--- product_id: 1780402 title: "Seconds: A Graphic Novel" price: "€ 41.69" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.fi/products/1780402-seconds-a-graphic-novel store_origin: FI region: Finland --- # Seconds: A Graphic Novel **Price:** € 41.69 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Seconds: A Graphic Novel - **How much does it cost?** € 41.69 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fi](https://www.desertcart.fi/products/1780402-seconds-a-graphic-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY AND THE DAILY PLANET The highly anticipated new standalone full-color graphic novel from Bryan Lee O’Malley, author and artist of the hugely bestselling Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series Katie’s got it pretty good. She’s a talented young chef, she runs a successful restaurant, and she has big plans to open an even better one. Then, all at once, progress on the new location bogs down, her charming ex-boyfriend pops up, her fling with another chef goes sour, and her best waitress gets badly hurt. And just like that, Katie’s life goes from pretty good to not so much. What she needs is a second chance. Everybody deserves one, after all—but they don’t come easy. Luckily for Katie, a mysterious girl appears in the middle of the night with simple instructions for a do-it-yourself do-over: 1. Write your mistake 2. Ingest one mushroom 3. Go to sleep 4. Wake anew And just like that, all the bad stuff never happened, and Katie is given another chance to get things right. She’s also got a dresser drawer full of magical mushrooms—and an irresistible urge to make her life not just good, but perfect. Too bad it’s against the rules. But Katie doesn’t care about the rules—and she’s about to discover the unintended consequences of the best intentions. From the mind and pen behind the acclaimed Scott Pilgrim series comes a madcap new tale of existential angst, everyday obstacles, young love, and ancient spirits that’s sharp-witted and tenderhearted, whimsical and wise. Praise for Seconds “The cartoonist, best known for the Scott Pilgrim series, delivers one of the most enjoyable reads I’ve had all year with this magical graphic novel. I dare you to not read it all in one sitting.” —Whitney Matheson, USA Today “ Seconds arrives with high expectations, and it meets them all, delivering the style and humor of [Bryan Lee] O’Malley’s past works with greater emphasis on mood, detail, and complex character relationships.” — The A.V. Club “Richly imagined and vibrantly drawn, Seconds is a funny, surprising, and enchanting read.” — Publishers Weekly “In Seconds, Bryan Lee O’Malley plays the angst of youth against the fabric of a larger epic. In doing so, he enriches both. A great ride!” —Guillermo del Toro “Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Seconds is adorable, haunting, funny, and beautiful. A perfect recipe for a great graphic novel.” —Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics Review: when someone recommended Seconds to me - If you know Scott Pilgrim, then you know then you’ve already been introduced to Bryan Lee O’Malley, however, when someone recommended Seconds to me, I was curious. In many ways, this standalone comic is a stunning, complex, and contemporary graphic novel that is woven with great storytelling and a graphic style that appeals to a wide range of readers. Katie Clay, the main character is a chef who runs a hip and popular restaurant. Her vision is to open another restaurant with a new vision, a new idea, and a new start. She feels like she is in limbo as she looks forward but feels trapped in her current life. When she sulks in her bedroom, one night, she finds a strange and foreboding box in her dresser. She opens the box and finds a kit for undoing her bad decisions. Step one: write down your error in the little notebook. Step two: eat a mysterious red mushroom. Step Three: go to sleep and when you wake up, your life is changed. Sounds simple. Katie is a successful professional, but not the most mature, friendly, kind person. While most of the time, her missteps and regrets are minor, she begins to think that the box in her dresser can change all that. Before things get too far out of hand, she meets the “house spirit” who warns her that she should not be meddling her past as it will certainly have grave impacts. This graphic novel even breaks the fourth wall, in a playful, innovative vision of storytelling. The art work, retains O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim style, but it is enhanced in some unique and focused storytelling areas. Described as a manga-style, it is the artistic vision of this comic that makes it different, compelling, and better than some of the other time altering stories. It is about an empowered woman who wants to change parts of her life and win her vision of her life, but with it comes the sacrifice of those specific changes. The good news, this is not Ground Hog Day, in fact, O’Malley is much more innovative and fresh with the idea of possessing god-like powers to undo mistakes. Katie is well crafted artistically and narratively in that she would appeal to a teenager or an adult equally. While the character is illustrated in an