dark wraith of shannara - Rated 
I am a great fan of Terry Brookes and have every book he has written, so when I saw this book advertised I bought it immediately. When I opened it and saw it was a grahic novel I was very disappointed and would not have bought it if I had known. When you see a book written by Terry Brookes you expect to get a proper book not a comic. As I have said I have all of Terrys books and read them over and over again but this comic will not be part of my collection for long.
Alan Taylor.
different but very enjoyable - Rated 
When i received the book i was surprised it was a comic book. Still being a die hard TB fan read it anyway,only took half an hour but thought it captured Terrys wonderful imagination perfectly. Read other reviews and people dont understand Terry has to write in detail because he does'nt have pictures to show detail. Story just needed to be longer though. Still Terrys work needs capturing by P Jackson in a film Elfstones would be amazing.Keep on Terry all your work is addictive
Graphic disappointment - Rated
I'd just like to echo other reviews as I too was disappointed when the book arrived to find that it was a graphic novel. Not that I'm against graphic novels but it wasn't what I was led to expect. It wasn't advertised as such, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. I returned it immediately.
Dark Wraith of Shannara - Rated
I also am an avid Terry Brooks fan, and I too was disappointed when the book arrived to find that it was a comic book. I returned it immediately.
Avid Terry Brooks Fan, but ..... - Rated 
Up front, I am a die hard Terry Brooks fan, but this did not work for me at all. I have the greatest admiration for Terry trying new things, although, I suspect, he was not the driving force behind this particular project. Graphics fabulous, story line good, but this is not Terry Brooks at his best, wrong medium. His fans are probably used to and love his in depth books, with emotion, heroic characters, complex plots,etc., etc.
To me, this was a Chinese take-away, eat one and you want another an hour later.
If Terry choses to do another graphic novel, like most fans, I will probably buy it, if only for interest sake.
Downside to this graphic novel, is that I now have a pictorial image of Slanter, Cogline, the Rets and Whisper, etc., but I will try to block this out, as it does not co-incide with my mental images.
However, if this book introduces a new audience to the wonderous World of TB, then the whole exercise will have been worth it.
I am really looking forward to reading the Gypsy Morph and, as Terry has said before, the book is better than the film and now the graphic novel.
Regards.
Paul
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