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3.09 AVERAGE
3.09 AVERAGE
ACTUAL RATING: 2.5 STARS.
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< Username > : Brandon
log time: 1101 pac time
< hit enter >
< look into webcam to activate virtual world >
.....rebooting sequence 3...2...1....
and now that didn't do shit but it was worth a try. That was what the main character Evie had to do in order to escape into a virtual world cerated by her father. Now let's go to the beginning......
this graphic novel was created by Joe Sugg. (hella famous youtuber from the UK).
so one day, he announces his new project: A GRAPHIC NOVEL.
and ofc, the world goes into uproar and excitement about this because most other book tubers are creating memoirs and biographies(because its a new thing now - if you're a famous youtuber, specifically vlogger, with more that a million subs, than you write a book.........about your life).
anyways, the excitement is real and then the book comes out.
and it's not what I expected.
well, kinda.
so here's the deal.
I don't read alot of graphic novels tbh. I like them, but I don't find or know alot of good ones.
what I expected from Joe was a cool kick ass virtual graphic novel but instead, I got something mediocre and disappointing.
PROS:
VISUAL ART - is pretty cool. It suited the book. Bright colors. Nice nice...
CONCEPT - i liked it. the aspect of escaping one's reality through a virtual world. has it been done before. yes. check out Ready Player One. but still, for a graphic novel, the idea is really interesting because it's in GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT.
CONS:
STORY/PACING - ok. if you want spectacular story and pacing - read THE SAGA SERIES. (reference) I found the pacing to be way too fast and lame. too fast. not enough character development. AT. ALL. actually, if there was even a remotely any character development at all.
WRITING/DIALOGUE - so like if you want easy chill lax dialogue, WELL HERE YOU GO! YOU HAVE IT. the dialogue, writing was so simple I felt it was cheating in way............if you even know what I mean.
prolly not, but just roll with it ;)
other than that......USERNAME: EVIE isn't something spectacular and kick ass to read. More like entreating and nice to look at......ooooohhh.....ahhhh..
you get the picture.
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.....signing off bitches. buh bye.
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< Username > : Brandon
log time: 1101 pac time
< hit enter >
< look into webcam to activate virtual world >
.....rebooting sequence 3...2...1....
and now that didn't do shit but it was worth a try. That was what the main character Evie had to do in order to escape into a virtual world cerated by her father. Now let's go to the beginning......
this graphic novel was created by Joe Sugg. (hella famous youtuber from the UK).
so one day, he announces his new project: A GRAPHIC NOVEL.
and ofc, the world goes into uproar and excitement about this because most other book tubers are creating memoirs and biographies(because its a new thing now - if you're a famous youtuber, specifically vlogger, with more that a million subs, than you write a book.........about your life).
anyways, the excitement is real and then the book comes out.
and it's not what I expected.
well, kinda.
so here's the deal.
I don't read alot of graphic novels tbh. I like them, but I don't find or know alot of good ones.
what I expected from Joe was a cool kick ass virtual graphic novel but instead, I got something mediocre and disappointing.
PROS:
VISUAL ART - is pretty cool. It suited the book. Bright colors. Nice nice...
CONCEPT - i liked it. the aspect of escaping one's reality through a virtual world. has it been done before. yes. check out Ready Player One. but still, for a graphic novel, the idea is really interesting because it's in GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT.
CONS:
STORY/PACING - ok. if you want spectacular story and pacing - read THE SAGA SERIES. (reference) I found the pacing to be way too fast and lame. too fast. not enough character development. AT. ALL. actually, if there was even a remotely any character development at all.
WRITING/DIALOGUE - so like if you want easy chill lax dialogue, WELL HERE YOU GO! YOU HAVE IT. the dialogue, writing was so simple I felt it was cheating in way............if you even know what I mean.
prolly not, but just roll with it ;)
other than that......USERNAME: EVIE isn't something spectacular and kick ass to read. More like entreating and nice to look at......ooooohhh.....ahhhh..
you get the picture.
