In Real Life by Cory Doctorow, illustrated by Jen Wang is an amazing graphic novel about gaming and how it crosses over into the real world. Filled with elements of family dynamics and teenage struggles, poverty and company politics, and even bullying, I thought that each topic was handled really well.

If you enjoy content about video games, I highly recommend this one!

I have to admit, I didn't like the intro at all. I understand the point it was trying to make, but it honestly almost made me put the book down because of how dry it was. Thankfully it wasn't too long. After finishing the graphic novel, I decided that I wish I hadn't read the intro at all, which may be a first for me! The things that the intro touched upon were just so much more powerful in the comic, the intro seemed unnecessary to me.

I loved the style of this graphic novel! The artwork is very cute and the color palette is lovely. There were many panels that I paused to think, "Wow, this one is stunning!" The expressions of all the characters were also done really well!

I loved that we dove right into the game when Anda does, literally starting where a normal MMO would; with character creation!

One of my favorite elements of this graphic novel was that it moves seamlessly from in-game to really life.

I really loved this quick read and I would most definitely recommend it to fans of video-game related content!