Review: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley

title: Scott Pilgrim's Precious little Life

written by: Bryan Lee O'Malley

series: Scott Pilgrim #1

genre: Graphic Novel, Humor

page count: 192

publication date:  August 8th, 2012

publisher: Oni Press

Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rockband, he's ""between jobs,"" and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothingcould possibly go wrong, unless a seriously mind-blowing, dangerouslyfashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruisingthrough his dreams and sailing by him at parties. Will Scott's awesome life getturned upside-down? Will he have to face Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends inbattle? The short answer is yes. The long answer is Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

**Thanks to Oni Press for sending me a galley of this novel. This is a review of the colored edition. I recieved no rewards for reviewing this, and the review was written by myself and no-one else.**

When I saw this title on Netgalley I started fangirling already. Scott Pilgrim, my one and only comic crush, in color! This is seriously awesome! This graphic novel is about the first evil ex, the dude he has to fight in order to be with Ramona Flowers, the totally hot and funny girl Scott loves. The movie, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, is one of the best movies ever made, in my opinion. i have watched it 5 times now, and it still doesn't bore me at all. With Scott played by one of the cutest actors, Michael Cera ^^

Scott Pilgrim's Precious little Life is filled with humor. On every page there was something that made me laugh out loud. Just like the movie. It is just filled with so many dumb things, and is so random and geeky, I fell in love with Scott Pilgrim. With references to games - Scott goes to the toilet -> Pee Bar goes from full to empty - and the evil ex battle, comic style, it was just one of the most humorous books I have ever read.

That the graphic novel is colored made the whole novel even more entertaining. When I finished reading this graphic novel I watched the movie again, with the novel next to it, and the colors resembled! I was flabbergasted, how on earth is it possible to colorfill an entire novel :O And I fell in love with the entire novel even more.

The characters are extremely cute, the plot is random yet funny and interesting, the drawing style is beautiful, what more does a great graphic novel need? 5 stars and favorite go to Scott Pilgrim's precious Little Life. Everyone will love this!

Love,

Mar

House of Night: The Graphic Novel #1

book: House of Night (Graphic Novel)
author: P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Kent Dalian, Joëlle Jones
series: House of Night Graphic Novels #1
pages: 132
genres: vampires, young adult, mythology
publication date: November 9th, 2011
publisher: Dark Horse comics

Until recently, Zoey Redbird was an average high-school student worrying about grades, boys, and breakouts. But priorities have a way of changing when you are Marked as a vampyre, enroll in the vampyre academy House of Night, and have to figure out a whole new social hierarchy, affinities for elemental magic, and physiological changes that make you crave blood.

I started reading this graphic novel with high expectations. Not because it was House of Night, but because it was a graphic novel and I LOVE graphic novels. Maybe I would have liked it better without those high expectations, because this graphic novel wasn't what I expected it to be.

This graphic novel's cover looks pretty attractive, but the inside drawings aren't as beautiful as I expected them to be according to the cover. It might, of course, just be me who has too high expectations, or just my own preferences, but for me it just didn't have the WOW-factor. 

The story told in this novel has nothing much to do with the actual series. It took place between the first and the second novel of the actual series. You get to know how Zoey came up with her ideas about how to rule the Dark Daughters. The story is divided into 5 parts, Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Spirit. All of them have a lesson bound to them, about some type of ancient mythology. For instance, there was one about Circe, a Witch from ancient Greek Mythology, and one about Herakles, aka Hercules, a hero from ancient Greece. *not all were Greek, but just to give 2 examples* That was my favourite part about the story, the myths. What I didn't like about it is that the myths were vampyre-ified. Nobody should mess with my myths!

A good kick-off for a graphic novel series, and I will check out the next one, but not the best graphic novel I have ever read.

I give this graphic novel 2.5 stars.

xo Mar

A review copy was provided by the press and Netgalley, in exchange for a honest review. I was not given anything in reward for a positive review, I have just given my honest opinion on this book.