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< YES PLEASE >
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< Username > : Brandon
.....signing off bitches. buh bye.
The artwork was beautiful and the concept interesting but full of cliches. It had a lot of potential but it's not my favorite. I'm looking forward to Sugg progressing. He has talent.
ACTUAL RATING: 2.5 STARS.
OK.
< Username > : Brandon
log time: 1101 pac time
< hit enter >
< look into webcam to activate virtual world >
.....rebooting sequence 3...2...1....
and now that didn't do shit but it was worth a try. That was what the main character Evie had to do in order to escape into a virtual world cerated by her father. Now let's go to the beginning......
this graphic novel was created by Joe Sugg. (hella famous youtuber from the UK).
so one day, he announces his new project: A GRAPHIC NOVEL.
and ofc, the world goes into uproar and excitement about this because most other book tubers are creating memoirs and biographies(because its a new thing now - if you're a famous youtuber, specifically vlogger, with more that a million subs, than you write a book.........about your life).
anyways, the excitement is real and then the book comes out.
and it's not what I expected.
well, kinda.
so here's the deal.
I don't read alot of graphic novels tbh. I like them, but I don't find or know alot of good ones.
what I expected from Joe was a cool kick ass virtual graphic novel but instead, I got something mediocre and disappointing.
PROS:
VISUAL ART - is pretty cool. It suited the book. Bright colors. Nice nice...
CONCEPT - i liked it. the aspect of escaping one's reality through a virtual world. has it been done before. yes. check out Ready Player One. but still, for a graphic novel, the idea is really interesting because it's in GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT.
CONS:
STORY/PACING - ok. if you want spectacular story and pacing - read THE SAGA SERIES. (reference) I found the pacing to be way too fast and lame. too fast. not enough character development. AT. ALL. actually, if there was even a remotely any character development at all.
WRITING/DIALOGUE - so like if you want easy chill lax dialogue, WELL HERE YOU GO! YOU HAVE IT. the dialogue, writing was so simple I felt it was cheating in way............if you even know what I mean.
prolly not, but just roll with it ;)
other than that......USERNAME: EVIE isn't something spectacular and kick ass to read. More like entreating and nice to look at......ooooohhh.....ahhhh..
you get the picture.
< hit esc to exit >
< Y / N >
< YES PLEASE >
BYEEEEEEEEEEE
< Username > : Brandon
.....signing off bitches. buh bye.
OK.
< Username > : Brandon
log time: 1101 pac time
< hit enter >
< look into webcam to activate virtual world >
.....rebooting sequence 3...2...1....
and now that didn't do shit but it was worth a try. That was what the main character Evie had to do in order to escape into a virtual world cerated by her father. Now let's go to the beginning......
this graphic novel was created by Joe Sugg. (hella famous youtuber from the UK).
so one day, he announces his new project: A GRAPHIC NOVEL.
and ofc, the world goes into uproar and excitement about this because most other book tubers are creating memoirs and biographies(because its a new thing now - if you're a famous youtuber, specifically vlogger, with more that a million subs, than you write a book.........about your life).
anyways, the excitement is real and then the book comes out.
and it's not what I expected.
well, kinda.
so here's the deal.
I don't read alot of graphic novels tbh. I like them, but I don't find or know alot of good ones.
what I expected from Joe was a cool kick ass virtual graphic novel but instead, I got something mediocre and disappointing.
PROS:
VISUAL ART - is pretty cool. It suited the book. Bright colors. Nice nice...
CONCEPT - i liked it. the aspect of escaping one's reality through a virtual world. has it been done before. yes. check out Ready Player One. but still, for a graphic novel, the idea is really interesting because it's in GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT.
CONS:
STORY/PACING - ok. if you want spectacular story and pacing - read THE SAGA SERIES. (reference) I found the pacing to be way too fast and lame. too fast. not enough character development. AT. ALL. actually, if there was even a remotely any character development at all.
