A review by laurenleigh
Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

This was very cute and heartfelt, and the art was great. I loved the framing of our main character giving first person accounts through his vlog recordings. It was a natural way to switch from third person. I connected well with the characters, but I didn’t quite buy into the love story. I knew it was coming, but the build-up felt absent or incomplete. However, after the graphic novel, there are multiple pages of the main character’s tweets. There were too many and I started getting bored, but I could see more of the romance budding there in the tweets than I did in the novel itself. Other than that weirdness, it was a super cute fun book!