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All You Need Is Kill - Graphic Novel Pdf, Epub, Ebook ALL YOU NEED IS KILL - GRAPHIC NOVEL PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Hiroshi Sakurazaka,Lee Ferguson,Nick Mamatas | 96 pages | 08 May 2014 | Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc | 9781421560816 | English | San Francisco, United States All You Need Is Kill - Wikipedia Anime Manga Shonen Jump. Remember me. Log in to VIZ Don't have an account? Remember me Forgot password? Reset Password Enter the e-mail address associated with your account and we'll email you a link to reset your password. Requesting Password Reset Instructions You have been sent an email with instructions on how to reset your password. NOTE: If you don't receive a message right away, please be patient. At times some customers have experienced delays of several minutes. Subscribe to the VIZ Newsletter. First Name. Last Name. Feedback Please submit a suggestion, comment or question - we would love to hear from you! E-mail optional. 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To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. I was wondering if we could read the Flashpoint series from DC Comics? It consists of a total of five comic books and could be easily read in an hour. It is one of my favorites. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Mar 22, James DeSantis rated it did not like it. Even better go and watch the movie, Edge of Tomorrow. SO much better than this. This was badly drawn, badly paced, badly written. Not worth your time. Wasted mine. Jun 23, Jedi JC Daquis rated it it was ok. The graphic novel adaptation of All You Need is Kill depends much on the notion that those who will be reading it are the people who have either read the novel or saw the movie Edge of Tomorrow. As a stand-alone graphic novel, someone without any prior knowledge about the movie or the novel will find the comics confusing. Many of the important elements are not clearly explained. On the other hand, those who have read the novel or watched the movie will feel like they have to recall many things f The graphic novel adaptation of All You Need is Kill depends much on the notion that those who will be reading it are the people who have either read the novel or saw the movie Edge of Tomorrow. Everything is rushed and less epic than what should have been. That is disappointing since the very reason we have bought this one is to appreciate the story in another medium and not to experience a mediocre version of it. The artwork is a little less than good. The mimics are not as formidable as they should have been and the protagonists look like generic foot soldiers. Even the fight scenes are boring. Watch the movie, read the novel, skip this one. May 17, Michael Healy rated it really liked it Shelves: aliens , mecha , comics , mad- science , time-travel , cyberpunk , survival , tie-in , bad-future , apocalypse. To me at least it felt more like a trailer for the novel in comic form maybe a brand new medium. You are given the bare minimum amount of exposition for the plot to be mostly understandable and lots of disjointed action, seemingly out of context snippets of dialogue and narration. Outside of a few odd moments Rita addressing the reader while explaining her backstory, the action figures from "the Calling this a graphic novel is adaptation of the original All You Need Is Kill is not quite right. Outside of a few odd moments Rita addressing the reader while explaining her backstory, the action figures from "the movie" and Kenji outright telling the reader to go read the novel it was thoroughly enjoyable and it made me want to go read the original novel which I got at the same time so I feel less cheated than I would if I got this on it's own. Nov 18, Bill rated it did not like it. Full of meh. The aliens are abysmally designed. The pacing is terrible and the page layouts would be confusing if there were anything going on on the page that you needed to understand, which there isn't. Read the book, watch the movie, avoid the obvious movie related cash grab that this slim graphic novel represents. The best thing about it was that it didn't take very long to read. Apr 15, Dorin rated it really liked it. A groundhog day with killing stuff. The only thing that's bad about it is that it's too short :D. Jun 04, Vikas rated it really liked it. Basically aliens have attacked earth and almost finished the human race and our hero dies while trying to fight them but he wakes up again to fight the aliens and dying again. Its a very nice graphic novel and everyone should read it, I finished it in one single session after all its only about 96 pages of awesomeness. I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading. Mar 23, Theresa Marsala rated it it was ok. Watch the movie "Edge of Tomorrow" OR read the original book "All You Need Is Kill" to get the full greatness of this story because this graphic novel doesn't do it justice. Confusing panel layout, mediocre art, and "just the facts ma'am" version of the story makes it feel like you were heavily drinking while reading this since you kinda, sorta have an idea what's going on but feel like you missed something along the way. And the part where Rita talks to the reader in a fourth wall break is sup Watch the movie "Edge of Tomorrow" OR read the original book "All You Need Is Kill" to get the full greatness of this story because this graphic novel doesn't do it justice. And the part where Rita talks to the reader in a fourth wall break is super lazy. Feb 26, Neil Hepworth rated it did not like it. What a hot mess. I'm just gonna echo everyone else's sentiments because they're spot on: terrible art style, terrible adaptation of the writing, horribly confusing layout, and waste of the last 45 minutes. May 14, Sharon Powers rated it it was ok. A graphic novel is, in form, a bound book with material similar to full novels. They can be hardcover or card stock and include topics of fiction and non-fiction, or even such things as anthologies or collections. The graphic novel is distinguished from comics or comic books even though the bulk of the material consists of art work. Comic books are printed on inexpensive bulk paper and graphic novels are printed on much higher quality of paper. Some are truly beautiful with glossy pages and be A graphic novel is, in form, a bound book with material similar to full novels. Some are truly beautiful with glossy pages and beautiful illustrations. Moreover, comics contain advertising whereas graphic novels do not. Also, graphic novels invariably contain a story line that has a beginning, middle, and end; comic books tend to be episodic in nature. Comic books are much, much, shorter than graphic novels some graphic novels I've seen approach pages--an average seems to be around pages. I mention these attributes to graphic novels because some purported-to-be graphic novels are nothing more than a few comics put together with a card stock cover. It is so disappointing when a title is described and billed as a graphic novel and you spend your money expecting to get a graphic novel, but end up with a glorified comic book. All You Need Is Kill, Graphic Novel has 96 pages--more than a comic book, so it does fit into the size of a graphic novel. The cover is card stock. Again, not something a comic book usually has, so good, so far. The only advertising I saw was on the last page-- the author advertising his own original novel, All You Need Is Kill and one other novel by him ; so that's very good.
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