audjmo91's review
3.0
The premise I bought this on, that a girl would change into a boy to get a girl, sounds like something I am wholly interested in. Perhaps I've read too many fantasy or dystopian tales, but I was willing to buy at face value that she had these powers and was ready to get into a great teen drama about identity. Instead, I learned early on that just as important to this story was the source of these powers and the military conspiracy and/or science poachers (?) who are hunting Lily and her dad and possibly her mom (?) who are hiding from spies and killing people willy-nilly and I spent some time wondering when I might go back to the high school for more teen drama.
Maybe it's me, but the part of the story spawning the above run-on sentence wasn't well explained, and since I think the artist may suffer from what I've heard called, "twelve face syndrome," I'm having trouble telling people apart (especially if they keep changing faces, or worse, barely changing faces and then just telling me it's a different character). I'm willing to buy the next volume to see how it goes, but I'd like to come out of it less confused and more satisfaction on the teen drama front (which felt a little shafted while trying to get me up to speed on the secret science).
Maybe it's me, but the part of the story spawning the above run-on sentence wasn't well explained, and since I think the artist may suffer from what I've heard called, "twelve face syndrome," I'm having trouble telling people apart (especially if they keep changing faces, or worse, barely changing faces and then just telling me it's a different character). I'm willing to buy the next volume to see how it goes, but I'd like to come out of it less confused and more satisfaction on the teen drama front (which felt a little shafted while trying to get me up to speed on the secret science).
avidales's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
mckenzierichardson's review
3.0
I really wanted to like this more. It had so much going for it, but overall it just felt like a disappointment.
Great story although after awhile the storylines all merge and everything is confusing. One of the things I really didn't like was how rushed it felt. Each page is pretty much a new scene, which makes for a fast paced graphic novel, but at the same time doesn't go much into detail about anything.
The dialogue also felt rushed. All the charactes were complex but I don't think any of them got adequate air-time, because too much focus was on continuing the plot rather than filling out the story already given.
Great story although after awhile the storylines all merge and everything is confusing. One of the things I really didn't like was how rushed it felt. Each page is pretty much a new scene, which makes for a fast paced graphic novel, but at the same time doesn't go much into detail about anything.
The dialogue also felt rushed. All the charactes were complex but I don't think any of them got adequate air-time, because too much focus was on continuing the plot rather than filling out the story already given.
puddingtaco's review
3.0
Okay story about a girl with shape-shifting powers who masquerades as a boy to get the girl. There is a subplot about how she and her dad are on the run from some organization, or something, that never really comes together (though this is just the first volume). Still, whenever the baddies were "on screen" I often thought, "Who cares?" The focus on Lily's relationships is what really drives the story. Interesting gender-bending and food for thought, but nothing mind-blowing. Art lacks definition. Still a nice read.
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