The Wrath & the Dawn Graphic Novel

The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renée Ahdieh, Silvester Vitale

The Wrath and the Dawn is a retelling of the classical One Thousand and One Nights tale. Every day, the Caliph of Khorasan marries a new bride and by dawn, he has her killed. Shahrzad marries him to get revenge for her best friend and within three days, she's putty in his hands.

Genres: Romance, Fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Tragedy

116 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 15, 2021

About the author

Renée Ahdieh is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When she’s not reading, she enjoys cooking, skincare, and fashion. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds. She and her family live in North Carolina.

She is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Wrath & the Dawn series, the Flame in the Mist series, The Beautiful quartet, and the picture book, Emilio Sloth’s Modern Manners. Park Avenue is her debut adult novel.

** Please note that requests for Advanced Reader Copies should be made through the respective publisher, and all other requests should be submitted through the author's website. **

Reviews

[May · Rating 2 out of 5]

The stories are fascinating yet the characters are anything but. Frankly, Khalid is loathsome and Shahrazad idiotic. She does not strike me as intelligent, not to mention that the growing...hmm..."intimacy" between her and the aforementioned asshole (who also happens to be a murderer) strikes me as extremely contrived and artificial.

For these reasons, I do not find this webtoon to be anything but irritating and subpar. Not worth my time.

[Mefab ⋆˚✿˖° · Rating 4 out of 5]

I imagined it a bit differently, the art style took a bit to adjust to, but all was set I loved it ❤️

[ally · Rating 4 out of 5]

that was not how I imagined they would look at all
but the art style was actually really nice
I like how they stuck to the plot but also changed some aspects as well
the finale was amazing!!
also tariq and shazi literally looked like siblings :|

[Yeg · Rating 5 out of 5]

~4.5 stars~

I read this via webtoon.

This is a graphic adaption of the story The Wrath and the Dawn book by Renee audieh published on webtoon, finished with total of 116 episodes.

[Soumaya Hajji · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars 🌟
I thought this would be a quick read as a webtoon, but I was sorely mistaken. It has most, if not all, of the plot of the entire duology in most of the detail and dialog. The art was great, if not a bit inconsistent with the characters. Overall fun read!

[Kirsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Slight differences compared with the novel, but still just as ❤❤❤

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Sharzhard is much more savage than the book and I like it!

[Lilah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Am I trippin or does Tariq actually have long straight hair here? He looks like Jacob Black, New Moon style, before the wolf gene kicked in lmao

None of the characters looked like how I imagined them in my head. And not in a good way. The plot is also slightly different here, which felt a little weird, although sometimes refreshing.

[Nessa [October Tune] · Rating 4 out of 5]

I originally gave this series a 3,5 rating but I am giving this graphic novel adaptation a 4 solely for the artwork which is amazing!

[Zibby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not gonna lie I was a little disappointed when she stopped trying to kill him

[Ellis · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was having trouble getting into this one, despite the beautiful art and easy-to-follow graphic design. I think part of the issue is that I didn't care enough about the characters; I got sort of lost feeling strong "not like other girls" vibes when it's revealed Shahrzad is secretly a master archer.* There's also SA in this, which I'm not a fan of. So after the archery scene, I looked up a synopsis, went "ew, gross, don't fall in love with your abuser and a literal murderer," and have called it quits.

*can we talk about the endemic of mid-2010s, slim, "not like other girls" heroines being archers? The bow is not an easy weapon to pick up, and there's strong historical evidence that archers were generally beefy and hella strong, whereas swordsmen were the lithe, slim ones.

[CATastrophe]

Im not rating.

I only read s1 and I'm not going to read s2.

[Ina Reads · Rating 2 out of 5]

I probably should have jumped ship and marked this as DNF a while ago, but so many people have raved about this WebToon (and the source material) that I felt the need to stick with it. The art was lovely, the story set up was thorny and intriguing, and the characters seemed promising… but the longer things went on, the more I found the plot over-road the character development, to their detriment. In particular, I found the main romance to be lacking — it moved from enemies to lovers too quickly for me to be moved by any of the later scenes. This really didn’t work well since the characters are separated for so much of the second act, so a rushed romantic development in the first act made the second act a slog for me to get through. Although I’ve never read the original duology, I’m suspecting maybe some of the character depth and interiority was lost in translating and condensing this into a graphic novel. I wish maybe some of the plot had been cut instead — it got repetitive — and more space had been devoted to character development. I found the secondary romances a lot more promising — in fact, I wish Despina and Irsa had gotten more page time. Irsa and Rahim’s romance was the sweetest to me — which made it all the more cutting when Rahim was killed off in one of the very last episodes. One of the more dynamic characters in this WebToon (albeit without a lot of page time), Rahim was lovely and I didn’t find his death to be necessary. Again, this may have been handled better in the books, but it seemed as though he was just thrown away to show that the stakes were high, when in reality the plot had already established that the stakes were high several times over. And then the characters quickly move on without really grieving Rahim (save for Irsa). Given that that was one of the only storylines I was truly invested in, I just finished the rest of this WebToon out of completionism. My original plan was to read this WebToon and then start the duology, but I’m not sure I’m invested enough any more.

