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~3/5

[More of my reviews are available on my blog, Geeky Reading, to which there's a link on my profile.]

Generally, as a rule, I try to avoid all Tokyopop books, unless I am absolutely sure that all of the volumes were released and shouldn’t be hard to get or I already read some of it at one point. None of that applied to this series, but I still got the first two volumes, because they were such a good price. And I’ll probably get the other three, if I can find them at a good price, just so I have all that was released.

I was not overly impressed with this volume, but it was alright. I was also thinking it focused on more than Sey, but I guess it’s okay that it doesn’t.

Sey, the main character, is forced to move in with this other, seemingly normal, family when her mother decides to move to Italy to work on her novel for five years. But the family she moves in with's son is actually their daughter, but the mother has suppressed amnesia after a car accident where her son died. Sey decides to get a job, and this guy from her school, Siho, hooks her up, and he’s supposedly dangerous, but seems pretty nice. And Sey and Terry/Hali (the son/daughter) both have a close relationship with Mr. Cho, Sey’s teacher.

I don’t mind Sey, she’s not bad, and is kind of entertaining. I want to know more about her friends, but that’s alright. Terry/Hali seems alright, I guess, if a little angsty (even if she does have reason, having to pretend to be her brother and all). Siho seems alright.

My biggest problem with the story is all the point of view changes. They are not smooth at all. We’ll be with one character, doing one thing, then suddenly be in someone else’s head for a page or two before going back to the main character, but then sometimes it will show us someone else, when it would usually be in their head, only we’ll still be in the main characters'. It’s just really stilted, and bothersome to me.

The art’s pretty good. The story is alright, if a bit angsty, it’s not exaggerated, and it’s interesting. I have the next volume, so I will be reading it, and it will depend on how that goes whether or not I’ll want the third volume badly or not.


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Invu Vol 1 Kim Kang Won Books Reviews

I first picked up the book because I really was taken by the art on the front cover. Reading the back, I still couldn't decide how much I'd like the story, but the guy at the counter said it was really great and reccommended it so I cast my doubts aside.
I've enjoyed book one of this series very much. To me, it leads up a lot to the next books in the series--setting the stage, introducing the characters, their dreams, some mysteries and a few explanations.
Sey is a fairly normal 16 year old girl with a famous author and not very "motherly" mom who decides to up and move one day, having Sey stay with another family--that turns out to be quite a bizarre household with Hali, the daughter, pretending to be a guy named Terri for the mom's benefit. As the story goes along, you get a feel for Sey's closest friends lives as well as those of the family she's staying with. The more I read the series, the more I adore it. I love Sey's character, their situations, a guy who hangs out with the rougher crowd and has quite a... unique family background. There's romance, funny moments, mysteries, and dreams in this story not to mention very nice artwork. I highly reccommend it.
I'm not big on shoujo (girly) manga, but I immediately got hooked to this series on the first page. It shows a skater making a jump in the rain with out a care in the world. Sey (the main character)then explains that she had found a kindred spirit in a complete stranger. It's kinda cute, but not overly corny.
The story starts as Sey's mom decides to go to Italy to write a book and leaves Sey to live with the Kang family who Sey has never met but her mother is good friends with. If Sey's life wasn't weird enough to begin with, her story just gets more complicated. From her new "mom" spoiling her like a princess and the daughter she never had, to the family's only son, Terry (same age as Sey), whose first words to her were "Get on my nerves and I'll kill you". There's also tension between her and her two friends as a new boy steps into the picture.
I should probably explain to you that this is technically manga (japanese comic books) it's manwha (korean manga). Basically, I'm just saying that you can read the book left-to-right like any other american book. The series contains all your steriotypical shoujo-ness complete with love triangles, tears, gigantic and lavishly lashed eyes, and cute boys. It might seems similar to "Peach Girl",if you've read that, but the artist still maintains her own unique style.
The plot is intreging enough, but it might be easy for some readers to get confused. It seems like a bunch of miny stories have been started, but there is evidence that all of the different story lines will merge together in the future. I was also a little disappointed with the lack of depth in the characters, but hopefully this will change as the series progresses. The artwork is beautiful; keeping the traditional shoujo pattern, but bending it to her own style.
OVER ALL This is a great new series that's sure to be a hit. While there are a few minor short-commings, I'm sure they'll works themselves out as the story progresses
~3/5

[More of my reviews are available on my blog, Geeky Reading, to which there's a link on my profile.]

Generally, as a rule, I try to avoid all Tokyopop books, unless I am absolutely sure that all of the volumes were released and shouldn’t be hard to get or I already read some of it at one point. None of that applied to this series, but I still got the first two volumes, because they were such a good price. And I’ll probably get the other three, if I can find them at a good price, just so I have all that was released.

I was not overly impressed with this volume, but it was alright. I was also thinking it focused on more than Sey, but I guess it’s okay that it doesn’t.

Sey, the main character, is forced to move in with this other, seemingly normal, family when her mother decides to move to Italy to work on her novel for five years. But the family she moves in with's son is actually their daughter, but the mother has suppressed amnesia after a car accident where her son died. Sey decides to get a job, and this guy from her school, Siho, hooks her up, and he’s supposedly dangerous, but seems pretty nice. And Sey and Terry/Hali (the son/daughter) both have a close relationship with Mr. Cho, Sey’s teacher.

I don’t mind Sey, she’s not bad, and is kind of entertaining. I want to know more about her friends, but that’s alright. Terry/Hali seems alright, I guess, if a little angsty (even if she does have reason, having to pretend to be her brother and all). Siho seems alright.

My biggest problem with the story is all the point of view changes. They are not smooth at all. We’ll be with one character, doing one thing, then suddenly be in someone else’s head for a page or two before going back to the main character, but then sometimes it will show us someone else, when it would usually be in their head, only we’ll still be in the main characters'. It’s just really stilted, and bothersome to me.

The art’s pretty good. The story is alright, if a bit angsty, it’s not exaggerated, and it’s interesting. I have the next volume, so I will be reading it, and it will depend on how that goes whether or not I’ll want the third volume badly or not.