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Kingstone Bible Vol. 9: The Christ by Ben Avery

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Grapic Novel bibles are hard to evaluate.

The writing of the book was decent. It covered a lot of stories and did a good job harmonizing the different Gospel accounts into a coherent narrative. If I had any complaint, it felt like everything had to be squeezed in. There's very little space for big moments to set in. While this is true of the Bible, I think a graphic version would do well not to cram so much together.

The art is okay, but not remarkable. The angels and demons were unimaginative, and some of the choices of facial expressions for Christ were puzzling.

Overall, this is a faithful, decently written, decently drawn graphc novel about Jesus' life that would make a good kids comic Bible, but doesn't blow me away.



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The Book of God by Ben Avery

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a non-fiction graphic novel explaining the Bible, how it's canon was found, and evidence for its veracity.

It's a solid book. It covers a lot of ground but remains engaging and it's very well-organized. The more you're aware of the topic, the less you'll get out of it, but there were a few things I didn't know about and others that it was great to see portrayed in graphic novel form.

This is the type of book I'd like Christians who want to address a non-fiction format to model their efforts on. Instead of producing a thin fiction plot with weak characters to make their points, just find a good illustrator, write engaging prose around it, and explain what you're wanting to say in an engaging way. Well done.



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