I would really love to see more YA novels adapted into WebToons, though, the art was truly lovely and this seems like a great series for reluctant readers to jump into.

[Arra · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Wrath and The Dawn is a fast-paced adaptation of Renée Ahdieh’s two-book series. Its beautiful art complements its magical storytelling.

It started off with a sweet narration leading to a vengeful arc of the lead character, Shazi. I appreciate her strong character—accompanied by her sharp tongue, wit, competitiveness, and way with words. Her stories are remarkable and smart—truly her weapon to captivate and enamor anyone who will hear it. We all love a girl-boss female lead.

When it comes to the plot though, I think towards the ending it somehow felt rushed. The build-up trajectory was able to successfully capture my attention, especially with all the taunting, adventures, and action-packed scenes. That’s why I was surprised that I was already towards the end of the series when there were still too many emotions to unpack, scenes or situations to process, relationships to build, and characters to develop. These were crucial because eventually I got confused with some characters—who’s the enemy now, who’s on the leads’ side—I needed answers.

Anyhow, I guess there’s a need to read the actual books for more details. I’m still glad that Webtoons are thriving in this day and age. Moreover, this graphic novel adaptation is worth the read. It’s quick-paced, easy to read, and helps to cleanse your palate when you’re reading novels subsequently. Would I read it again? Not anytime soon, but maybe when the mood calls for it.

[Lulu · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not done yet with s1 and I have not read the novel, but I loved this Webtoon so much! It really catered to me and got me deeply interested in what was going to happen next, so much that I've actually started reading the novel. I've noticed some differences so far, but not anything too bothersome.

The art style is a bit different from the others and it takes a little while to get used to, however it does not make it any less pretty. A point that was not made very clear by the art style and storytelling, quite important to me, is that I took them for adults. If I had not read later in the novel, I would have no idea that Shahrzad is 16 years old. It is also not mentioned that Khalid is 18, and as result it took away my immersion when somebody would call him boy-king. If it was made clearer, this wouldn't happen.

What most caught my attention when reviewing the differences between novel and Webtoon were the appearances of the characters. Take Khalid and Tariq as examples. In the novel Khalid is described to have straight hair and Tariq to have wavy hair, while in the Webtoon Khalid has wavy/curly-ish hair and Tariq has pretty straight hair.

[Vanna]

DNF chapter 25

I also DNF'd the novel of this story, but never counted it toward my reading score because it was much earlier than this DNF.

For this Webtoon, it just didn't hold my interest or curiosity. I wasn't into the art, and felt like the story was a bit dull.

I wasn't a fan of Khalid, and all of the comments were lusting after him. Like I love my men with a dark backstory, morally gray, blabla; however, something just irked me with him. Maybe its his entitlement, the fact that he would have sex with the wife he would kill. No thank you.

Just not my cup of tea, I suppose.

[Hilal Tunçkol · Rating 4 out of 5]

I decided to read this because I loved the novels, and I don't regret it!

The story is the same story I adored in the novels, and the art work is simply stunning. I had the same issues as the novels with this one, too, my never-ending annoyance with Tariq, and the too long seperation of Khalid and Shahrzad in the second book/sacond season.

But I loved how I was able to visualize the story with such beautiful artwotk.

The artist is clearly talented, and I thank the artist for choosing this story to bring to life with her considerable talent.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was awesome, I’ve wanted to read the books for ages but never got round to it so reading the webtoon adaptation has been a great introduction. The art was beautiful and I really liked the story. My only complaint is that I feel the story ended rather abruptly but maybe that’s just me wanting to spend more time with these characters.

[SharlzG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is it perfect? No. Are some of the characters annoying? Yes. Are some of the plot tests predictable? Yes. Are some of the moments incredibly cheesy? Yes. Did I find myself needing to read it again? Also yes.

Just go in expecting some cheesiness and some annoyances, and you should find it a mostly enjoy twist on the some classic old tales.

[Ruthie Planamenta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Season 1 finished! Wow, I love this graphic novel!! Seeing the passion, intrigue, and great diversity of characters (both external and internal) makes me desperate to read the original novel! Good on you for bringing this story to an even wider audience through your fantastic illustrations, Vitale!

[Stella Seaman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book in print #7! I started this in the middle of the pandemic and suddenly remembered it the other day. I loved it then and I like it now. Cheesy,quick and fun is all I can ask for. Plus it’s a beautiful grapo novel that reminds me of my life pre-highschool trama.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nunca pude sentir algo positivo por la relación entre Khalid y Shazi. Realmente no veo redimible a un feminicida. El único episodio que realmente me gustó fue cuando su amiga y las demás víctimas hablan con Shazi entre sueños diciéndole que no se olvide de ellas

[Alexia Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the WEBTOON! Very close to the story, with slight changes but still just as interesting and captivating.

[Janhavi · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars!

[Mia Janett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely art style and captivating story. Interesting plot & characters.

[Magda · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,8

[Stephanie Sirois · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an absolutely beautiful and touching story. If it ever gets printed as a graphic novel I'd love to have it on my shelves.

[vick · Rating 3 out of 5]

actual rating: 2.5

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Might come back to season 2, but most likely not

[Louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the webtoon version of this story, and I can't wait to reread the books to see what was changed!