Review Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Best Review

This book starts off as a slice-of-life story set in Toronto (yay, a Canadian author!) that is pretty normal until some cool elements are introduced. Such as Ramona skating through his dreams (literally) and at the end, Scott battling an ex-boyfriend some mix of anime slash video game style. I thought that was pretty clever and also interesting because this book has such a "normal" feel to it, until these weird things just happen. It makes you wonder what else the author has up his sleeve.

I found that the writing was good. The author captures a lot of moments I think many of us have with friends and relationships and shows it in a funny way. I thought it was quite funny and laughed out loud many times. A great example is when Scott meets Ramona. She's a good heroine in the story: even though she is using Scott's dreams she is very stand-offish towards him at first and this creates some comedic moments.

The art great; at a glance it seems very simple and sparse and in a cartoon style but I think it was really well done and enhanced the action and feelings of the characters. The only gripe I had with it was at first it was hard to distinguish the rather large cast of characters due to the minimal style. But it's worth it.

I recommend this to anyone who has any interest in geeky things or is just interested in a slice of life comedy with some fantasy. My only problem is I wished it lasted longer. It's a quick read (I read the volume in 30 minutes) but I look forward to the next installment.

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Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Overview

Scott Pilgrim's life is so awesome. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, "between jobs," and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's fantastic until a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. But the path to Ms Flowers isn't covered in rose petals. Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends stand in the way between Scott and true happiness. Can Scott beat the bad guys and get the girl without turning his precious little life upside-down?

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Customer Reviews

For a very specific type of person (SPOILERS) - Alexander G. Hoffman - Toronto
I think that your take on Scott Pilgrim entirely (like, I guess, most things) on what stage of life you happen to be in. My guess is that anyone 15 to about 24 on the geeky side of the spectrum is the target audience and I'd guess that in ten years nobody will remember this series.

If you haven't read the book, read the following and guess the age of the title character. Scott is "dating" a high school girl for no apparent reason, he then moons over a woman (Ramona) based on simply seeing her and proceeds to act in a supremely creepy manner, orders something from Amazon just so she can deliver it and then they hang out only to become boyfriend/girlfriend in about two or three dates.

My guess is you'd say Scott was 16. He's actually supposed to be 23 (making him the most immature 23 year old in history).

Which is the core of what's wrong with this book. O'Malley has put characters into situations that don't make any sense given where the characters are in life. Aimless bands that can't actually play are not the purview of 23 year olds. Guys agreeing to fight ex-boyfriends within 2 seconds of meeting somebody is, if anywhere, high school stuff.

So...we are left with characters who are all caricatures of some weird vision of "hip" that O'Malley has come up with.

None of the characters have any depth or motivation. The first ex-boyfriend dated Ramona for a week in grade school and demands to fight Scott. But why?

In other words, it's light/frothy stuff that will appeal to a very specific range of person and be utter dreck to everybody else. Sadly, I am on the "everybody else" section.





A Reread Review - Jesse Haller - Minneapolis, MN USA
I started to read the series some years ago, when there was only three books and have been following ever since. With the final book being released I'm rereading and reviewing the earlier books.

This first book stands up pretty well. The artwork is a lot rougher and dirtier (in look, not subject matter) then later books. O'Malley was either using inferior tools, or hadn't learned to use them effectively. His use of black and white space, and a wonderful understanding of composition shines through.

The story is funny and page turning. The wit and characters are not as developed yet. This first book is more reality based then later volumes, which I feel gives the series a point of reference for readers. This book, and the series as a whole, is perfect for the 17 to 25 year old range, that are growing up in the same culture and going through the same experiences as Scott and his friends. Anyone up into their 30's can get a kick out of the series, being able to look back and laugh about that time in their lives.





Are you Team Knives or Team Ramona? - Johnny Heering - Bethel, CT United States
This is the first volume in a mangaesque series. The hero, Scott Pilgrim is a Canadian slacker and bassist in a terrible rock band. As we start his story, he is dating a high school girl named Knives Chau, but he soon falls for an American girl named Ramona Flowers. The series seems somewhat grounded in reality at first, but at the band's first concert, one of Ramona's ex-boyfriends shows up and has a video game like fight with Scott. This is a fun start to the series and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the books.

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