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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
Scott Pilgrim is a twenty-three-year-old hipster doofus living in Toronto, playing in a band called Sex Bob-Omb, sharing a bed with his BFF Wallace, and “dating” a seventeen-year-old high school student named Knives Chau. He doesn’t sound like a very likable guy, yet on paper in Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, a manga-style graphic novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley, he’s absolutely charming in his utter obliviousness.
At first I was creeped out by Scott’s “relationship” with Knives (what a great, great name by the way). I wasn’t sure if I could get involved with a book that’s okay with a grown-up dating a teenager (grown-up being a relative term because Scott who is in between jobs and spends all his time hanging out is hardly mature). But then Scott’s friends and sister were sufficiently outraged and grossed out for me to get on board.
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At first I was creeped out by Scott’s “relationship” with Knives (what a great, great name by the way). I wasn’t sure if I could get involved with a book that’s okay with a grown-up dating a teenager (grown-up being a relative term because Scott who is in between jobs and spends all his time hanging out is hardly mature). But then Scott’s friends and sister were sufficiently outraged and grossed out for me to get on board.
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I finished this in about 2 hours? maybe less. and I have to say, it was really adorable. I plan to continue on with the next books and I would love to own them!! I recently finished a really heavy book, and this is just what I needed!! Nice, light, and happy! I'm excited to see what the next ones have to offer :)
Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old guy living with his friend in Toronto. He's also in a band, and they're terrible. He's got this new girlfriend in high school named Knives Chau, but he soon loses interest in her when he meets Ramona Flowers, an Amazon delivery girl. At his band's first gig, some guy comes crashing through the roof, demanding to fight Scott. It's one of Ramona's old boyfriends, and he discovers that he has to fight off her seven ex's.
This was so weird and funny and I really really liked it so much that I want to get the other books in the series and read them too. I feel like this isn't too inappropriate for younger teens - I just don't know how interested they'd be in reading it. But it's really entertaining and I'm sure they would like that.
This was so weird and funny and I really really liked it so much that I want to get the other books in the series and read them too. I feel like this isn't too inappropriate for younger teens - I just don't know how interested they'd be in reading it. But it's really entertaining and I'm sure they would like that.
I blew through the first two of these in an afternoon. Um, love it!! Excited for the movie.
2.5 stars
This was entertaining, and the rest of series probably will be as well. I don't really like the art style's cartooniness, but I really do like the layouts of the pages and the angles. There are also enough nerdy inside jokes to make me smile.
This was entertaining, and the rest of series probably will be as well. I don't really like the art style's cartooniness, but I really do like the layouts of the pages and the angles. There are also enough nerdy inside jokes to make me smile.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am clearly in the minority in this opinion, but this was ... really bad?
The premise of the first half of this book was how cool it was that he was dating a high school girl who was *Chinese*, and the continued emphasis on her being Chinese was ... fairly fetishized?
Maybe I waited too long to read this and would have enjoyed it more if I'd read it when I was a teen. I was a high schooler in a relationship with an older guy. But this felt ... gross.
The second half sets us the plot of the series, which is ... okay. But there were too many cringeworthy moments, and Scott is just ... dumb. It's meant to be quirky and funny but I just can't get there.
Oof. Didn't love it.
The premise of the first half of this book was how cool it was that he was dating a high school girl who was *Chinese*, and the continued emphasis on her being Chinese was ... fairly fetishized?
Maybe I waited too long to read this and would have enjoyed it more if I'd read it when I was a teen. I was a high schooler in a relationship with an older guy. But this felt ... gross.
The second half sets us the plot of the series, which is ... okay. But there were too many cringeworthy moments, and Scott is just ... dumb. It's meant to be quirky and funny but I just can't get there.
Oof. Didn't love it.
I haven't read this since 2014. It's silly and fun, but Scott is such a terrible person and it's a bit hard to like him. The series definitely shows its age, but I did have fun re-reading it.
One for the time capsule: is there any other work, in fact, that better captures life in the early 21st century?
I really enjoyed this! I'm starting to get into graphic novels and Bryan Lee O'Malley's work is phenomenal. I'm eager to see how this series will progress(: 4.5/5 but still a Favorite for me!
I'm probably missing something, but although this was funny at times, it seemed scattered and uninteresting to me overall.