art goes, it may be one of my favorites of this series of books. SunNeko Lee does a good job, they can make it cute when they want it to be cute, gruesome, beautiful, etc. That sort of versatility is hard to find in art, specifically this sort of art.

Reading this makes me anxious to read the original, I'll probably set aside some time during the summer to read it. For now, more netgalley.