World Famous Comics: Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes Volume 2 (Avril LaVigne's Make 5 Wishes Graphic Novels)
Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes Volume 2 (Avril LaVigne's Make 5 Wishes Graphic Novels)
From: Del Rey Publisher: Del Rey Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Del Rey Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 160 Publication Date: July 03, 2007 Release Date: July 03, 2007
Hana’s life as a loner–in school and at home–brightens only when she’s masquerading as someone else online or chilling with her imaginary BFF (Best Friend Forever), rock star Avril Lavigne. But Hana’s daily grind is finally going to change, thanks to the demon she’s purchased from the mysterious website Make5Wishes.com. At last Hana’s going to be popular, her parents are going to stop fighting, her world is going to be as perfect as she’s always dreamed. So how could Hana’s best-laid plans for happiness turn to tragedy? Perhaps because everything has its price. . . .
A dark but somehow enchanting caution tale. Well the ending was basically spoiled for me by one of the reviews on here, but even so I couldn't wait to get this book. It was everything I expected uit to be, and more. This review will contain spoilers, so please do not say I didn't warn you.
Hana makes her wishes, thinking they'll turn out just like in those fantasy movies where you tell the genie your wish and POOF! the wish comes true. She doesn't think about how these wishes will come true, and thus is crushed when, because of her wish for her parents' happiness, her parents end up splitting up. The wish demon explains that her father will now be with the other woman and be happy, while after time passes her mother will move on and find someone she'll love, and neither will be trapped in a loveless marriage. But of course, Hana never thought things through like that, and was still unhappy. And time after time, Hana goes through tragedy because of what she wished for and when she makes her last wish, to meet Avril in real life, she thinks the demon tricked her when she ends up dressed as Avril and looking almost just like her, thus being a real life Avril. And rather than live through all this tragedy and rise above it, like she was meant to, she jumps off a bridge to try and get rid of her mistakes and of the wish demon. The wish demon never wanted her to kill herself, and tells her that she was suppose to live in the end. He had never tricked her, giving her exactly what she wished for, even meeting Avril (who was in disguise at the time so Hana didn't realize it). By the end there's a chance she survived, but it's never explicitly stated that she survived.
The moral to this tale, in my opinion, is this: -Things do not always turn out how you planned. What you want and what you wish for may be two different things. But just because something bad happens, that's no reason to quit. What you have to do is live through the bad times and rise through the tragedies that life has. If you give up on life just because of the bad, you'll never live to enjoy the good the future might bring.
Probably only for Avril fans I really enjoyed reading this manga; however, that's probably because I'm a fan of Avril Lavigne. Overall it's amusing for just a few minutes.
Based on trite melancholic themes, it's about a lonely pre-teen girl, lost in a headphone haze from listening to too Avril Lagivne, who uses five wishes given to her from a demon to make her happier and more popular.
Despite the cheesiness, Avril Lavigne herself is written into the 2nd volume in an ending I didn't foresee.
These books are great!!! I have searched for something to get my pre-teen daughter interested in reading, and this series is great! I could't find anything to keep her interest, but she's is a huge Avril fan and when I saw that she was involved in writing these, I knew this would do the trick!!! She loved the first book, so I bought this one as soon as it was available! She says that these are FUN to read! Yeah!!!
Parents please read! I ordered this book at the request of my niece, who is an Avril fan, but thankfully read it before I gave it to her. The main character is a depressed, introverted child who orders a DEMON from the internet. This Satanic creature gives her five wishes which of course do not work as she would have liked. Besides praising and promoting demonology, taking the name of Jesus Christ in vain, it also promotes teen suicide by having the main character kill herself at the end. This driviel went right back to Amazon from my house. Be careful what ends up in your childrens hands, and in their minds and hearts.
Great!!! It's a good book left me on a cliffhanger but it just makes you want to buy the other book. I can't wait for the other book!!!!
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