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A review by whitneymouse
Level Up by Gene Luen Yang
3.0
I didn't like [b:American Born Chinese|118944|American Born Chinese|Gene Luen Yang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1317066615l/118944._SX50_.jpg|114515], but I saw this at my local library and thought I'd give Yang another chance. I didn't like this either, so it may just be a mismatch between me and this author.
This was a strange, kind of incoherent story. My issues with American Born Chinese was that the stories didn't all come together until the very end and it felt very slapped together. I had a similar issue with this. The ending was more cohesive with this, where he found he could combine his studies with his passion, but it still was...kind of a let down.
The story is strange. I didn't understand the angel/pac-man ghosts. They were very aggressive and the explanation given for their appearance wasn't satisfactory to me. I also didn't like that there was this dichotomy for most of the book between playing games and succeeding academically. You can do both at the same time, but this presents it as a one or the other choice. I also didn't understand the choice of the character to continue in a field of medicine that clearly made him queasy and uncomfortable.
Overall, it wasn't the right book for me. I'm sure someone will enjoy this, but it felt disjointed and wasn't a book I was super into.
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
This was a strange, kind of incoherent story. My issues with American Born Chinese was that the stories didn't all come together until the very end and it felt very slapped together. I had a similar issue with this. The ending was more cohesive with this, where he found he could combine his studies with his passion, but it still was...kind of a let down.
The story is strange. I didn't understand the angel/pac-man ghosts. They were very aggressive and the explanation given for their appearance wasn't satisfactory to me. I also didn't like that there was this dichotomy for most of the book between playing games and succeeding academically. You can do both at the same time, but this presents it as a one or the other choice. I also didn't understand the choice of the character to continue in a field of medicine that clearly made him queasy and uncomfortable.
Overall, it wasn't the right book for me. I'm sure someone will enjoy this, but it felt disjointed and wasn't a book I was super into.
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5