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A review by lilmatt050
Level Up by Gene Luen Yang
5.0
There is not much to say except I love Gene Luen Yang's work and how he conveys a life message of who we are and what we come aspire to be as human beings.
This book is about a boy named Dennis who as a child wanted to do child things like playing video games and was never allowed in his home because of his parents strict rules and beliefs when it comes to video games. Then when he graduates from High School, his father passes away and he finally buys a game console and falls in love with video games but doesn't know how to balance his college studies. Plus he has to deal with the pressure of his parents wanting him to become a doctor and not accepting what makes him truly happy.
The story was short and simple which is what I needed and overall love the concept on how life can be like a video game, trying to pass each level as the difficulty increases. Dennis reminds me of every child who have in the past wanted to pursue a particular dream that did not meet the parents expectations and either throws away that precious dream or fights back and explore where life will guide us. At the end of the day, you have to deal with your life and your source of happiness and should be in a job that makes you happy instead of killing yourself just for the sake of wealth.
This book is about a boy named Dennis who as a child wanted to do child things like playing video games and was never allowed in his home because of his parents strict rules and beliefs when it comes to video games. Then when he graduates from High School, his father passes away and he finally buys a game console and falls in love with video games but doesn't know how to balance his college studies. Plus he has to deal with the pressure of his parents wanting him to become a doctor and not accepting what makes him truly happy.
The story was short and simple which is what I needed and overall love the concept on how life can be like a video game, trying to pass each level as the difficulty increases. Dennis reminds me of every child who have in the past wanted to pursue a particular dream that did not meet the parents expectations and either throws away that precious dream or fights back and explore where life will guide us. At the end of the day, you have to deal with your life and your source of happiness and should be in a job that makes you happy instead of killing yourself just for the sake of wealth.