Title: Alex + Ada Volume 1
Authors: Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn
Artist: Jonathan Luna
Genre: Science Fiction / Romance / Drama
Year Published: 2014
Year Read: 2/17/2018
Series: Alex + Ada #1
Publisher: Image Comics
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Some Language)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Some Language)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Introduction:
Alright, so I have heard of
stories where human beings fell in love with monsters and such, but I had never
read a story where the main character develops feelings for an android and
starts questioning about what it means to be human all at one time! So, the moment I picked up Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn’s
graphic novel “Alex + Ada Volume One,” I
knew that I just had to give this graphic novel a shot!
What is this story
about?
Alexander Wahl (Alex for short) had just gone through a
tragic breakup with his ex-girlfriend Claire and ever since then, he’s been
having a tough time trying to move on with his life and find someone else to
love. One day however, Alex’s
grandmother decided to send Alex a female android for his birthday so that way,
he would not be so lonely anymore. At
first, Alex did not want this new android since he was not ready to move on
from his ex-girlfriend and he believed that he could never love this android
like he could with a real human being.
But, when Alex discovers some terrifying secrets regarding the Androids
and what happened to their free will after the events of the Nexaware massacre,
he decided that he will do anything to allow Ada the android the will to be
able to think for herself, even if that means that Alex could get into big trouble
with the government if they found out about this.
What I loved about
this story:
Jonathan Luna and Sarah
Vaughn’s writing: Wow!
I was seriously impressed with this story!
I loved the way that both Jonathan
Luna and Sarah Vaughn wrote this story as this story explores both how humans
judge the sentience of technology and what it means to have free will and have
the right to think for yourself. I like
the way that Jonathan Luna and Sarah
Vaughn wrote Alex’s character as he was quite an interesting character to
read about. Even though there were times
where Alex seemed like a flat character, I like the fact that his curiosity
about the sentience of androids makes him want to explore the society he lives
in and decide on whether or not he wants Ada the android to have human emotions
so that he could give her the right to think for herself. I was also interested in Ada’s character as
she is shown to be a regular android at first and the fact that Alex wants to
give her real human emotions makes me excited to see where Ada’s character will
go after this. I also like the fact that
Ada’s character introduces the themes of what it means to be a human being and whether
or not humans considered non-human beings such as androids as being capable of
feeling true human emotions.
Jonathan Luna’s artwork: Jonathan
Luna’s artwork is just so gorgeous to look at as all the characters seem to
glow off the pages. I also loved the
artwork of the futuristic setting that the characters reside in, such as seeing
futuristic technology like holographic television and having humans equip
sensors in their brains to do their daily chores.
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
The reason why I took off half a point from the rating was
because I felt that the beginning of the story was a bit too slow in pacing as
it took a long time to get to the exciting part of the story and there were
times where I felt that the story was a bit too dialogue heavy, especially
during the news reports scenes. Also, for
anyone who does not like language, there is a bit of it here, although it is
not as strong as some of the more mature graphic novels.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Alex + Ada Volume One” is a truly intriguing
story about what it means to be human and I am definitely interested in seeing
what happens to both Alex and Ada in the next volume!
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