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3.09 AVERAGE
3.09 AVERAGE
Honestly, disappointing. Even with the large team behind it, the book had no substance. The story went by so quickly with depth added to anything, just the same old trope of her dads sick and she's an outcast, therefore she obviously needs to find herself. It really is a shame because I feel like the story has a lot of promise, as well as Unity being the only worth while character that needed a whole lot more attention.
Why the hell did I decide to read this? Good thing I didn't waste any money on this.
It's honestly pretty bad writing with average to below average artwork. Clearly trying to cash in on the fame of the Youtuber and that's not always a bad thing, but this could have been way better with less cheesy dialogue and some coherent plot.
Would not recommend
It's honestly pretty bad writing with average to below average artwork. Clearly trying to cash in on the fame of the Youtuber and that's not always a bad thing, but this could have been way better with less cheesy dialogue and some coherent plot.
Would not recommend
After her dad dies Evie discovers that he created a world for her, a perfect virtual world for her to escape to, but when her spoilt cousin joins her things go to hell, literally.
It's an interesting story and deals well with bullying etc.
It's an interesting story and deals well with bullying etc.
I was looking forward to reading this comic but it did not turn out how I imagined. I thought the idea was interesting: having a world in cyberspace and it adapts to how you interact with the people in that cyberspace world. Plot was an interesting idea but where it falls short is character development and the whys.
Some spoilers in the following paragraphs!!!
Why was Evie bullied? Why did people make her life so miserable? We never learn why?? She hangs out with this other boy but their relationship felt so dull. The whole time we see Evie, she is sad about being bullied in school and she hides in a fridge???????????? I'm missing something here. I don't understand the why. I felt pity for her and there seems to be an attempt to encourage us to root for Evie but it felt so rushed and more could be said. There should have been more to Evie than that.
This is my deal with Mallory: Why was Mallory so mean? Why did Mallory just walk into a brand new world and turn everyone into vicious savages? What is her background story? What was her perspective? What actually happened to her in e.scape? Did the world some how put her in a trance or she went into an evil trance while in the world? Why was she so hell bent on finding Evie and ... what? kill her? She gathers a full crowd of cyber people turned savages to confront Evie. But I don't understand why nor what she planned to do? It felt like Mallory was just a stereotypical antagonist just so we would feel sorry for Evie. She deserved so much more than that. The ending where Evie converts her "back" to her usual self was weird. It was only because she was hanging off a cliff and about to plummet to her death is when we find out she was in some sort of trance so she was not evil to begin with? I don't understand. Poor character development here.
Also, who was the guy at the end?? He was the other person who did not turn savage and could think for himself in e.scape. But why did they want to bring him back to the real world?? Why was he different?? I don't understand. There was also Evie's father who programmed himself in e.scape and somehow able to have control over the world? We have no idea how much control her dad had in this world which was strange. Evie had to go find her father to help save e.scape but why? I don't understand. (Evie's father is dead by the way and created e.scape so that Evie could escape from her unexplained miserable life). Unity was fine; s/he was an all-seeing being in the world but had to choose between ethical dilemmas? But why was Unity needed? Why could the father not have been the one who greets her in the beginning? If the world was made purely for Evie then why did they need Unity to greet people? Was her father expecting her to bring her non-existent friends? I also think Unity was suppose to be the knowledge dump and through her we get a glimpse of why Mallory is so evil but it stops there? No talking about feelings? No confrontation of any sort? Literally none of the characters understand each other.
I was hoping that as soon as Evie finds out the world has gone into shit, she would be the one who learns to program how to fix the world or something. But the whole time she just walks back and forth, sort of fending herself against these monster-zombie-not-real-people. I know she was suppose to find confidence and stuff through this journey but I just can't help but feel like this story was so under developed. Evie could have done so much more.
I have so many questions and ended the book feeling very unsatisfied and confused. It was a quick read but hardly worth that time. Joe could do better.
Some spoilers in the following paragraphs!!!
Why was Evie bullied? Why did people make her life so miserable? We never learn why?? She hangs out with this other boy but their relationship felt so dull. The whole time we see Evie, she is sad about being bullied in school and she hides in a fridge???????????? I'm missing something here. I don't understand the why. I felt pity for her and there seems to be an attempt to encourage us to root for Evie but it felt so rushed and more could be said. There should have been more to Evie than that.
This is my deal with Mallory: Why was Mallory so mean? Why did Mallory just walk into a brand new world and turn everyone into vicious savages? What is her background story? What was her perspective? What actually happened to her in e.scape? Did the world some how put her in a trance or she went into an evil trance while in the world? Why was she so hell bent on finding Evie and ... what? kill her? She gathers a full crowd of cyber people turned savages to confront Evie. But I don't understand why nor what she planned to do? It felt like Mallory was just a stereotypical antagonist just so we would feel sorry for Evie. She deserved so much more than that. The ending where Evie converts her "back" to her usual self was weird. It was only because she was hanging off a cliff and about to plummet to her death is when we find out she was in some sort of trance so she was not evil to begin with? I don't understand. Poor character development here.
