Adult Graphic Novels at Town Hall Library
Town Hall Library has many types of Adult Graphic Novels to choose from.
A little hidden section next to our Puzzle and Game Exchange. It has fiction titles and non-fiction titles.
Below are links to our Catalog for you to request any of our graphic novel titles
Non-Fiction
So Much for Love: How to Survive a Toxic Relationship By Sophie Lambda, translated by Montana Kane.
Synopsis:
Part memoir, part self-help book, So Much For Love offers hilarious and empathetic advice on surviving a relationship with a master manipulator. Sophie had always been cynical about love–until she met Marcus. His affection and doting praise melt away her defenses. The beginning of their relationship was a whirlwind romance, but she finds herself on uneven footing over time. Marcus lies. He’s violently angry and bewilderingly inconsistent. Yet somehow, he always manages to explain away his behavior and convince Sophie that it’s all in her head. The whiplash of this toxic relationship has Sophie’s head spinning. When she hits rock bottom, she fights out with fierce honesty, irreverent humor, and the help of Chocolate, a wisecracking, booze-drinking bear.”–Bridges Catalog.
My Thoughts:
I loved this book!
This was my first time reading a nonfiction graphic novel; I honestly didn’t know they existed, and now I think I am hooked. Sometimes the human mind can’t quite envision what something looks like without adding a few pictures here and there. I think that this new type of reading is a wonderful way to learn about new topics and learn about history.
This well-written story is based on the author’s real-life experience, and she uses this story to teach others how to avoid toxic relationships and narcissistic personalities. She also teaches how to cultivate self-love.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much more I learned about narcissistic personalities while reading this story. Once I started reading this book, I couldn’t put it down, and since it has pictures, I kept going back to look at other earlier examples to understand what I was reading fully.
The art is primarily black and white but uses just a splash of color to illustrate the story beautifully. Below is one of my favorite scenes in the book explaining that selfish people are like sharks, and everyone around them is a baby seal.
I recommend checking out our adult graphic novel section, imagine the things we can learn.
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Fiction
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham.
Synopsis:
A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee’s classic novel–a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man’s struggle for justice–but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.–Bridges Catalog.
My Thoughts:
I found this new way of looking at To Kill a Mockingbird exciting, bringing back many memories. As an avid reader saying the book was better than the movie, this graphic novel was so accurate to the original story that you can read it either as a first-time reader or a veteran reader.
The best part of the graphic novel by far is the artwork, and there is an example below. This stunning colorful artwork pops off the page, and you must appreciate that the art style matches the period in which it takes place. The way the light’s design is contrasted off the page, makes it feel so real.
I picked this book because the artwork caught my eye, but the story still made me cry after all these years. I knew the twists and turns, but this new way of reading with pictures to guide us had me hooked like I was reading again for the first time.
I recommend this book and check out all the artful stories we have available in the adult graphic novel section, just ask circulation where I can find adult graphic novels.
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