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daines's review
emotional
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
oh_renard_lit's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Actually the adaptation of a book pulished in 2012 under the same name that was popular enough that it got adapted as a movie too in 2016. However, the need to follow the guidelines of the original book was to this book's detriment : a lot of the action is crammed in a few pages, plotpoints appear out of nowhere just to disappear afterwards, same with some characters, and the main character's friends are kind of cardboard figures coming in and out when needed.
I'm also not a fan of the dialogues that feel like forced poetry and not a fan of how the main character loses what makes him unique and myself for the sake of helping the love interest.
It's still a cute story, a bit cliché, but with nice art and teenagers will like it.
I'm also not a fan of the dialogues that feel like forced poetry and not a fan of how the main character loses what makes him unique and myself for the sake of helping the love interest.
It's still a cute story, a bit cliché, but with nice art and teenagers will like it.
glowin_chell's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
indiekay's review
3.0
2.5 stars.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of this book for an honest review.
One of the thing I like about comics is that they make reading more accessible to people who might have dyslexia or eye strain or ADHD, but the font in this comic is SO small it's definitely not accessible at all. And while the art style is really pretty and the colour palettes are gorgeous, every single panel is drawn at a distance, with very few close-ups on character's faces. This makes the entire comic feels like the characters and plot are being kept as a far distance from the reader, and I didn't once feel any kind of connection to the characters.
There's also a lot of instances in the plot that felt unnecessary, like there's a plot point where Victor goes to a party, gets kissed by a girl who takes a photo of the kiss, and spreads the photo around school. Marie-Jo sees the photo and gets mad, and then they don't talk for a little while, and then Victor figures out how to apologise to Marie-Jo and all is forgive. This all happens over the span of maybe like 6 pages, and is never mentioned again. It's resolved so quickly that it felt completely unnecessary to the overall plot. There's a bully as well who never really adds much to the plot too.
The story also ends abruptly. Victor lies to Marie-Jo about the fact that he's in a band, but by the end of the story Victor never actually tells Marie-Jo about the band thing. So while the ending resolves Marie-Jo's plot in the book, Victor's plot never gets any kind of resolution.
Because this is an adaptation from a book, I'm sure that these plot-points are handled differently in the book, but it didn't really work well in comic form.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of this book for an honest review.
One of the thing I like about comics is that they make reading more accessible to people who might have dyslexia or eye strain or ADHD, but the font in this comic is SO small it's definitely not accessible at all. And while the art style is really pretty and the colour palettes are gorgeous, every single panel is drawn at a distance, with very few close-ups on character's faces. This makes the entire comic feels like the characters and plot are being kept as a far distance from the reader, and I didn't once feel any kind of connection to the characters.
There's also a lot of instances in the plot that felt unnecessary, like there's a plot point where Victor goes to a party, gets kissed by a girl who takes a photo of the kiss, and spreads the photo around school. Marie-Jo sees the photo and gets mad, and then they don't talk for a little while, and then Victor figures out how to apologise to Marie-Jo and all is forgive. This all happens over the span of maybe like 6 pages, and is never mentioned again. It's resolved so quickly that it felt completely unnecessary to the overall plot. There's a bully as well who never really adds much to the plot too.
The story also ends abruptly. Victor lies to Marie-Jo about the fact that he's in a band, but by the end of the story Victor never actually tells Marie-Jo about the band thing. So while the ending resolves Marie-Jo's plot in the book, Victor's plot never gets any kind of resolution.
Because this is an adaptation from a book, I'm sure that these plot-points are handled differently in the book, but it didn't really work well in comic form.
mell2352's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
_mayssoun's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
fushigimini's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
albanueva's review against another edition
3.0
Une histoire assez émouvante d'amour entre jeunes ados et de passion pour la musique. J'ai eu du mal avec les dialogues, même si les phrases sont parfois très poétiques on a du mal à croire qu'elles sortent de la bouche d'un ado ! Les personnages son un peu stéréotypés même si attachants. Les dessins très beaux, rien à dire.
pdn's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75