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In Real Life by Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang
2.0

My main issue with stories like this and Ready Player One is the books talk to you like you're stupid.

I hate being explained to about the obvious stuff here. I also hate when exposition is just thrown in because they can't show it, which should be even easier with a comic, and just tell you this is how it is and how you should feel instead of letting the reader enjoy. Also there's some great issues this count have tackled but instead just went softly by the themes or ideas of online gaming and overall was very sad they didn't try harder there.

The art is solid enough, if a bit plain, and the ending was cheesy yet cute. Overall it's decent, and aimed at a younger audience than myself, but I expected a lot better from it. So many great subjects to touch on and instead just let it slip through their fingers.