I posted reviews of the
first five books in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series. Now I’m finally getting to
the last one eight years after it was published. It’s reflective of the way
Scott Pilgrim might get things done.
In a way, the arc of
this book reflects the arc of the series. In the start, Scott is stuck, not
wanting to face the pain of losing his girlfriend, Ramona, just as he was avoiding the pain of
entering adulthood at the start of the series. In the
middle, he finds something worth fighting for, even if it means coming to grips
with his past and facing the pain of changing. In both this book and the
series, the thing worth fighting for is his relationship with Ramona. In the
end, Scott embraces a new journey with an even more uncertain future.
Along the way, Scott’s
longsuffering friends, who are growing up in their own ways, try to help him.
Considering that Scott is often a self-centered jerk, it’s amazing he has so many
friends who care about him and stick with
him. It’s hard to make it in life without good friends.
I like the final words
of the book, spoken by Scott before he and Ramona jump hopefully into the
future, “We try again.” This is life. We try. We fail. Along the way, we make a life, a story, that we enjoy
creating as we go along. If we don’t like it, we try again.
The other books in this
series are
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