WRITING/DIALOGUE - so like if you want easy chill lax dialogue, WELL HERE YOU GO! YOU HAVE IT. the dialogue, writing was so simple I felt it was cheating in way............if you even know what I mean.
prolly not, but just roll with it ;)
other than that......USERNAME: EVIE isn't something spectacular and kick ass to read. More like entreating and nice to look at......ooooohhh.....ahhhh..
you get the picture.
< hit esc to exit >
< Y / N >
< YES PLEASE >
BYEEEEEEEEEEE
< Username > : Brandon
.....signing off bitches. buh bye.
I enjoyed this story, my first graphic novel or comic. What ever it is, I liked it. However I was not happy that as I was reading the book started to fall apart.
Komiksy zawsze mnie fascynowały - uwielbiam odkrywać nowe strony pokryte ilustracjami, których charakter i kreska oddają to, co dzieje się w wymyślonym przez bohaterów świecie. Jednocześnie jednak nie mam z komiksami zbyt wiele do czynienia - zwyczajnie zbyt szybko się dla mnie kończą.
Byłam ciekawa pomysłu, jaki rozwinął Joe na kartach swojej powieści graficznej. Jednak w miarę jak przechodziłam przez kolejne strony, porzucałam nadzieję na rozrywkową lekturę. W mojej opinii tę opowieść można przyrównać do rolki sushi, którą ktoś pociął na kawałki i nie mógł się powstrzymać przed zjedzeniem kilku. W efekcie złożona na powrót rolka niby wygląda na kompletną, ale widać szpary między kawałkami, które do siebie nie przystają. Takie wrażenie miałam przez całą moją krótką przygodę z dziełem Sugga. Do tego dochodzą płytcy bohaterowie i świat, którego zasad działania nie jesteśmy w stanie poznać, bo nikt nie daje nam tej szansy.
Choć sam pomysł uważam za jak najbardziej udany i warty rozwinięcia, to jednak nie wydam okrzyku zachwytu. Uważam, że taka historia o wiele lepiej wyglądałaby na kartach prawdziwej powieści, gdzie narrator może pomóc czytelnikowi wejść w wykreowany świat i utożsamić się z bohaterami. Tu był jedynie chaos i uczucie ulgi po przewróceniu ostatniej strony.
Byłam ciekawa pomysłu, jaki rozwinął Joe na kartach swojej powieści graficznej. Jednak w miarę jak przechodziłam przez kolejne strony, porzucałam nadzieję na rozrywkową lekturę. W mojej opinii tę opowieść można przyrównać do rolki sushi, którą ktoś pociął na kawałki i nie mógł się powstrzymać przed zjedzeniem kilku. W efekcie złożona na powrót rolka niby wygląda na kompletną, ale widać szpary między kawałkami, które do siebie nie przystają. Takie wrażenie miałam przez całą moją krótką przygodę z dziełem Sugga. Do tego dochodzą płytcy bohaterowie i świat, którego zasad działania nie jesteśmy w stanie poznać, bo nikt nie daje nam tej szansy.
Choć sam pomysł uważam za jak najbardziej udany i warty rozwinięcia, to jednak nie wydam okrzyku zachwytu. Uważam, że taka historia o wiele lepiej wyglądałaby na kartach prawdziwej powieści, gdzie narrator może pomóc czytelnikowi wejść w wykreowany świat i utożsamić się z bohaterami. Tu był jedynie chaos i uczucie ulgi po przewróceniu ostatniej strony.
I give this a 2.5 stars.
I really liked the general idea of this story, but I'm not sure it was done as well as it could have been done. I'm not saying it's dreadful, it's just not wonderful.
I only started to get into the story after the virtual world was introduced, but that didn't last long~ Only for fleeting moments, when interactions between some characters got me emotional and whenever I took a moment to appreciate some of the stunning scenery the artist provided.
