The artwork and story of this graphic novel was absolutely beautiful. But it was not memorable for me. Nearly a day after I finished I forgot that I had read it. I would be interested in checking out this authors futures work though, as I thought the artwork was absolutely stunning.

BOOK REVIEW 📚


**This arc release was extremely early, and the artwork was still in its primal stages.
Therefore, I am basing my review on the story line only.

Pixels of You is a short YA Graphic Novel filled with many thought-provoking layers ranging from bias to PTSD. The crux of the story is about a human (Indira) and AI (Fawn), and how their relationship evolves such as they do in their understanding of each other.

A sweet treat for the fans of the enemy to lover’s trope!

Also, I am quite sure that when the artwork is polished, the storyline will shine a little brighter.

Thank you to #NetGalley the advance readers copy in exchange for a honest review.

As much as I adored the premise, especially because I’m in a period of being obsessed with AI, I had a very tough reading experience with this because it was a very rough ARC copy and hard to read. I’m hoping to try it again once it’s out in the world in physical copy. But as-was, it was not an enjoyable reading experience.

I found this book incredibly hard to review in the current version provided.

The premise of this graphic novel is fascinating. It is set in the near future. It focuses on two young girls - one who is a human presenting AI, Fawn, and one who is a human with AI., Indira. They have a disastrous first meeting. It gets worse when the gallery owner requires them to collaborate on a photography show together. This is basically an enemy to lovers trope with AI.

Both of the characters have rich backstories and development. What didn't work for me in this graphic novel was the story. I wonder if this is because we received an unfinished galley. Many graphic novels provide story details in the illustrations. Without color - it was difficult to visualize anything besides the main characters. For this reason, the story felt like it moved at an unsteady pace - moving fast in some places and slow in other parts.

I would love to review the final version of this graphic novel. I do not plan to post this review to Good Reads/Amazon as I don't think this will reflect the final version of the graphic novel.

ARC provided to me by Abrams Kids, via Net Galley, in exchange for an honest review.

#PixelsofYou #NetGalley

PIXELS OF YOU is a sapphic enemies-to-lovers story between a human girl and an AI.
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First, I want to emphasize that this review is based on the incomplete eARC I received to review. This review is not based on the final product.
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This was a very difficult story to follow. The art is too inconsistent. I understand that the art isn’t final, but at times I couldn’t tell who I was looking at because they looked so different than they did on just the previous page. The dialogue gets better as the story goes on, but the art remains difficult to follow, which makes the story difficult to follow. I spent more time trying to decipher the art than I did connecting with the dialogue. The ending felt very sudden, and I was completely unmoved.
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Based on the ARC, this is a one star read for me. The dialogue picking up was the only thing that helped me understand what was going on. I’m interested in seeing what the finished copy will look like— If I see it at my library, I will try and read it again.
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1/5 stars. PIXELS OF YOU by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota is available November 9, 2021.
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Thank you to Abrams Books and Netgalley for sending me an eARC to review.

I really loved the enemies to lovers trope they clearly shined throughout this but unfortunately this ARC was a very very rough early copy. The art was difficult to follow a good majority of the time, I had difficulties following which character was which and the story progression suffered in my experience with that trouble. However, the ending made it very clear I will certainly be checking out the fully finished copy once it is out. I look forward to it!

I'm sure this one has a lot of potential, but it just wasn't fleshed out enough to make sense. I'll definitely be looking out for a finished copy but as of right, now it's an okay book.

I'm conflicted as to how to rate this title. I was very intrigued by the cover and the synopsis, which promised beautiful art and the idea of an enemies=to-friends-to-lovers sapphic relationship between a human and human-presenting AI. Having recently read "The Cybernetic Tea Shop" (which features a beautiful human/AI sapphic romance), I was so excited to find a similar entry.

However, the art was in such an unfinished state that I don't know if I can accurately rate this title. This is my first graphic novel ARC, so perhaps it's not uncommon to find unfinished sketches, but I just feel like this isn't in a state to be reviewed yet. If the final art is anything like the cover, it will be wonderful. The concept and the designs seem lovely. Although I cannot in good faith recommend this book in its unfinished state, I would be curious to see its final version.

