I recently finished reading Naruto and Persepolis, two graphic novels, that were easy and fast reads, but I enjoy the traditional novel. First of all, reading Naruto backwards was confusing to me for awhile because I kept wanting to read it from bottom to top instead of top to bottom. Wouldn't that make sense? If it's suposed to read backwards, shouldn't it read from the bottom--up? HMM?
I enjoyed Persepolis a lot more because it was in first person narrative and had an interesting plot line. Naruto was just a little too geeky for me to be honest!
In all truth, I didn't really enjoy reading these novels as I thought I would. But hey, at least I can say I gave them a chance! I hope that when I begin teaching I can add these to my book collection for students to choose from if we do something like independent reading. I bet someone would like these & appreciate a change from wordy pages!
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I totally agree with you about Naruto! It took me awhile to get used to reading backwards! I also did not really enjoy the storyline of Naruto. It was kind of confusing and not that interesting! On the other hand, I did really enjoy Persepolis. I thought that it was a really good story and that I could possibly integrate it into my classroom one day!
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