by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Note: This title is YA!
Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old, who lives in Toronto with his roommate Wallace Wells. He is a bass player in a band consisting of his friends, Stephen Stills and Kim Pine. All of them are holding a little grudge against Scott since he started dating 17 year-old, Knives Chau. They met on the bus when Knives dropped all her stuff and Scott helped her pick it up, then invited her to band practice.
When Knives arrives and listens to the music she falls in love with it. She changes her whole outfit and personality, and starts acting like Kim Pine. Even though Scott’s girlfriend changes her whole personality, he couldn’t care less, he is too busy thinking about his dream girl..literally. Ever since he moved to Toronto he dreams about a girl rollerblading. One day, Scott encounters her in real life and learns her name is Ramona Flowers.
After Scott attempts to get in touch with Ramona, he receives a threatening email from someone he doesn’t know, Matthew Patel. Scott mostly ignores it, too busy preparing for his upcoming concert. At the concert, Matthew Patel appears and reveals himself as Ramona’s first evil ex. Him and Scott end up fighting in a video game style battle from which Scott emerges victorious. Ramona then tells Scott that in order for them to date, he will have to defeat ALL SEVEN of her evil exes!!
The Scott Pilgrim series contains six books that include comedy, fantasy, action and romance. In each book Scott fights a different ex, and readers will want to keep going to find out more about Ramona’s romantic history, which is full of twists and turns.
The book’s style is very bold, it pops. There are two versions of the book: one with color and one in black in white. Either way, both of the books pop because they both have very thick dark lines that make the book seem like it’s in your face. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find an eBook version of this series, but there is a movie on Netflix and there is a video game based on this series. You can watch people play the game on Youtube.
This series is recommended for manga readers, video game players, or romantics.
4 replies on “Scott Pilgrim 1”
These certainly are some young adult themes! Whoa! What I do appreciate is that this author has come up with a far-reaching appeal: manga readers, video game players, or romantics. Also, the author named characters Knives Chau and Ramona Flowers–definitely cool names! I have read many YA novels, both as a youth and yes, also as an adult. I am a Matt de la Peña, realistic fiction fan. While manga is not my go-to genre, you have made me curious 🤔.
I actually just saw this movie on Netflix, but didn’t know anything about the books. Thanks for sharing, Mia!
I watched the movie and I’d love to read the book!
I love how your introduction is so interesting and detailed, made me wanna read more and more. Thanks for sharing💓🥳