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Harper Connelly Graphic Novel #1.1
Grave Sight Part 1
Acclaimed and NYT Bestselling author Charlaine Harris, the writer of the Sookie Stackhouse series, has joined the Dynamite Entertainment family with the first book of her hit Harper Connelly series, Grave Sight. Charlaine's Sookie Stackhouse novels became the basis for one of today's most successful television shows, the hit HBO series True Blood! Dynamite is extremely proud to present Charlaine Harris' first comic adaptation!
22 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 7, 2011
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Charlaine Harris
193 books36.9k followersCharlaine Harris has been a published writer for over forty years. Her first two books were standalones, followed by a long sabbatical when she was having children. Then she began the Aurora Teagarden book, mysteries featuring a short librarian (eventually adapted for Hallmark movies). The darker Lily Bard books came next, about a house cleaner with a dark past and considerable fighting skills.
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris's novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She's thinking about what to write next.
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris's novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She's thinking about what to write next.
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January 12, 2020
Seems as though a lot of books are getting the graphic novel treatment lately. Unfortunately, not many of them are all that good. This one is no exception.
I was never a huge fan of the Grave Sight series to start with, so that may have colored my opinion somewhat.
Or maybe it's just sucky?
One thing I really find annoying is that they always break the book up into volumes when they turn it into a graphic novel. Teeny-tiny volumes. As in, it takes 15 minutes to read the whole thing. What a rip-off.
Don't waste your time on this unless you're just a huge fan of the series.
I was never a huge fan of the Grave Sight series to start with, so that may have colored my opinion somewhat.
Or maybe it's just sucky?
One thing I really find annoying is that they always break the book up into volumes when they turn it into a graphic novel. Teeny-tiny volumes. As in, it takes 15 minutes to read the whole thing. What a rip-off.
Don't waste your time on this unless you're just a huge fan of the series.
May 24, 2011
Reading this comic series is my excuse not to put myself through any lengthy Charlaine Harris disappointments again. I've repeatedly thought about reading her Harper Conolly series, but everyone says it's not as good as the Sookie novels and even those have gone massively downhill. So the easy way out is to read the graphic novels - you get the general gist of what's happpening without spending hours on a series that is just going to sputter out and die towards the end.
As it happens, I thought this was a decent opening and I look forward to reading further installments condensed into graphic novel format. Harper Conolly was struck by lightning as a child and has gained the strange ability to locate dead people and sense how they died, sounds interesting enough and so far it is. Harper Conolly, as much as I can tell from a graphic novel, seems a very different character from Sookie Stackhouse. Physically, she reminds me of Lisbeth from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, no blonde-haired, big-boobed girly-girl here it seems - but then it's hard to get a huge grasp on the characters when reading a graphic novel (one of the downsides). She also seems a lot more of a detached and "I take shit from no one" kind of heroine, which is fine by me.
I will definitely look out for more, there wasn't enough here to really rate successfully so I might re-think the 3 stars as the series progresses.
June 22, 2011
‘Grave Sight’ is a graphic novel adaptation of the first book in Charlaine Harris’s paranormal ‘Harper Connelly’ series. ‘Sight’ Volume 1 was released in June this year, with two more instalments due for release (the second instalment is coming in September).
When she was younger Harper Connelly was struck by lightning. Ever since then, she has been able to ‘sense’ death. If she is near a dead body she can recount the final moments of the corpse’s life, often giving clues as to the where, what, how and who of their death (and often, murder). Harper is the ultimate lemons into lemonade girl, turning her ability into a profession; she (along with her step-brother, Tolliver) tours the country, helping search for missing persons (for a price).
When ‘Grave Sight’ begins, Harper finds herself in Sarne Arkansas, helping local law enforcement and a grieving family search for answers in a runaway teen cold case. But the longer Harper and Connelly stay, the messier their investigation gets. Harper finds more mysteries with her ‘sense’ and the longer she stays in town, the murders keep piling up . . .
