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ladysiann 's review for:
Eliza and Her Monsters
by Francesca Zappia
3.65 ⭐️
This book opened the perspective of a creator or an author and the pressure anyone with a following will feel. It also followed the struggles of social anxiety, panic disorders and selective mutism.
Eliza hid behind a screen as her cult following buzzed around her not being able to disturb her protective little bubble. Her whole life practically revolved around her comic web series MONSTEROUS SEA. Until she met Wallace a new kid at school. Who surprise surprise turns out to be the famous rainmaker or something. — I have no idea why I’m making a blurb let’s start
So I had a nostalgic moment of the YA contemporary feels. As this book was structured and had similar styles to pre 2014 contemporary novels. Which made me miss all the oldies.
I love how it incorporated Wallace’s writing as well as Eliza’s art. As someone who wanted to write a graphic novel it feels more tangible to grasp that idea of creating a story through art.
I also had a little bit of allusions to TFIOS and Fangirl. If you know what I mean in the best way possible. I thought the characters were fun especially Emmy and Max.
The book also showed the impact of Eliza work as so many people loved her craft.
The reason why I rated it that much was because I personally thought it was a rather general contemporary and I know I stated above that it reminded me of oldiE YA but it just didn’t stand out. I predicted most of the things happening but nevertheless I enjoyed the book. It was my first Zappia book. Keep up the work !!!
This book opened the perspective of a creator or an author and the pressure anyone with a following will feel. It also followed the struggles of social anxiety, panic disorders and selective mutism.
Eliza hid behind a screen as her cult following buzzed around her not being able to disturb her protective little bubble. Her whole life practically revolved around her comic web series MONSTEROUS SEA. Until she met Wallace a new kid at school. Who surprise surprise turns out to be the famous rainmaker or something. — I have no idea why I’m making a blurb let’s start
So I had a nostalgic moment of the YA contemporary feels. As this book was structured and had similar styles to pre 2014 contemporary novels. Which made me miss all the oldies.
I love how it incorporated Wallace’s writing as well as Eliza’s art. As someone who wanted to write a graphic novel it feels more tangible to grasp that idea of creating a story through art.
I also had a little bit of allusions to TFIOS and Fangirl. If you know what I mean in the best way possible. I thought the characters were fun especially Emmy and Max.
The book also showed the impact of Eliza work as so many people loved her craft.
The reason why I rated it that much was because I personally thought it was a rather general contemporary and I know I stated above that it reminded me of oldiE YA but it just didn’t stand out. I predicted most of the things happening but nevertheless I enjoyed the book. It was my first Zappia book. Keep up the work !!!