Disclaimer: I received a copy via Netgalley.I love this series. That’s L-O-V-E. You know hearts over the I’s love. I want copies of some of the landscape illustrates to decorate my walls. Absolutely stunning artwork. Even the horses have a kick ass expression on their faces. The really selling point of this series, besides the fact that it brings the ancient story to life for modern audiences, is the fact that it does so in a many that is current and teaches without hammering. The theme for this volume is perception, and the authors tie this theme into the modern word at the end of the graphic novel by mentioning the recent Royal Wedding in Britain. As the warlords struggle for power in China, each one makes use or fails to make use of, perceptions of seeing or not seeing. In even some cases of failing to listening to advisors. There is pretty of action to keep even the most jaded reader happy (even some repartee that reminds one of Spider-Man), but the plot is far deeper than who can beat up whom. It raises questions about honor, intelligence, and even when to disagree with a superior. The questions that the plot brings up are not only about strategy, but about honor and what is the right thing to do. Sometimes, the story makes clear, this is not fighting. There are other ways to win. This idea never gets enough play today where everyone is fighting everyone else either with words (as in pundits) or in movies with various guns or swords. In some ways, lightsabers aside, the graphic novel reminds me of what the Star Wars prequel should have been, or perhaps, more accurately, what the Jedi knights should have been. A group that struggled to do what was right but was also human while doing it instead stupid, holier than thou. There is a sense of having favorites and some characters are more adult and honorable than others, but there is no sense of a big, huge evil ogre who must defeated and brought to heel. It is hard not to like Cao Cao to some degree, even though you root for him less. (As an aside, I loved the difference in look between Cao Cao and the Emperor). In fact, in some cases he comes across better than some of his rivals because he listens to his advisers. Some of the character development from the last installment is continued – Bu Lu continues his tragic downward spiral, for instance. The one drawback is there is a lack of female characters here. However, the story is still magnificent.
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Disclaimer: I received a copy via Netgalley.I love this series. That’s L-O-V-E. You know hearts over the I’s love. I want copies of some of the landscape illustrates to decorate my walls. Absolutely stunning artwork. Even the horses have a kick ass expression on their faces. The really selling point of this series, besides the fact that it brings the ancient story to life for modern audiences, is the fact that it does so in a many that is current and teaches without hammering. The theme for this volume is perception, and the authors tie this theme into the modern word at the end of the graphic novel by mentioning the recent Royal Wedding in Britain. As the warlords struggle for power in China, each one makes use or fails to make use of, perceptions of seeing or not seeing. In even some cases of failing to listening to advisors. There is pretty of action to keep even the most jaded reader happy (even some repartee that reminds one of Spider-Man), but the plot is far deeper than who can beat up whom. It raises questions about honor, intelligence, and even when to disagree with a superior. The questions that the plot brings up are not only about strategy, but about honor and what is the right thing to do. Sometimes, the story makes clear, this is not fighting. There are other ways to win. This idea never gets enough play today where everyone is fighting everyone else either with words (as in pundits) or in movies with various guns or swords. In some ways, lightsabers aside, the graphic novel reminds me of what the Star Wars prequel should have been, or perhaps, more accurately, what the Jedi knights should have been. A group that struggled to do what was right but was also human while doing it instead stupid, holier than thou. There is a sense of having favorites and some characters are more adult and honorable than others, but there is no sense of a big, huge evil ogre who must defeated and brought to heel. It is hard not to like Cao Cao to some degree, even though you root for him less. (As an aside, I loved the difference in look between Cao Cao and the Emperor). In fact, in some cases he comes across better than some of his rivals because he listens to his advisers. Some of the character development from the last installment is continued – Bu Lu continues his tragic downward spiral, for instance. The one drawback is there is a lack of female characters here. However, the story is still magnificent.
