7.27.2009
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life [vol. 1]
by Bryan Lee O'Malley, 168pgs, paperback
Overall Grade: A
Series: Scott Pilgrim vol.1
It's sorta like manga, except American... wait, Canadian. Like when white people get their hands on something amusingly Asian and twist it to their own ways - except this time it works.
This is what American's amusingly call a graphic novel. Anyway, the story focuses on one Scott Pilgrim, a 23-year-old without a job. He lives in Toronto, plays bass in a band and starts off dating a high-school-girl. I don't want to ruin the hilarity of reading this, but let's just say Scott soon becomes obsessed with Ramona Flowers, a roller-blading delivery girl who moved there from New York.
Yes, this moves fast, but O'Malley does a commendable job planting the plot seeds as fast as he reaps them. I am avidly awaiting my requests of the next volumes coming into my library.
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: graphic novel, media: book, series: Scott Pilgrim