Mein erstes Buch auf englisch, welches ich seit Jahren gelesen habe - lässt man Poesie und ähnliche Bücher außer acht. In jedem Fall der erste englische Roman, an den ich mich seit Ewigkeiten herangewagt habe. Und ich habe es geliebt! ❤️ Ich hab die Geschichte geliebt, die Charaktere, die Idee wie auch due Umsetzung der Story, den Schreibstil - alles. Obwohl ich keinerlei Übung im lesen auf englisch mehr hatte, bin ich nur so durch die Seiten geflogen und habe auch wieder richtig Lust und Motivation bekommen, auf englisch, also außerhalb meiner comfort zone zu lesen. Kann dieses Buch auf jeden Fall für Anfänger empfehlen und allgemein für alle, die Fans von irgendwas sind, denn die Themen Fandom, Fanfiction und Freundschaften im Zeitalter des Internets werden hier wunderbar behandelt. 5 Sterne! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

i've wanted to read this for so long! (it's similar to 'fangirl' and 'radio silence' which are among my all time favorite books.) in the beginning, i didn't feel like i would like it all that much - eliza's voice took some getting used to, and she isn't an easy character. at least not for me. i've found it hard to like her and relate to her. another thing that took me a while was the webcomic's story. it was... a lot. so many names and stories that get thrown around in between the actual novel, it was difficult keeping up, and i cared so much more about the actual characters. at some point, though, i started really enjoying this book. it's very dark and serious but i still found it cute and increasingly engaging. i loved reading about a character who is an artist and who cares about her art as much as eliza does. i could relate when wallace talked about writing and what it means to him. i smiled while reading olivia kane's letter and what she said about creativity. the way this novel deals with mental health needs to be highlighted as well. the characters deal with selective mutism, depression, suicidal thoughts, and social anxiety, and it wasn't always easy to read but - in my opinion as someone who doesn't suffer from any of the conditions - very well handled. as someone who hasn't experienced something like it herself, i was able to learn and understand about these feelings. in the end, i definitely warmed up to the story-within-the-story as well, and the little sketches and excerpts of wallace's novel really made the book something special!! i'd definitely recommend giving this book a try if you're in the mood for a more serious ya contemporary!

3,5 stars. I love books about fanfiction! Similar to Fangirl, I wasn’t interest in the story she wrote at all, but I appreciate the drawings. Apart from that, Eliza is an incredibly relatable character, and Wallace was an interesting love interest. Not only the characters but also the plot was believable. The way introverts and online friendships are portrayed as well as her anxiety was authentic. It was such a quick and easy read.

I absolutly love this book. It is honest and explains the mind of people which aren't weird, but just don't like the things most people do. I fell in love with every character in a second and I love how they evolved through the story. That Sully and Church turned out to be such great supporters made me so happy. I wish there would be this comic somwhere because now I want to see those monsters in the sea.

So, this book is pure nostalgia to my old HP fanfiction days and even though I couldn't understand some choices the characters made, I understood some issues they had and connected with them on a certain level. btw: I loved the comic panels and will dive deeeeep into Monstrous Sea now!

This was a cute story that very nicely incorporated fandom culture and the way teenagers deal with it. I felt REALLY understood by some quotes, especially when people referred to online friends as "not real" since these are statements I have to deal with pretty much on a daily basis. I also really liked the characters and the anxiety representation. Definitely a fun and quick read! I listened to the audiobook, and I also really enjoyed that!

So I guess this is a slightly unpopular opinion… All in all, it was a fast and easy read and I really wanted to like this book, but somehow it just couldn't convice me completely. I didn't warm up to Eliza, I could not fully relate to her and to be honest... she kind of annoyed me. And I also did not care about the comic pages, maybe because they were not really connected to the story, albeit they looked nice. But I really liked her family, and her friends Emmy and Max, and her dog ♥

Okay so I rarely read books in one sitting but "Eliza and her monsters" is one of these books. And for like the first 250/300 Pages I absolutely adored it. Eliza is a great character and I found it to be so interesting to read about her Web comic and her online friends. I LOVED how online friendship was treated in this book, it was very refreshing to read. I also did love Elizas Family. Her parents were exhausting at first and I got a hell lot of second hand embarrassment when they revealed Elizas secret in a freaking newspaper article oh my god. But in the end it becomes very clear that they just tried to do their best and that all of this mess happened due to lack of communication - from both sides. Elizas brothers were amazing too! I loved them. Especially in the end. Uhm and now to Wallace. I liked him a lot. This strange kid that only speaks sometimes. The football player who writes fanfiction and has memorized every single line of "Monstrous Sea". But oh boy. Oh boy did I started to hate him in the end. Everything that seemed great about him ... just disappaered. He seemed so selfish in the end and blamed Eliza for things that were totally out of her reach. He can't pay college but she can because she worked for it. For years. And now it's her fault that he can't??? What the hell. Also it's her story???? He shouldn't even be paid to publish it in the first place. God. That made me quite angry because... wasn't he supposed to be like 18? He acted like a whiny little brat who didn't get their chocolate. Oh my god. Initially I wanted to rate this book 5 Stars. Now I am not even sure if it get's 4. I do had a lot of fun reading it. I do loved the online friends rep. I loved the illustrations and the message behind the story. But the last 100 pages was a massive let down and I am mostly feeling disappointed right now. So 3,5

5 stars - so earned! This book is brilliant. I love the representation of fandom, mental health and friendship (online and "in real life" - just like Eliza I don't really like the differentiation). I could identify with Eliza and Wallace so much, it managed to make me cry (which didn't happen in a while...). Right now, all I want to do is to keep rereading it. I just want every person in this world to read this book, I already have a few people in mind to whom I want to give it. It has already found it's place on one of my favorites shelves and will live there forever.