Scan barcode
A review by meghan111
Level Up by Gene Luen Yang
3.0
Despite the Game Boy cover art, video games are not the main focus of this comic. Instead, they're a clear influence in the artwork and the structure of the story, but the main theme is more about the struggle to figure out what path in life will make you happy and reconcile that with what your parents and family desire for you.
This explores the question of what it means to live up to someone's expectations - in this case, Dennis' father has always expected that Dennis will go to medical school, despite Dennis' interest in and talent for playing video games. After his father dies, Dennis finds himself haunted by four cherubic angels that he remembers from a greeting card his father gave him in middle school. The angels want to keep him on the path to medical school and a career as a doctor in a specialized field of medicine. Will Dennis be able to do what they want?
This explores the question of what it means to live up to someone's expectations - in this case, Dennis' father has always expected that Dennis will go to medical school, despite Dennis' interest in and talent for playing video games. After his father dies, Dennis finds himself haunted by four cherubic angels that he remembers from a greeting card his father gave him in middle school. The angels want to keep him on the path to medical school and a career as a doctor in a specialized field of medicine. Will Dennis be able to do what they want?