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3.09 AVERAGE
3.09 AVERAGE
Yea well taht was stupid. Didn’t enjoy art style, the flattest character award goes to our main character, the ‘villain’ was mean only because she wanted attention and they made at the end. ????? Just so stupid
The idea is very original, and the artwork pretty good (and, in my opinion, in some places incredible), but the dialogue definitely needed work; it was bit cringe in places, though I did laugh somewhere in there too. There were a few plot-holes which needed teasing out, and the use of modern phone texting in places made the narrative feel a bit disjointed. The very beginning wasn't great or very gripping; there is a scene with Evie using her phone to dispel the zombie-like citizens which is never elaborated further in the narrative or even referred back to. I sort-of loved Unity for some reason, even though their role seemed to be just to give advice and stand around. I'd have loved for them to be more involved somehow in the plot. Super that there's a main female heroine, even if she's pretty plain and Mary-Sue-ish, and hides in a fridge when feeling overwhelmed (an unexplained plot point?) Definitely not a terrible first attempt at a graphic novel; I enjoyed it! There were just quite a few points which really needed teasing out, as well as a need for slightly more character development and better dialogue. The artwork was pretty stunning in places though.
This was weird, and went entirely a different direction than I expected based on the cover.
BUT in spite of the countless eye rolls, I really enjoyed this! And the message behind it is very important.
I’ll admit, though, the artwork feels pretty amateur a lot of times (unless it was done that way on purpose), and I wish there was less focus on the romance that came out of nowhere. But it was good nonetheless!
Also, I thought I should mention that I’m not really interested in continuing on, mostly for the fact that this first book felt like a complete story on its own. No cliffhangers or anything like that.
Overall, a fun and quick read! 3.5 stars.
BUT in spite of the countless eye rolls, I really enjoyed this! And the message behind it is very important.
I’ll admit, though, the artwork feels pretty amateur a lot of times (unless it was done that way on purpose), and I wish there was less focus on the romance that came out of nowhere. But it was good nonetheless!
Also, I thought I should mention that I’m not really interested in continuing on, mostly for the fact that this first book felt like a complete story on its own. No cliffhangers or anything like that.
Overall, a fun and quick read! 3.5 stars.
I enjoyed the idea and the artwork - but I also feel like the story was rushed, and that Sugg didn't take the time needed to develop the plot or the characters. It fell flat for me.
I was thinking about giving it 3.5 stars, but I just rounded it up to 4 because I loved the artwork. this story was good, but not amazing or anything. it was a bit slow paced in the beginning and when it took off everything happened quite fast. but I thought the idea was quite brilliant and I liked how it was executed! I've watched Joe's videos for a while now and I feel quite proud of everything that he's achieved.
Meh. Basic story, one dimensional characters, story arc that makes no sense and mediocre drawing.
Oh dear. I picked this up on a whim since the premise looked cute and the art style looked decent, but I guess I should've read a bit of it before committing to buying it. When I did sit down and read the first few pages (the prelude, essentially) I immediately worried I might have made a mistake. A clunky intro doesn't mean a bad story though, so I continued on, hoping it would improve. Unfortunately, it didn't.
The characters were all one-dimensional and archetypal and had no real growth (just have a character say out loud 'look how much i've improved!' without them having actually done anything is meaningless). I couldn't get attached to any of them because they were just so...hollow. They didn't feel alive on the page since they were all archetypes with nothing particularly unique or individual about them (other than Evie's fridge thing maybe, never seen that before). The dialogue was clunky at best as well, and none of the jokes landed for me. The message was sweet, but the story didn't actually deliver it well since it was so simplistic with hardly anything that really happens (which would be fine if the characters or some other aspect of the book was well developed and complex, but everything was equally basic and skimmed over).
Everything that needed to be explained could have been done so using the characters' actions, interactions, and the art itself, and yet the book relied completely on the yellow exposition boxes. There's no sense of how long the main character is in the virtual world either, and the way the virtual world worked was inconsistent (for example: everyone knows who Evie is except the Lionel duplicate when she first meets him...?). The art, at least, was decent, but the panels didn't always flow well with the dialogue/exposition.
It really is too bad, since the premise is interesting and the message is nice, but this book just really didn't work.
The characters were all one-dimensional and archetypal and had no real growth (just have a character say out loud 'look how much i've improved!' without them having actually done anything is meaningless). I couldn't get attached to any of them because they were just so...hollow. They didn't feel alive on the page since they were all archetypes with nothing particularly unique or individual about them (other than Evie's fridge thing maybe, never seen that before). The dialogue was clunky at best as well, and none of the jokes landed for me. The message was sweet, but the story didn't actually deliver it well since it was so simplistic with hardly anything that really happens (which would be fine if the characters or some other aspect of the book was well developed and complex, but everything was equally basic and skimmed over).
Everything that needed to be explained could have been done so using the characters' actions, interactions, and the art itself, and yet the book relied completely on the yellow exposition boxes. There's no sense of how long the main character is in the virtual world either, and the way the virtual world worked was inconsistent (for example: everyone knows who Evie is except the Lionel duplicate when she first meets him...?). The art, at least, was decent, but the panels didn't always flow well with the dialogue/exposition.
It really is too bad, since the premise is interesting and the message is nice, but this book just really didn't work.
It was alright.
I felt like the story was poorly developed and wasn't very well planned out, compared with other graphic novels i've read this books didn't really have a chance!
i didn't attach to the characters at all. And i felt that inspirational stuff i.e. be yourself yada yada was just thrown in there to make the book seem more emotional.
This book has only gotten three stars because the artwork was pretty cool and one or two lines did make me chuckle (only a smidge)
I felt like the story was poorly developed and wasn't very well planned out, compared with other graphic novels i've read this books didn't really have a chance!
i didn't attach to the characters at all. And i felt that inspirational stuff i.e. be yourself yada yada was just thrown in there to make the book seem more emotional.
This book has only gotten three stars because the artwork was pretty cool and one or two lines did make me chuckle (only a smidge)
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes