#BookReview: Love Me (A Romance Story) by Francesca Perillo & Stefano Cardoselli (illustrator)

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ABOUT THIS BOOK:

Can a robot fall in love? In the bustling streets of New York City, sometime in the far future, robots like JoJo have taken on everyday jobs. Driving a taxi around NYC is all in a day’s work for JoJo, but when he meets the mysterious Gilda, it’s love at first sight!

New York City, sometime in the far future, where robots like JoJo have taken over the tasks humans no longer want to perform…like driving a taxi. JoJo is pretty happy with his lot in life but feels as though something is missing…then he meets Gilda and it’s love at first sight. But the course of true love is a bumpy one and JoJo is going to find that out firsthand when he discovers that Gilda is entangled with the mafia that runs his beloved city, and they're very much against this potential union for their own reasons. Watch out, JoJo!

RAITING: ⭐⭐

REVIEW: A robot drives a cab in a city that hates robots. He has a job that he likes, a place to live and even a cat named Frida. He has everything he could want except for love. He meets an alluring woman in his cab and falls head over heels for her. When she doesn’t show up for their date, he scours the city looking for her, taking down unsavory types that get in his way.

I hate to say it, but I honestly didn’t care for this book. I am glad for the opportunity to have read it, but it was just not for me. Maybe it was the art? The style of the artwork was what I would describe as akin to a gritty Rocko’s Modern Life. It was that grimy, street art look that screams dingey and only seems to focus on dirt and trash. It’s just not a style that appeals to me personally, but I know that it can to others. I also wasn’t into the story itself. I found it unlikely that the robot and the love interest would fall for each other so hard after one cab ride. I also didn’t like how the robot kept killing people for a woman that he barely knows and went on zero dates with. The pacing was too quick to really get into the actual story. I did like the backstory about how the city had some sort of uprising against the robots, but I felt that even this was introduced in a weird way that didn’t quite add to the story smoothly. Moreover, it just failed to grab my interest in a meaningful way.

Not for me and I can’t think of anyone that I would recommend it to.

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Posted in: 2 Stars, Adult, Graphic Novel, JessicaL., Review