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Pixels of You by Yuko Ota, Ananth Hirsh

12 reviews

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I had to read this book twice before I could properly appreciate it and what was going on.

This was such a cute romance between a human woman and an AI robot. It was a super cute and endearing rivals to lovers between photographers. Both characters felt well rounded and like they really belonged in their world and were impacted by it. I also really like the themes it was poking at and trying to explore in such a short story.

I think that’s the weakness though, that it’s so short. I feel like I was missing a lot of info and context while reading, which was due to the quick pacing and how short the book is. I wish we had been given more context for the world and what was going on. That specifically was WHY I had to read it a second time, because I needed the ending context to really understand what was happening.

Outside of that, the artwork is BEAUTIFUL. It has so many little details and really suits the story. Some of the artistic choices to convey feelings and tone and help tell the reader what’s going on were so good.

Overall a cute read, I enjoyed it, it just needed to take a little bit more time with the story.
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jbeoin's review

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I liked some of the themes explored in here, but it was a remarkably disjointed narrative with a lot of forced and shallow moments. The art is nice, but I felt like it struggled a bit at times. Overall, I think it had a lot of potential that it unfortunately didn't live up to.
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abookwormspov's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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abby_can_read's review

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emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

📱
The concept and art were interesting. The execution seemed incomplete and rushed. 
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elliottjunkyard's review

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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yuyuv's review

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challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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nobeliumreads's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

4.0

A sci-fi graphic novel set in the future where two photographers, Indira a cybernetically augmented human and Fawn a human-presenting AI, are forced to work together on an exhibit. Throughout their collaboration, they grow closer and learn about the ways the other navigates and struggles in their world.

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I did not expect the depth of this book; I went in thinking this would be a cool human/AI rivals to lovers story, but the details we’re given about the world throughout are so interesting and honestly left me thinking. 

I personally really liked the art style of this graphic novel; it appealed to me a lot and I really loved how the colours were done!

As for the story itself, I enjoyed it even though the whole photoshoot aspect didn’t feel so important amongst everything else that was happening between Indira and Fawn, but I did like their romance; slow burn and heartfelt. I personally was just super intrigued and horrified by the snippets we are given throughout the book about the issues within the AI system. The way it was conveyed, dropped between scenes of the book and with so little words yet so much behind it, had me thinking about the implications and consequences of an AI system that has unfortunately inherited our prejudices.

“Study finds bias by gender and skin type across multiple commerical AI systems: Neural networks failed to recognise some photo portraits as showing a human face at all.”

“LOL! Noora is bleeping out Bollywood song lyrics because they’re being mistaken for curse words!”

To me, it also felt so real in that way; it falls into the background as it wasn’t the focus of the story yet affects our main characters significantly because this is the world they live in. Indira’s backstory especially, the choice made in her childhood impacting her present day.
If she’d testified, would things have been different?
And Fawn as well, how her human-like appearance affects her place in the world, how she must be perceived and treated by humans and how she was treated by other AIs who aren’t human-presenting. I was honestly just so intrigued and engrossed in the setting that was created. 

I suppose my only issue is that I didn’t quite understand some of Indira’s scenes, particularly the ‘dream’ parts, but that’s probably on me. There’s a lot left unsaid, but I thoroughly enjoyed this graphic novel and found it a wonderfully compelling read!
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bluberrybooks's review

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was cute but I felt it was a bit lackluster. It touched upon the biases and racism that AI can have due to the people who program it. I wish that was further discussed and explored. I liked the story, but I wish it was longer and more developed. It didn't seem quite finished. I loved the artwork and color pallets in each page. Beautiful art overall
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aus10england's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This was a perfectly cute and fine graphic novel. Love the art style, loved some of the reflective quotes about life as well. Other than that, not super memorable for me. I think the discussions of AI and its impact on society could have gone much further. Also thought the romance plot at the end was kind of meh. 
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cheesepuppy's review against another edition

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lighthearted
  • Loveable characters? No

3.0

Cute story. Lovely artwork. The storyline was overtly real-life accurate. This is definitely a statement piece, not in a bad way.

This other review summed up my feels on the story: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3f8b62a4-e692-43d5-995b-3aec095da095
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