It seems that 2011 is the year of the underappreciated paranormal. I just recently read Volumes 1 and 2 of Richelle Mead’s ‘Dark Swan’ graphic novel, adapted from her least popular paranormal series of the same name (least popular in comparison to ‘Vampire Academy’, mind you!). ‘Harper Connelly’ is the same sort of beleaguered darling of literary juggernaut, Charlaine Harris.
Harris’s ‘Southern Vampire: Sookie Stackhouse’ series has been ruling bestseller lists and dominating the box with its HBO ‘True Blood’ TV adaptation. By comparison, Harris’s other work of paranormal fiction is an under-appreciated afterthought. For a little while there was rumblings that ‘Harper’ could be as big as Sookie, especially when CBS bought the film and TV rights to Harris’s work, with every intention of turning it into a TV series. But this year CBS passed on the ‘Harper Connelly’ pilot and it looked as though Harper has missed her time in the spotlight . . . but now the series has been given a new (and better?) revisit, via the ever-popular graphic novel adaptation!
I have been a big fan of ‘Harper Connelly’ for years now. It’s not as supernatural as the ‘Sookie’ books – there’s not a vampire or werewolf in sight. But Harper has a somewhat similar ‘ability’ to Sookie, not telepathy, but rather a sixth sense for death. Harper’s world is our world, real life examining the supernatural from a realist perspective – and Harper is a protagonist dealing with other people’s pessimism and blatant distrust of her and her abilities. In this series Charlaine can explore the ‘what if’ aspects of the supernatural in everyday life.
The ‘Harper’ series is darker than ‘Sookie’ (or, rather, it’s as dark as the most recent Sookie books). Not only is Harper frequently fleeing from pitch-fork-wielding townies who claim she is a witch, but Harper and Tolliver are dealing with their own grief over a missing person. When they were younger, Harper’s older sister and Tolliver’s step-sister was abducted while walking home from school . . . never to be seen nor heard from again. As Harper tours the country, selling her ability to uncover death, she is always on the lookout for Cameron, hoping that the next body she ‘senses’ will be that of her missing sister.
The ‘Harper’ series is dark indeed, as can be expected when it’s all about a woman’s ability to find the truth of death. But this is also a series with real heart – seen in the bond between Harper and Tolliver, and the step-siblings constant hunt for the truth about Cameron’s abduction.
This graphic novel adaptation is covering the plot of the first book, ‘Grave Sight’, in three volumes. To be honest, ‘Grave Sight’ is perhaps not the best ‘Harper Connelly’ novel to visually adapt. That first novel is a lot about the nuances and whisperings of the small town of Sarne, Arkansas. In the novel, Harper and Tolliver spend the majority of their time wheeling and dealing with the town folk who hired them to find a missing girl . . . meanwhile, having talks with a few locals who have a few things to say about the missing teen. So in this graphic novel there’s lots of speech boxes and little action.
Regardless, I’m quite impressed with William Harms’s screenwriting of Charlaine Harris’s work. There’s lots of back-story about Harper to condense – both about the lightning strike that changed her, and Cameron’s disappearance. Harms uses very poignant storytelling, coupled with some sublime images from Denis Medri, to communicate a lot of story in very few panels.
I was also impressed at the way Medri visualized Harper’s ‘sight’. In the novel, Harris writes a visceral experience of the visions that plague Harper when she approaches a dead body . . . Medri has done well to make these visions equally chilling, represented in distinctive blood-red panelling with a mesh-effect to disorientate and frighten.
This first instalment of the ‘Grave Sight’ graphic novel is slow-going, but only because of the back story that must be told in order to understand the complicated Harper Connelly. It’s dragged down by a lot of conversation and nuanced double-dealings. But both Medri and Harms shine in the scenes of more action, and eerie flashback. There is promise for a graphic Harper yet. I know that the books get darker, and Harper comes up against some formidable foes – I look forward to these future instalments, because I also know that Harper is an impressive leading lady in her own right.
3.5/5
When she was younger Harper Connelly was struck by lightning. Ever since then, she has been able to ‘sense’ death. If she is near a dead body she can recount the final moments of the corpse’s life, often giving clues as to the where, what, how and who of their death (and often, murder). Harper is the ultimate lemons into lemonade girl, turning her ability into a profession; she (along with her step-brother, Tolliver) tours the country, helping search for missing persons (for a price).
