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Feb 05, 2021penelopegomez rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
First off the artwork in this graphic novel was incredibly stunning. I loved the contrast in colors. When you were reading about being in the videogame colors in this graphic novel were intense and vivid Technicolor, but when you were reading about the real world, life looks drab and bland and incredibly beige. I felt like the colors mimicked the main characters perspective of real life. In the story Anda recently moved to the middle of no where, away from all of her friends. To Anda life is boring and depressing, but her video games are her sanctuary, her "happy place," so that's why there is such a huge contrast in color throughout the novel. It was beautifully done. As for the plot of the novel, it was in my opinion lacking a little bit of "development." At the beginning of the novel there was a huge introduction leading up to the story, trying to further explain the premises for this novel, but to me it wasn't very concise,,, and I felt like it wasn't well explained. I felt like I was missing "the big picture" that the author was trying to convey with this graphic novel because I didn't fully understand the introduction and what exactly she was hinting at. I think this was meant to be a very impactful graphic novel about the gaming industry, but I just could not comprehend it fully with how short of a graphic novel this was. I feel like this graphic novel should have been expanded to maybe fit more of what the author wanted to convey into the plot. I think this book was very "surface level" and if you skipped the introduction completely, you might not even realize this was meant to be a political and thought provoking read. I really liked this graphic novel and the plot line, but I think I completely missed "the point" that this book was trying to make. If you are really into gaming maybe you can understand what exactly the author was trying to say, but since I don't play a lot of online video games, I didn't have a clue and left this book feeling like I needed to do some more research in order to fully understand this view point on the gaming industry. I honestly wish I had just skipped the introduction to this graphic novel, because I think that's what left me feeling confused.