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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Not at all what I expected....a nice tale about the flexibility we should give ourselves to find our true calling.
I enjoyed this work and it possessed Yang's usual excitment and wrap around story, but I don't think it was his strongest work.
Charming. Yes, I'm going with the word charming to describe this graphic novel. Dennis Ouyang is a young boy fascinated by video games. After his father passes away, he buys his first video game system and falls in love with said video game.
But his parents always wanted him to become a doctor.
I had both over and underestimated this graphic novel. I thought it was going to be about young people and their their relationship with gaming (and, let's face it, probably relationships with their parents, too). Instead, it was about a kid who graduates from high school on page 18 and spends the rest of the book waffling between being a slacker and committing to the path his father wanted for him. I didn't feel the joy I was hoping to-- not when he was gaming, not when he was successful at studying, and not even much when he was with his friends. The tone was very adult-introspective, and it didn't work with my expectations.
My heart does and has always belonged to American Born Chinese. I was expecting something much more like that and can't help but feel a little disappointed. Still an good story. But not the same...
A graphic novel about a boy who loves video games, but is haunted by ghosts of his father to become a doctor. A crucial part of the story wasn’t explained until page 90, and I felt like there were several gaps and quick fixes that would have been more troublesome plot issues in a traditional story.
Dennis knew from early on that all he wanted to do was play video games. But his father expected him to become a doctor, and Dennis felt this pressure even after his father's death. Mysterious angels show up, offering to help Dennis finish his studies, but they expect to get their way, all the time.
Having been born in the 80's, I'm a little bit younger than Dennis. Still, I can relate to the joy of discovering video games, remember my first time playing NES. And I loved Pac-Man. This is a good nostalgia trip, and it's also a good look at a young man trying to find his own way in the world.
Having been born in the 80's, I'm a little bit younger than Dennis. Still, I can relate to the joy of discovering video games, remember my first time playing NES. And I loved Pac-Man. This is a good nostalgia trip, and it's also a good look at a young man trying to find his own way in the world.
A solid, quick read by the author of “Dragon Hoops” (which is excellent).
Great graphic novel for my reluctant readers about following your dreams... And realizing for yourself what those actually are.