O’Malley style that makes her seem young, she has the life and sass of an adult. Pushing the character to cover that much space allows more people to identify with the protagonist. Katie sometimes feels like a bossy seventeen year-old, but she also has the responsibility and the vision of her adult self. This is a graphic novel that will draw you in. You will want to finish it in one sitting, even though you know you should slow down and savor it a bit. There are a lot of different elements to like here, colorful and dynamic art work, compelling storytelling, and a time shifting story that is innovative and fun to read. Review: Another quirky tale from Bryan Lee O'Malley - I have to say as a huge fan of Scott Pilgrim (my favorite comic ever) and a fan of Lost at Sea, I was expecting to love this book. And I did. However, I thought I'd also offer my thoughts just as a general reader. O'Malley doing another concise tale like Lost at Sea was a good change of pace after Scott Pilgrim. His drawing style has finally gotten to a very refined place where everything he does just looks perfect. The added bonus of color really makes everything pop as well. As for the characters, once again he litters the book with all sorts of colorful interesting characters and the main character, Katie, is no exception. She's clearly got issues and you know from the first page this story is going to be some kind of life lesson for her to learn. Not to spoil too much about the plot, but it is yet another story dealing with someone who has the opportunity to change mistakes of their past. Obviously this kind of thing has been done in a lot of time travel stories and yet here O'Malley has somehow found an interesting and new approach to this kind of tale. At the end of the day this book definitely gets a strong recommendation from me if you're at all interested in a funny/weird/charming tale in a way that only O'Malley could have done. All of his books feel personal and yet completely different which is pretty cool. If I had to compare it to the other works of his, I would say it's not as good as Scott Pilgrim (but that was a much bigger story anyway), but it's easily better than Lost at Sea. So yes, if you're at all a fan of quirky comics or O'Malley himself, definitely give this a read. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #95,661 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #27 in Cooking Humor #133 in Humorous Graphic Novels (Books) #383 in Science Fiction Graphic Novels (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,018 Reviews | ## Images ![Seconds: A Graphic Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81p2ZDPWSPL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ when someone recommended Seconds to me *by A***R on April 10, 2018* If you know Scott Pilgrim, then you know then you’ve already been introduced to Bryan Lee O’Malley, however, when someone recommended Seconds to me, I was curious. In many ways, this standalone comic is a stunning, complex, and contemporary graphic novel that is woven with great storytelling and a graphic style that appeals to a wide range of readers. Katie Clay, the main character is a chef who runs a hip and popular restaurant. Her vision is to open another restaurant with a new vision, a new idea, and a new start. She feels like she is in limbo as she looks forward but feels trapped in her current life. When she sulks in her bedroom, one night, she finds a strange and foreboding box in her dresser. She opens the box and finds a kit for undoing her bad decisions. Step one: write down your error in the little notebook. Step two: eat a mysterious red mushroom. Step Three: go to sleep and when you wake up, your life is changed. Sounds simple. Katie is a successful professional, but not the most mature, friendly, kind person. While most of the time, her missteps and regrets are minor, she begins to think that the box in her dresser can change all that. Before things get too far out of hand, she meets the “house spirit” who warns her that she should not be meddling her past as it will certainly have grave impacts. This graphic novel even breaks the fourth wall, in a playful, innovative vision of storytelling. The art work, retains O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim style, but it is enhanced in some unique and focused storytelling areas. Described as a manga-style, it is the artistic vision of this comic that makes it different, compelling, and better than some of the other time altering stories. It is about an empowered woman who wants to change parts of her life and win her vision of her life, but with it comes the sacrifice of those specific changes. The good news, this is not Ground Hog Day, in fact, O’Malley is much more innovative and fresh with the idea of possessing god-like powers to undo mistakes. Katie is well crafted artistically and narratively in that she would appeal to a teenager or an adult equally. While the character is illustrated in an O’Malley style that makes her seem young, she has the life and sass of an adult. Pushing the character to cover that much space allows more people to identify with the protagonist. Katie sometimes feels like a bossy seventeen year-old, but she also has