When ‘Grave Sight’ begins, Harper finds herself in Sarne Arkansas, helping local law enforcement and a grieving family search for answers in a runaway teen cold case. But the longer Harper and Connelly stay, the messier their investigation gets. Harper finds more mysteries with her ‘sense’ and the longer she stays in town, the murders keep piling up . . .
It seems that 2011 is the year of the underappreciated paranormal. I just recently read Volumes 1 and 2 of Richelle Mead’s ‘Dark Swan’ graphic novel, adapted from her least popular paranormal series of the same name (least popular in comparison to ‘Vampire Academy’, mind you!). ‘Harper Connelly’ is the same sort of beleaguered darling of literary juggernaut, Charlaine Harris.
Harris’s ‘Southern Vampire: Sookie Stackhouse’ series has been ruling bestseller lists and dominating the box with its HBO ‘True Blood’ TV adaptation. By comparison, Harris’s other work of paranormal fiction is an under-appreciated afterthought. For a little while there was rumblings that ‘Harper’ could be as big as Sookie, especially when CBS bought the film and TV rights to Harris’s work, with every intention of turning it into a TV series. But this year CBS passed on the ‘Harper Connelly’ pilot and it looked as though Harper has missed her time in the spotlight . . . but now the series has been given a new (and better?) revisit, via the ever-popular graphic novel adaptation!
I have been a big fan of ‘Harper Connelly’ for years now. It’s not as supernatural as the ‘Sookie’ books – there’s not a vampire or werewolf in sight. But Harper has a somewhat similar ‘ability’ to Sookie, not telepathy, but rather a sixth sense for death. Harper’s world is our world, real life examining the supernatural from a realist perspective – and Harper is a protagonist dealing with other people’s pessimism and blatant distrust of her and her abilities. In this series Charlaine can explore the ‘what if’ aspects of the supernatural in everyday life.
The ‘Harper’ series is darker than ‘Sookie’ (or, rather, it’s as dark as the most recent Sookie books). Not only is Harper frequently fleeing from pitch-fork-wielding townies who claim she is a witch, but Harper and Tolliver are dealing with their own grief over a missing person. When they were younger, Harper’s older sister and Tolliver’s step-sister was abducted while walking home from school . . . never to be seen nor heard from again. As Harper tours the country, selling her ability to uncover death, she is always on the lookout for Cameron, hoping that the next body she ‘senses’ will be that of her missing sister.
The ‘Harper’ series is dark indeed, as can be expected when it’s all about a woman’s ability to find the truth of death. But this is also a series with real heart – seen in the bond between Harper and Tolliver, and the step-siblings constant hunt for the truth about Cameron’s abduction.
This graphic novel adaptation is covering the plot of the first book, ‘Grave Sight’, in three volumes. To be honest, ‘Grave Sight’ is perhaps not the best ‘Harper Connelly’ novel to visually adapt. That first novel is a lot about the nuances and whisperings of the small town of Sarne, Arkansas. In the novel, Harper and Tolliver spend the majority of their time wheeling and dealing with the town folk who hired them to find a missing girl . . . meanwhile, having talks with a few locals who have a few things to say about the missing teen. So in this graphic novel there’s lots of speech boxes and little action.
Regardless, I’m quite impressed with William Harms’s screenwriting of Charlaine Harris’s work. There’s lots of back-story about Harper to condense – both about the lightning strike that changed her, and Cameron’s disappearance. Harms uses very poignant storytelling, coupled with some sublime images from Denis Medri, to communicate a lot of story in very few panels.
I was also impressed at the way Medri visualized Harper’s ‘sight’. In the novel, Harris writes a visceral experience of the visions that plague Harper when she approaches a dead body . . . Medri has done well to make these visions equally chilling, represented in distinctive blood-red panelling with a mesh-effect to disorientate and frighten.
This first instalment of the ‘Grave Sight’ graphic novel is slow-going, but only because of the back story that must be told in order to understand the complicated Harper Connelly. It’s dragged down by a lot of conversation and nuanced double-dealings. But both Medri and Harms shine in the scenes of more action, and eerie flashback. There is promise for a graphic Harper yet. I know that the books get darker, and Harper comes up against some formidable foes – I look forward to these future instalments, because I also know that Harper is an impressive leading lady in her own right.