Also, who was the guy at the end?? He was the other person who did not turn savage and could think for himself in e.scape. But why did they want to bring him back to the real world?? Why was he different?? I don't understand. There was also Evie's father who programmed himself in e.scape and somehow able to have control over the world? We have no idea how much control her dad had in this world which was strange. Evie had to go find her father to help save e.scape but why? I don't understand. (Evie's father is dead by the way and created e.scape so that Evie could escape from her unexplained miserable life). Unity was fine; s/he was an all-seeing being in the world but had to choose between ethical dilemmas? But why was Unity needed? Why could the father not have been the one who greets her in the beginning? If the world was made purely for Evie then why did they need Unity to greet people? Was her father expecting her to bring her non-existent friends? I also think Unity was suppose to be the knowledge dump and through her we get a glimpse of why Mallory is so evil but it stops there? No talking about feelings? No confrontation of any sort? Literally none of the characters understand each other.
I was hoping that as soon as Evie finds out the world has gone into shit, she would be the one who learns to program how to fix the world or something. But the whole time she just walks back and forth, sort of fending herself against these monster-zombie-not-real-people. I know she was suppose to find confidence and stuff through this journey but I just can't help but feel like this story was so under developed. Evie could have done so much more.
I have so many questions and ended the book feeling very unsatisfied and confused. It was a quick read but hardly worth that time. Joe could do better.
It was okay for a first book but it is full of clichés, the art isn't my type and the story is very obvious.
I only have one emotion for this book: bleurrrrrghhhhhh.
Evie is an outcast at school, so her dying father decides to make a virtual getaway for her to grow her confidence and learn to love herself. I would have given it one star, but the father/daughter relationship is notable because of its rarity in teen and YA stories.
Other than that, it's awful. The art style is bland and boring. The writing is simplistic and lends itself more to a children's audience than the upper teens that it's marketed towards. There's no emotion, particularly when Evie's father actually dies - it's all fade to black, with a tiny speech bubble exclaiming 'NO!' and then the standard 'funeral in the pouring rain and thunder' scene.
Youtubers need to stick to what they do best: being irritatingly loud in a small box on a website. (But it's not as though we can even blame Joe Sugg for this monstrosity, as he introduces the 'Sugg Squad' on page one and explains that while he had the idea, the narrative, art and colouring are all done by professionals. What went wrong?!)
Evie is an outcast at school, so her dying father decides to make a virtual getaway for her to grow her confidence and learn to love herself. I would have given it one star, but the father/daughter relationship is notable because of its rarity in teen and YA stories.
Other than that, it's awful. The art style is bland and boring. The writing is simplistic and lends itself more to a children's audience than the upper teens that it's marketed towards. There's no emotion, particularly when Evie's father actually dies - it's all fade to black, with a tiny speech bubble exclaiming 'NO!' and then the standard 'funeral in the pouring rain and thunder' scene.
Youtubers need to stick to what they do best: being irritatingly loud in a small box on a website. (But it's not as though we can even blame Joe Sugg for this monstrosity, as he introduces the 'Sugg Squad' on page one and explains that while he had the idea, the narrative, art and colouring are all done by professionals. What went wrong?!)
honestly coming from someone who has been a fan of joe's for so long and finally reading this i was really disappointed with it. it's way too fast paced with no good character development and no time to actually like any of the characters.
I'll do a proper review of this for my blog, but for now:
The art didn't really connect to the story. It didn't flow together. There were some panels where the characters looked completely wrong compared to how they'd be drawn earlier, or how they were being portrayed through the narrative.
The writing was flat and didn't really allow the reader to get to know the characters.
It was too short. This is a standalone and I think that was a mistake as they tried to cram too much into such a short work.
The "author" didn't really write it, as the credits page says that he came up with the storyline and provided guidance. A whole other person wrote the narrative and you wouldn't know it from the cover where NO ONE ELSE is credited other than Joe Sugg (who, oddly enough, is the younger brother of Zoe Sugg of Youtube fame/Girl Online infamy).
The art didn't really connect to the story. It didn't flow together. There were some panels where the characters looked completely wrong compared to how they'd be drawn earlier, or how they were being portrayed through the narrative.
The writing was flat and didn't really allow the reader to get to know the characters.
It was too short. This is a standalone and I think that was a mistake as they tried to cram too much into such a short work.
The "author" didn't really write it, as the credits page says that he came up with the storyline and provided guidance. A whole other person wrote the narrative and you wouldn't know it from the cover where NO ONE ELSE is credited other than Joe Sugg (who, oddly enough, is the younger brother of Zoe Sugg of Youtube fame/Girl Online infamy).
Love the art style of this graphic novel but i'm not a big fan of the story.