I tried to start reading "V for Vendetta" (graphic novel) last night, but I just couldn't get into it. It's not that I dislike the story- in fact, it made me want to go watch the movie. No, I just have a really difficult time with the graphic novel format. There's too much too look at, the "type" is hard for me to read, and I get all turned around when trying to follow the little boxes of dialogue. If the story catches me enough, I suffer the ocular discomfort and read anyway, but "V" was just not doing it.
But perhaps the thing that stopped me the most is that I read the introduction, which said something to the effect of "if you are the kind of person who turns off the news, this book is not for you." I am that kind of person. I hate the news, and live happily without it. If that excludes me, so be it. I have better things to do, anyway.