3.5/5
Written by: Charlaine Harris & William Harms
Art by: Denis Medri
Colors by: Paolo Francescutto
Letters by: Bill Tortolini
Cover A by: Benoit Springer
Cover B by: Denis Medri
Contributing editor: Rich Young
Consultation: Ernst Dabel & Les Dabel
August 31, 2024
Entertaining mystery reading 🎉🤗✨🤗🎆
This kindle e-book novella is from my Kindle Unlimited account book 1 of 6
This was not what I expected. It turned out to be like a comic book.
I would recommend this series and author to readers looking to be taken back in time. 2024
This kindle e-book novella is from my Kindle Unlimited account book 1 of 6
This was not what I expected. It turned out to be like a comic book.
I would recommend this series and author to readers looking to be taken back in time. 2024
April 9, 2017
My first Charlaine Harris. I liked it, but golly -- it's short.
June 26, 2021
See dead people
This is a less well known series by Harris, but it is my favorite. I always enjoyed Harper as a character.
This is a less well known series by Harris, but it is my favorite. I always enjoyed Harper as a character.
September 28, 2016
4.5/5 stars
I read the Harper Connelly series years ago and loved it. I just noticed that my library had the first three graphic novels (Grave Sight #1-3) so I grabbed them.
If you loved this series then I would recommend reading these graphic novels. The illustrations are gorgeous. And the story is fast-paced and easy to follow. I loved this book.
*The graphic novels Grave Sight #1-3 make up the first book (Grave Sight) in the Harper Connelly series. So #1 and 2 end with "to be continued".
I read the Harper Connelly series years ago and loved it. I just noticed that my library had the first three graphic novels (Grave Sight #1-3) so I grabbed them.
If you loved this series then I would recommend reading these graphic novels. The illustrations are gorgeous. And the story is fast-paced and easy to follow. I loved this book.
*The graphic novels Grave Sight #1-3 make up the first book (Grave Sight) in the Harper Connelly series. So #1 and 2 end with "to be continued".
June 10, 2018
Somehow I happened upon Charlaine Harris at BEA 2018 and got an autographed copy of this graphic novel adaption from 2011 of her Harper Connelly series. While the Sookie Stackhouse book series didn’t hold my interest, I thought this was a fabulous format for her supernatural story ideas. After an accident Harper Connelly can sense dead bodies and see how they met their demise. Her and her brother are stuck in a towns drama and a new murder. The art was professional, the story crisp and easy to follow, and it left me wanting the next volume immediately. Fans of iZombie both the graphic novel and TV show will like this too. Language sways adults over teens.
August 1, 2022
The beginning
Struck by lightning, Harper begins to see the dead. She's brought in to help solve a murder. I've read the books. This is a true version of them and s chance to see what the characters might look like.
Struck by lightning, Harper begins to see the dead. She's brought in to help solve a murder. I've read the books. This is a true version of them and s chance to see what the characters might look like.
August 13, 2018
I enjoyed this one - it actually had a pretty good plot with a satisfying ending! Also can see where it will lead to some interesting future scenarios.
July 18, 2020
3.5 stars. So let me start off by saying I haven't read the novels that this was based on. I know, I know. Big no-no right off the bat.
A couple of things put me off this. There was continuous relations and references to Christianity. Let me make this very clear: there is absolutely nothing wrong with Christianity or Christian Lit. That being said, hi, my name's Nico, I'm currently representing my crew of atheists. The constant "Do you think God approves of what you're doing?" was a little annoying, but it was the "I've asked myself that question every day of my life" answer that just made me roll my eyes. Mmmkay, movin' on.
Somethings seemed to happen a little too easily. Her brother getting out of court? Waaayyy too easy. Suspending my disbelief about Harper 'forgetting her wallet'? Yeah, no. But of course the piece de résistance, Hollis showing up at the end there? Really??? It didn't take too much away from the overall story, I just would've liked to see how Harper reacted to a more difficult situation.