the responsibility and the vision of her adult self. This is a graphic novel that will draw you in. You will want to finish it in one sitting, even though you know you should slow down and savor it a bit. There are a lot of different elements to like here, colorful and dynamic art work, compelling storytelling, and a time shifting story that is innovative and fun to read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another quirky tale from Bryan Lee O'Malley *by C***Z on July 18, 2014* I have to say as a huge fan of Scott Pilgrim (my favorite comic ever) and a fan of Lost at Sea, I was expecting to love this book. And I did. However, I thought I'd also offer my thoughts just as a general reader. O'Malley doing another concise tale like Lost at Sea was a good change of pace after Scott Pilgrim. His drawing style has finally gotten to a very refined place where everything he does just looks perfect. The added bonus of color really makes everything pop as well. As for the characters, once again he litters the book with all sorts of colorful interesting characters and the main character, Katie, is no exception. She's clearly got issues and you know from the first page this story is going to be some kind of life lesson for her to learn. Not to spoil too much about the plot, but it is yet another story dealing with someone who has the opportunity to change mistakes of their past. Obviously this kind of thing has been done in a lot of time travel stories and yet here O'Malley has somehow found an interesting and new approach to this kind of tale. At the end of the day this book definitely gets a strong recommendation from me if you're at all interested in a funny/weird/charming tale in a way that only O'Malley could have done. All of his books feel personal and yet completely different which is pretty cool. If I had to compare it to the other works of his, I would say it's not as good as Scott Pilgrim (but that was a much bigger story anyway), but it's easily better than Lost at Sea. So yes, if you're at all a fan of quirky comics or O'Malley himself, definitely give this a read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Let's Talk About "Seconds!" *by S***N on July 24, 2014* (To avoid writing a thesis statement about how "thought-provoking" and "life-changing" this graphic novel is, let's just collect ourselves by stating the mantra: "It's just a graphic novel.") As all of the other reviews have blared, it is clear O'Malley has another masterpiece on his hands. Upon my reading... Well, uh. I... It's... uh. For the sake of my sanity, lets start with the GOOD. O'Malley's vibrant illustrations jump off the pages, just as it has in his past works (Scott Pilgrim; Lost at Sea; Hopeless Savages). I would wholeheartedly claim that the art ALONE would bring me back for a few more ganders. But the art isn't the only thing I adored, as our story is a solid one! While Scott Pilgrim kind of lost my interest a few volumes in, I was engaged in our main protagonist's (Katie) plight. Though I will talk about it more later on, the end (I won't spoil it) isn't my favorite. And now... the BAD. Well, I wouldn't say "the bad", more like "personal gripes." The main thing that keeps this from 5-star stardom would be the characters. To put it lightly, our side characters are a tad boring. (Except Lis, who is great!) I can never overlook things like bland characters, especially when the point of a graphic novel is to give life to a story. Now, I know the focus is supposed to remain on Katie, but the rest of the characters are WAY TOO one-dimensional. And the "just side characters" argument isn't even applicable, since two of these side characters (the run-of-the-mill, awkward "womanchild"-who-is-gifted-in-some-way Hazel and... the ex-boyfriend character - I can't even remember his name, he's that forgettable of a character.) are essential to the plot. Actually, speaking of the ex-boyfriend, taking the whole "love triangle" out ENTIRELY would have bumped this up to a 4 1/2 at least. While reading, I kept finding myself asking "Okay, okay they're in love I get it. Can we get please get back to the interesting stuff? Y'know, magic mushrooms? Spirits? Jokes? Character Development? Women Empowerment? JOKES?" A couple of pages would suffice, thank you very much. But most of this just feels like Scott and Ramona backwash, and I didn't even like the Scott/Ramona relationship. As I alluded to before, the ending can bite me. Without spoiling the end TOO MUCH, I'll just leave it at this. (If you don't want it spoiled at all, skip this part.) *************************Spoilers************************* Deus ex machina is a plague we need to wipe of the face of storytelling forever. And the fact I already knew how it would happen MAKES IT 20x WORSE. (Freaking mushroom in the car?! WHAT?!) With endings that felt more justified (Scott Pilgrim) and cleverer (Lost at Sea) under Bryan Lee O'Malley's belt, it kind of left me in disbelief. ***********End of Spoilers*********** If you can look past some drab characters and cliches, "Seconds" is a fantastic read for anyone looking for some beautiful art and story. Hey, you might even learn something. 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