Ages
12+
This
graphic novel begins with an American college student visiting a friend in
Germany and learning about World War II, moving to Hitler’s persecution of Christians
and then his suicide. The book then becomes an imaginary conversation that
Hitler, immediately after his death has with Jesus with Dietrich Bonhoeffer
joining in. The art work is nicely done, but in the end the book was
disappointing.
For
a graphic novel this book was very text intensive. It may really have worked better
as a regular book. It seems that there is so much crammed in that it becomes
disjointed. Perhaps it tries to do too much in one book. I appreciate the
apologetic and evangelistic intention, but I don’t think this is likely to be
compelling to anyone who is skeptical. Imaginary conversations are too easy to
arrange in your favor and this one felt “set up.”