I didn't give this any higher a rating for a few reasons:
-There were quite a few moments of predictability for me, especially when it came to who the virtual characters were in relation to their counterparts in reality. This also had me unsettled because when we were back in the real world and Evie was communicating with certain characters, after dramatic events, as they were in the virtual world I got confused because... They aren't REALLY that person...
-I didn't understand Mallory's motive for why she acted the way she did... It was just so drastic and I didn't like the easy let off she had for situations that were a really big, messed up, deal. It bugged me!
-When there was fighting scenes they didn't last very long. They only covered about 2 pages, which, in relation to a graphic novel, isn't very much considering it's a lot of art, rather than text. So one minute people were brutally fighting, then the next they were having a heart to heart! And the fact that time didn't pass as long in reality was a little pet peeve of mine as I felt like if this was prolonged over the course of at least a few days in the virtual reality and reality it would have had so much hold for me and so much more could have happened, including the circumstances of Evie being missing for so long in the real world.
As well as this, I just felt like the story was rushed and the text didn't flow very well, which grieves me as it really does have potential!
Maybe a story like this is better suited for a novel rather than a graphic novel, or to be done by someone who has a little more experience in this field.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy!
Gén
I really liked the general idea of this story, but I'm not sure it was done as well as it could have been done. I'm not saying it's dreadful, it's just not wonderful.
I only started to get into the story after the virtual world was introduced, but that didn't last long~ Only for fleeting moments, when interactions between some characters got me emotional and whenever I took a moment to appreciate some of the stunning scenery the artist provided.
I didn't give this any higher a rating for a few reasons:
-There were quite a few moments of predictability for me, especially when it came to who the virtual characters were in relation to their counterparts in reality. This also had me unsettled because when we were back in the real world and Evie was communicating with certain characters, after dramatic events, as they were in the virtual world I got confused because... They aren't REALLY that person...
-I didn't understand Mallory's motive for why she acted the way she did... It was just so drastic and I didn't like the easy let off she had for situations that were a really big, messed up, deal. It bugged me!
-When there was fighting scenes they didn't last very long. They only covered about 2 pages, which, in relation to a graphic novel, isn't very much considering it's a lot of art, rather than text. So one minute people were brutally fighting, then the next they were having a heart to heart! And the fact that time didn't pass as long in reality was a little pet peeve of mine as I felt like if this was prolonged over the course of at least a few days in the virtual reality and reality it would have had so much hold for me and so much more could have happened, including the circumstances of Evie being missing for so long in the real world.
As well as this, I just felt like the story was rushed and the text didn't flow very well, which grieves me as it really does have potential!
Maybe a story like this is better suited for a novel rather than a graphic novel, or to be done by someone who has a little more experience in this field.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy!
Gén
3.5 stars
Apparently Joe Sugg is a bit of a YouTube sensation. But I'm old, so I've never heard of him. However, it seems that if you do know him it influences how you react to the book.
I like the premise of this book (single father, terminally ill, creating the perfect online world for his misfit daughter before he dies) but I'm not sure if the execution is pulled off as well as it could be.
Apparently Joe Sugg is a bit of a YouTube sensation. But I'm old, so I've never heard of him. However, it seems that if you do know him it influences how you react to the book.
I like the premise of this book (single father, terminally ill, creating the perfect online world for his misfit daughter before he dies) but I'm not sure if the execution is pulled off as well as it could be.
I didn't actually buy this because of who the author is I bought it because I thought it sounded really good. It was a really great idea that I think fell short. It just seemed like we were trying to be taught a life lesson but it was all a bit rushed. I think it could have been amazing if it was spread out a bit or maybe even as two books but I still enjoyed it.
The concept and the art are the only two things that aren't immature, poorly-developed, rushed, or just bad. So much of the dialogue could have just been dropped to make things a bit better.
Eurgh.
Eurgh.