Speaking of our protagonist, she certainly has a temper. A couple of times I found myself seeing an angry expression looking back at me and being completely confused and having re-reading the last few panels to try and understand why she is ready to punch the Sheriff.
I really did enjoy the art though, and the sequencing was very clear. Sometimes I get when authors are trying to make it chaotic and intentionally confusing, but that just generally pisses me off. Epic way to make me dnf it. In any case, this didn't do that, so I digress.
The plot held my attention, although I did keep getting characters mixed up with each other, but that's probably because I may or may not be half asleep at the moment. I did enjoy this, so a solid 3.5 stars.
A couple of things put me off this. There was continuous relations and references to Christianity. Let me make this very clear: there is absolutely nothing wrong with Christianity or Christian Lit. That being said, hi, my name's Nico, I'm currently representing my crew of atheists. The constant "Do you think God approves of what you're doing?" was a little annoying, but it was the "I've asked myself that question every day of my life" answer that just made me roll my eyes. Mmmkay, movin' on.
Somethings seemed to happen a little too easily. Her brother getting out of court? Waaayyy too easy. Suspending my disbelief about Harper 'forgetting her wallet'? Yeah, no. But of course the piece de résistance, Hollis showing up at the end there? Really??? It didn't take too much away from the overall story, I just would've liked to see how Harper reacted to a more difficult situation.
Speaking of our protagonist, she certainly has a temper. A couple of times I found myself seeing an angry expression looking back at me and being completely confused and having re-reading the last few panels to try and understand why she is ready to punch the Sheriff.
I really did enjoy the art though, and the sequencing was very clear. Sometimes I get when authors are trying to make it chaotic and intentionally confusing, but that just generally pisses me off. Epic way to make me dnf it. In any case, this didn't do that, so I digress.
The plot held my attention, although I did keep getting characters mixed up with each other, but that's probably because I may or may not be half asleep at the moment. I did enjoy this, so a solid 3.5 stars.
October 23, 2011
When Harper Connolly is struck on the head by lightning, she discovers that she has the ability to find dead people. This becomes her job she gets paid to help people find the bodies of the missing.
Harper is an honest, decent and loyal person and she has to face the fact that most people do not believe in what she does and think that she is taking advantage of the bereaved.
Harper travels with her stepbrother to the Ozarks, to find a local missing teenager who is believed to be dead. They are made to feel unwelcome by most of the locals. Her stepbrother Tolliver ends up unfairly arrested and thrown in jail for no good reason and Harpers own life is put under threat.
Who would go to such lengths to want Harper and Tolliver out of the way to stop the truth from being revealed?
This is a great paranormal mystery. It only touches lightly on the paranormal so is not a scary or creepy story. The books main focus is on the main character Harper Connolly who comes across as a person who has come to terms with her unique ability, but has to deal with people who doubt it. It’s an interesting and original storyline that comes to a satisfying conclusion.
Harper is an honest, decent and loyal person and she has to face the fact that most people do not believe in what she does and think that she is taking advantage of the bereaved.
Harper travels with her stepbrother to the Ozarks, to find a local missing teenager who is believed to be dead. They are made to feel unwelcome by most of the locals. Her stepbrother Tolliver ends up unfairly arrested and thrown in jail for no good reason and Harpers own life is put under threat.
Who would go to such lengths to want Harper and Tolliver out of the way to stop the truth from being revealed?
This is a great paranormal mystery. It only touches lightly on the paranormal so is not a scary or creepy story. The books main focus is on the main character Harper Connolly who comes across as a person who has come to terms with her unique ability, but has to deal with people who doubt it. It’s an interesting and original storyline that comes to a satisfying conclusion.
November 15, 2012
At age 15, Harper Connelly was struck by lightning. Ever since then, she can sense dead people's presence whenever she is around them, and can also tell how they they died. The catch to this is that she cannot tell who killed them.
As an adult, she is pursuing this as a job, and her brother--Tolliver--is also tagging along. She is called to a small town, and does exactly as she promises, and provides the answers that she discovers, but just after they leave the town, they are called back. What does this town hold in store for them the second time around?
