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A review by sleepydoe
Unplugged and Unpopular by Tintin Pantoja, Mat Heagerty, Mike Amante
3.0
ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange of an honest review. All opinions are my own!
Unplugged and Unpopular is a fun, sci-fi comic that follows the story of a teenager named Erin Song. She's your average girl - she loves the Internet and wants to be popular and all that jazz. Things take a turn however, when Erin gets grounded for some shit she pulls at school and her parents take away her gadgets from her. She begins noticing these tiny aliens around town and that leads to her discovering this whole conspiracy where the aliens are abducting people and are mind-controlling humans through technology and all that. It all eventually comes down to Erin and a bunch of old people to save the world from this invasion.
I thought this graphic novel was a really fun and quick read. I think there was some commentary that the authors wanted to include with respect to how we "let the glowing screens rule us", but I think it didn't come through as it was intended. I wasn't particularly moved or impacted by anything that happened in the novel. It was just something that I read, and it was fun, and then it was over. And that's that.
I gave it a three stars because, like I said, fun, but not special. I would totally recommend it if you're just passing time and would love a light read for an hour or two!
Unplugged and Unpopular is a fun, sci-fi comic that follows the story of a teenager named Erin Song. She's your average girl - she loves the Internet and wants to be popular and all that jazz. Things take a turn however, when Erin gets grounded for some shit she pulls at school and her parents take away her gadgets from her. She begins noticing these tiny aliens around town and that leads to her discovering this whole conspiracy where the aliens are abducting people and are mind-controlling humans through technology and all that. It all eventually comes down to Erin and a bunch of old people to save the world from this invasion.
I thought this graphic novel was a really fun and quick read. I think there was some commentary that the authors wanted to include with respect to how we "let the glowing screens rule us", but I think it didn't come through as it was intended. I wasn't particularly moved or impacted by anything that happened in the novel. It was just something that I read, and it was fun, and then it was over. And that's that.
I gave it a three stars because, like I said, fun, but not special. I would totally recommend it if you're just passing time and would love a light read for an hour or two!