I picked up this graphic novel because of the cover (It's stunning!) and because of the headline ("A human and human-presenting AI slowly become friends—and maybe more" . . . um, yes, please!) and I wasn't disappointed. To be fair, there are a few places where the art was unfinished or where I wasn't entirely certain what the authors were envisioning, but that was a minor flaw because the rest of the sketches were so captivating and the tension between Indira and Fawn was hard to ignore. I was so happy I picked this up because I really enjoyed the read and now I'm even more excited to see the final product.

Rival photographers in a near future where AIs are everywhere come together and overcome their differences in this sci-fi graphic novel. Indira became cybernetically augmented after a terrible accident that left her wary of AI. Fawn is one of the first ever human-presenting AIs. Both are interns at a prestigious gallery that holds their hopes as future photographers. But when the two are forced to work together on a project, they come together and learn to rely on each other in ways neither could've expected.

A really lovely little graphic novel about technology and prejudice and photography.

This review is based on an ARC copy.

I enjoyed the storyline of this story. I was looking at a very early draft and the images were just line drawings but overall the story was interesting. Two different photographers who have different views on the world collide and are forced to work with each other, learning that they are not so different after all.

Oooh this was interesting. I would say this is equal parts Killing Eve with Black Mirror. From the first panel I was captured and so invested in the world and the main characters. There was always this hint of tension, and the twists and turns the novel went through to get to the end were so worth it.

If you're looking for a graphic novel where you don't know which characters you can trust and if people are telling the truth (mixed with a little bit of sci-fi AI goodness), pick this one up.

Thank you to NetGalley and ABRAMS for the e-galley!

The idea behind this graphic novel was intriguing which is what prompted me to try it out. Although this wasn’t the final version, I enjoyed reading through the story and seeing the early sketches; it makes me curious as to what the final illustrations will look like as well as how the visualizations will help convey the overall themes. Furthermore, the characters were pretty interesting and overall it’s a sweet graphic novel.

This is a limited ARC but the concept and sketches are superb. This is an excellent book for this period in history, and the protagonists seem nuanced and interesting. Greatly looking forward to reading the full book when I purchase it for my YA collection.

This was a sweet enemies-to-lovers graphic novel about a young south Asian women, and a blonde white AI woman. It was incredibly unique and heart wrenching to read. I loved how Fawn had AI parents. It was so infatuating! However, at times I felt the pacing was a bit off. The whole art show plotline seemed to be forgotten about until the end of the story. The idea of humans co-existing with AI could have also been explored a bit more in depth with too. Nevertheless, I can't wait to re-read Pixels of You when it comes out!

The concept of this book intrigued me immediately and I was excited to pick it up! While I'd definitely like to go on and read a finished copy, this Netgalley digital eARC was actually unreadable. Some pages only had vague line sketches so I couldn't actually tell who was who, and without any backgrounds in the majority of the book, it was so hard to have any context to what was happening. It's hard to judge the book when I didn't really know what was going on. Though the ending seemed to have very, very little exposition.

My review is mainly for this ARC only. I had a very hard time deciphering what was actually intended for the story because the illustrations and the layout were so rough. Specifically, It was hard to decipher if the character was the intended AI character or if the rough lines were meant for the reader to interpret is a rough sketch of the illustration. I'm still very intrigued by the story, but would most likely revisit this review if I get my hands on the published copy.

This was a really nice story, it was just a little bit hard to follow in the unfinished form. But I can tell that the art is going to be beautiful, and I look forward to reading it again when it is published and I can read it in all its glory!

I was given an advanced reader's copy via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own

I thought this book was a great way to present a conversation on what makes us human. Not only are we thinking about presentation of humanness in how we look to each other, we are forced to evaluated what art means - while holding it in our hands. I read an early art and think the finalized art will only make this a stronger book, but I really enjoyed it.

I'm familiar with early releases of graphic novels and comics so the lack of polish in artwork doesn't bother me however there's a lot to be desired with the fullness of the story. Large bits of exposition and worldbuilding are told through inserted single pages of text that don't interweave well with the story. The themes and world showed a lot of promise but overall felt flat which I think will be improved once there is more art to show. Clearly, a lot of my heart went into this story so hoping that this was an early release that just got let out too early and wasn't able to show what it really had to offer.