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Let me note that I checked out the 1st 2 volumes of GS, just to see what Charlaine's writing is like, since I had heard so many good things about her *Sookie Stackhouse* (Southern Vampires) series, but had never read any of her writing myself.
And, the story is really good. Pity that the volumes are far too short, but the art is wonderful, too. If you want a quick-read by a good author, I'd recommend this to you.
As an adult, she is pursuing this as a job, and her brother--Tolliver--is also tagging along. She is called to a small town, and does exactly as she promises, and provides the answers that she discovers, but just after they leave the town, they are called back. What does this town hold in store for them the second time around?
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Let me note that I checked out the 1st 2 volumes of GS, just to see what Charlaine's writing is like, since I had heard so many good things about her *Sookie Stackhouse* (Southern Vampires) series, but had never read any of her writing myself.
And, the story is really good. Pity that the volumes are far too short, but the art is wonderful, too. If you want a quick-read by a good author, I'd recommend this to you.
September 10, 2016
'Grave Sight' is the first book in the graphic novel collection based on the Harper Connelly series. Harper travels around the country with her step-brother Tolliver using her skill to make money, Harper's skill being she can sense dead bodies and knows how the person died. Harper also uses her power in the hope that she will find her sister who mysteriously disappeared years before. Can Harper find the answers she seeks?
'Grave Sight' was slightly darker than the Sookie books and was action packed from the start, a great mystery but at the same time you get to know the characters of Harper and her step~brother, Tolliver and their background.
The illustrations are superb, bright, eye~catching and an impressive vision of Harper.
'Grave Sight' will not leave you disappointed if you enjoy this type of book, an easy, fun read which draws you in.
'Grave Sight' was slightly darker than the Sookie books and was action packed from the start, a great mystery but at the same time you get to know the characters of Harper and her step~brother, Tolliver and their background.
The illustrations are superb, bright, eye~catching and an impressive vision of Harper.
'Grave Sight' will not leave you disappointed if you enjoy this type of book, an easy, fun read which draws you in.
March 11, 2015
Grave Sight graphic novel collects six chapters from Harper Connelly series that were published as three single issues in early 2000s.
The story starts of interesting enough, but unfortunately gets unnecessarily overcomplicated in later chapters.
The art looks pretty good, even though it feels a bit static.
Overall, a good read even though the ending is not that great.
The story starts of interesting enough, but unfortunately gets unnecessarily overcomplicated in later chapters.
The art looks pretty good, even though it feels a bit static.
Overall, a good read even though the ending is not that great.
September 19, 2013
While I enjoyed Grave Sight, it did not compare to the Skokie Stackhouse series and I found Harper Connelly a little bit annoying. The premise is cool. Charlaine Harris tells a great story, but I was a little weirded out about Harper and Tolliver's relationship.
November 25, 2015
I read the whole thing in one big binge reading sitting. It was great. It was a nice mystery, and it made me want to read the book series that it's based on, so all in all, I think it was definitely worth the hour or so it took to read.
December 23, 2014
Loved the novel version and graphic novel is pretty good as well. :) Need to get a hold of part 2 and 3 now from the library.
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December 15, 2024I really enjoyed this and will look for any others in the series
September 16, 2025
I'm currently enthralled with the Harper Connelly series in print version and wasn't ready to let it go when I reached the final book. I was tickled to discover there was a graphic novel version for books one and two through the library. I pounced and these did not disappoint.
Grave Sight was broken into three parts and was a six issue series. I chose to check out all three parts and read it back to back to back. This worked out fabulously because each issue ended on a cliffhanger. I can't remember where each part stopped so I'll simply review it as a whole and copy to each parts' review page.
Charlaine Harris wrote the series, but she is joined for the graphic novel by writer, Bill Harms, and illustrator, Dennis Harris. I thought Bill Harms captured the spirit (ha, see what I did there) of the novel well so the essentials for introducing Harper and Tolliver with her unique psychic ability was done well. The main plot points were there as was the rise of tension. Dennis' Harris' illustrations elevated the story with wonderful portraiture of the characters, actions, and tone of the story that told it without words.
A fabulous read and recommend it to fans of the print series and newcomers who want to try out the visual experience first.
