About what I expected after seeing the
film, which is very faithful to the novel. Enjoyed the film more, actually - probably that medium lends itself more to this kind of story-telling. Interesting that some of the scenes in the film which I'd thought were very 'graphic novel-y' (eg, the slowed down fight sequences in which the Spartans swivel and pirouette through opponents) in a "I can imagine how these were drawn in panels" way actually don't appear in the novel at all.