Username: Evie ~ Joe Sugg

Like anyone who feels they don't fit in, Evie dreams of a safe place. When times are tough, all she wants is a chance to escape from reality and be herself. Unknown to Evie, her loving father has been working tirelessly to create a virtual world where she can get away, and life as she knows it is about to change forever. Could this be the perfect world Evie has longed for, or does her hardest journey still lie ahead?

Book Review:

I'm not one who normally reads graphic novels. That may be because I was never really exposed to them growing up, my school library had very few and those that they did have never particularly appealed to me. I have read or skimmed through a few in my passings and goings but usually the books I pick up are big, thick, and have no pictures. Username: Evie appealed to me for a couple of reasons; (1) Joe Sugg is the author and I completely adore him and (2) the premise seemed really interesting. I have been that girl who feels like the outcast in my surroundings and who avidly sought out an escape. Even as a Senior in high school, I still am sometimes this girl. 

I had no real expectations going into this story and I think that that mindset really helped me enjoy it so much more. The illustrations were exquisite, and I felt that the colors used on each spread really set a tone for what was about to happen; I could grasp that feeling the second I turned the page. 33 pages in and Joe Sugg threw a "Feels Grenade" into my life. I felt so bad for Evie and so angry at Joe (I love you still though, Joe)!! 

I guess that the rest of the book wasn't something that I really expected. I had kind of expected E.scape to be different somehow. It was still just as empowering for Evie though as what I had envisioned and that really was the point. 

Pages: 182                                                                                  Rate: 5/5

Book Discussion: SPOILERS:

So lets talk about that "Feels Grenade" that I mentioned earlier. Really Joe?! You had to go off and off the dad?! Evie's only parent!? When I tuned to that spread of pages and saw his head hanging and read her talking about the comfort of his speedy typing that she couldn't hear anymore... It crushed me for a good day or so. 

Then we get to the world that he created just for her to escape from reality into, E.scape. I loved the video that he made her and how hearing his voice effected her. Unity was a really unique character as well. Oh, and the fact that people appeared to her as who she was thinking about, that was really interesting. I loved how the one turned into a nice version of the nasty jock from her school, Jaspar (that little nod to everyone's favorite YouTube bromance). It was even better when her E.scape father turned the other guy into who he was meant to be, a version of the sweet and nerdy guy from school, Lionel. 

The part where she jumps into her father's arms in E.scape crushed me. I am a huge Daddy's Girl and if anything were to happen to him, I would be lost. I could feel  the joy radiating off of her, a feeling that she never thought that she would experience again.   

Thank You Loey Lane

Thank you Loey so much. Every video you have made has inspired me, your hauls, your vlogs, your lookbooks,  your Q&As, all of them. You are so confident and the video you posted today made me cry. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tniQEabFJW8

I have never had an eating disorder but I know what it feels like to be body shamed from a very young age. My earliest memory of it is when I was 6 or 7. I was in a summer program and we were at the beach when one of my "friends" told me that I was fat and shouldn't wear a bathing suit. 

 Until this day what that little girl said continues to creep into my mind, so thank you for reminding me that anyone, no matter their size, can look this amazing in a bathing suit. 

Another memory that happens to punch me in the gut every time I have a crush is being in 7th grade gym class. I was always so insecure in gym, still am, because of my asthma and my boobs, they've always been bigger than everyone else's my age. Every gym class, no matter how hot it was, I would wear a big purple sweatshirt. One day I didn't catch the ball and a classmate of mine called me a "purple hippo" and said that "no boy would ever like me." At 17, a senior in high school, I have never asked a guy out because every time I think that I'm going to that memory jumps into my head. 

Thank you so much Loey and Tyler for showing me that even thicker girls can find the loves of their loves and that they will be loved back. 

Loey, you have no idea what your videos have done for me. I found your channel this summer and my self esteem since then has skyrocketed. Out of a scale from 1-10 I'm probably a 5 and coming from someone who was probably a -100 before, that is amazing. Your videos have shown me that even though I am a bigger girl, I am beautiful and the outside really isn't what matters anyway.

THANK YOU LOEY LANE!!! <3 <3 <3