Grave Sight was broken into three parts and was a six issue series. I chose to check out all three parts and read it back to back to back. This worked out fabulously because each issue ended on a cliffhanger. I can't remember where each part stopped so I'll simply review it as a whole and copy to each parts' review page.
Charlaine Harris wrote the series, but she is joined for the graphic novel by writer, Bill Harms, and illustrator, Dennis Harris. I thought Bill Harms captured the spirit (ha, see what I did there) of the novel well so the essentials for introducing Harper and Tolliver with her unique psychic ability was done well. The main plot points were there as was the rise of tension. Dennis' Harris' illustrations elevated the story with wonderful portraiture of the characters, actions, and tone of the story that told it without words.
A fabulous read and recommend it to fans of the print series and newcomers who want to try out the visual experience first.
July 29, 2021
4.5. This is a reread but I listened on audio this time. The narrator was excellent - perfect!! Very very good story with wonderfully flawed and interesting characters. I wish I could see inside the author’s brain - how does she come up with these great complex characters? The world building is excellent. I could so easily visualize the story. Love this author’s body of work. I love the darkness, the dark feel of these books but yet there is goodness to many of the characters.
September 1, 2022
Harper Connelly can find dead people and see how they've died.. A skill that doesn't make her life easier.
Good comic, just a little too short for my taste, so luckily it is a series. The art is good at conveying the story, but not very interesting in itself.
Maybe I sound a bit negative about it, but it was fine really. A pleasant in between reading snack.
Good comic, just a little too short for my taste, so luckily it is a series. The art is good at conveying the story, but not very interesting in itself.
Maybe I sound a bit negative about it, but it was fine really. A pleasant in between reading snack.
April 2, 2023
Harris does it again
Harris pulls the reader in and leaves you wanting more. It is a very interesting and new premise for Harris fans. I recommend this book for ages teens and up based on the content which could be scary for younger readers. This graphic novel is well-illustrated. Four stars because it is so short and left me wanting more in the same place.
Harris pulls the reader in and leaves you wanting more. It is a very interesting and new premise for Harris fans. I recommend this book for ages teens and up based on the content which could be scary for younger readers. This graphic novel is well-illustrated. Four stars because it is so short and left me wanting more in the same place.
May 13, 2023
The concept is inviting - the ability to find dead bodies, part gift, part curse, forces the main character to the center of various mysteries and the target of malicious intent. Perhaps the books are better because the graphic novel did not add to the concept. It was too wordy for a graphic novel and sparse on connective threads for an actual book.
April 22, 2018
I have not read the novel series, but I have read the Sookie and Aurora series by Harris and like them. I was worried that this was only going to make sense to someone who had read the series, but I fully enjoyed and understood this. Like it a lot!
April 26, 2018
This graphic novel was a fun short read. The art style is great! The colors and panels are vibrant and easy to follow. If your a fan of the television show “Midnight Texas” then you would love this book. The show is based on Charlaine Harris books!
September 28, 2018
The story is engaging, and I liked the illustration quite a bit. The length is a major flaw, though-- it feels about 20 pages long; it barely gets the story going. It's a very silly way to package the story, in these separate, tiny volumes.
January 28, 2022
Hard time getting to know the names of the characters and who was who, but in the rest of it it was a good book. A bit of supernatural with some mystery and detective stuffs not gonna lie i was captivated by the book. If you like this type of genres i recommend the book
May 21, 2023
wow
I’ve not ever seen a graphic novel in kindle format. The artist really made the scenes believable. So many details, the desperation of a small town hotel with the old tv and copycat set up you see everywhere
I’ve not ever seen a graphic novel in kindle format. The artist really made the scenes believable. So many details, the desperation of a small town hotel with the old tv and copycat set up you see everywhere
October 31, 2024
Excellent beginning.
This one is definitely an action packed page turner. Very well written. I absolutely cannot put this one down until I read through all of it. I shame it is way too short but I can’t wait for the next one.
This one is definitely an action packed page turner. Very well written. I absolutely cannot put this one down until I read through all of it. I shame it is way too short but I can’t wait for the next one.
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