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albertico66's review against another edition
4.0
Love the style of this book... modern cartoon juxtaposed against traditional backgrounds
meghan111's review against another edition
3.0
Going to teach English in Japan is not a cure for loneliness. Daniel is assigned to a rural village and becomes increasingly isolated as the book goes on. I think I would have preferred this to be released as a whole novel rather than just the first part, because it just ends...
kerrygibbons's review against another edition
3.0
Artwork - amazing. The book itself as a whole? It really conveys well a sense of complete isolation (mostly made me uncomfortable given we’re in COVID times), but otherwise I felt there wasn’t much to this book
saidtheraina's review against another edition
1.0
I found myself getting really judgey while I read this book. I LOVE the art (my eyes want to get lost in the cover illustration) and I dig any graphic novel about travel that is honest and unflinching.
But, dude, this character is going about travel in the total wrong way. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. As someone who knows a lot of world-travelers, this guy is isolating himself, lacks the humble attitude necessary to learn a language, and doesn't seem to be putting any effort into getting past his comfort zone.
Honestly, I want to read more just to see the art, but I don't think I can stand the crappy attitude.
But, dude, this character is going about travel in the total wrong way. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. As someone who knows a lot of world-travelers, this guy is isolating himself, lacks the humble attitude necessary to learn a language, and doesn't seem to be putting any effort into getting past his comfort zone.
Honestly, I want to read more just to see the art, but I don't think I can stand the crappy attitude.
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
2.0
This really isn't a bad book. It just suffers from the fact that the main character is so painfully awkward. It's hard to read because you keep thinking, "Jesus, pull it together 5%. And stop being in love with a girl you met for four minutes who is obviously not interested in you."
I'm a big fan of books where the main character is unlikable. A jerk or an idiot or even painfully shy. But painfully shy is hard. As a reader, it's hard to feel compelled to keep reading when you're sort of yelling crappy high school football coach encouragements at the main character in your head.
Come on!
Pick it up!
Let's go!
I guess the character was so shy and weird, it's like that shy, weird friend you have who you feel bad for, but holy shit is that guy NOT a good time. You want to hang out with him, sort of, but when you are thinking something might be super fun, the last thing you do is invite the guy because you don't want him to expose the ways it's possible to have an awful time in what seems like a total blast.
I'm a big fan of books where the main character is unlikable. A jerk or an idiot or even painfully shy. But painfully shy is hard. As a reader, it's hard to feel compelled to keep reading when you're sort of yelling crappy high school football coach encouragements at the main character in your head.
Come on!
Pick it up!
Let's go!
I guess the character was so shy and weird, it's like that shy, weird friend you have who you feel bad for, but holy shit is that guy NOT a good time. You want to hang out with him, sort of, but when you are thinking something might be super fun, the last thing you do is invite the guy because you don't want him to expose the ways it's possible to have an awful time in what seems like a total blast.
rebeccacider's review against another edition
2.0
Found this simply dull. Even wacky hedonistic Romanians were not enough to set off the self-describedly boring, self-pitying protagonist.
gimchi's review against another edition
1.0
absolutely no point to this book of a terribly boring whiny human, only serves to perpetuate stereotypes. pretty angry that i wasted time reading this.
blueskygreentreesyellowsun's review
1.0
The main character was so depressing it was painful, and the plot never really materialized. On the plus side the book is short, so the reader is only bored/annoyed for a small amount of time.