The first two rules are not too difficult. nearest male relative to the victim must kill the killer, no argument. The rules in this neighborhood are - in the event of a loved one being murdered - 1. I am hoping to pick up the book soon because I really enjoyed this and would definitely recommend. But seeing as how I'm a dumbass who didn't read the book first, I can't say for sure. I believe that the original text is poetry. The art style is so beautiful and simple. It is a never ending cycle of death with no peace. What if you kill the wrong person and now there is a whole set of other people out there killing people out of revenge? When someone die, there is always someone to mourn, someone to want revenge. It makes you question the constant loop that this rule has on their neighborhood and how it never ends. It is like Christmas Past, Present and Future in a way. But when he gets on the elevator to travel down to where the person he thinks responsible is, he is met on each floor by a ghost of someone that is related to the story of his brother's death. So, he gets a gun and is talking himself into commiting murder. He believes he knows who did it and the rules of his community are that if someone is killed, you kill the person who did it. This is about a boy who's brother is shot. Now I'm kicking myself that I didn't read the book first. I heard through the grapevine that there is supposed to be either a TV show or movie adaptation of this book. The water color drawings with the defining of the black ink were absolutely beautiful and I feel like the images I had in my mind the first time I read Long Way Down were captured so well in this adaption. The graphic novel adaptation was so good and I'm happy about the way it turned out. This is all about empathy and how we shouldn't force labels on people especially youth. We don't necessarily know whether will goes through with it or not. I love that Reynolds leaves the ending as a mystery. When Will attempts to get revenge he ends up meeting a series of people who are also victims of the cycle of violence.

Both the graphic novel and the book focus on Will's attempt to get revenge for his brother's death.

I think that it's easy to judge people especially youth that are victims of violence when you don't take the opportunity to really learn and understand how they get there in the first place. Reynolds utilizes this story to capture the discussion around cyclical violence. I read it for the first time this year and it was AMAZING. Anyone who knows me just a little knows exactly how I feel about Long Way Down.

Long way down graphic novel