A review by dlberglund
Level Up by Thien Pham, Gene Luen Yang

3.0

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.