saramarie08's review against another edition
3.0
College roommates Susan, Ester, and Daisy navigate their budding college lives together. Ester is the feature of some cyber stalking when a photo of her at a party ends up on a website rating hot first years. After they both took a gap year, Susan’s “nemesis” comes to her university, and she uses the power of her feminist magazine to splatter his reputation. Daisy’s new friend furnishes her with some pills to make sure she really enjoys her 18th birthday party. Daisy isn't sure if the pills have made her attracted to her new friend, or if this feeling is natural.
This series has won several Eisner awards and, at its core, is about friendship and personal exploration. There is humor and some British cultural references that students may not get. Obviously there is drug and alcohol use. The art is cartoony but extremely enjoyable. The storyline of the first volume really didn't impress me, even though I've had it recommended by several trusted friends. I didn't gravitate towards either of the three ladies as being someone I could root for or see myself in, so I didn't care as much about what they were going through. However, since I've heard so many good things, and since it's won awards, I'm going to give it another volume before I completely write-off the series.
BOOM! doesn't have an age rating on this volume that I could find. The subjects are college students, and there are drug and alcohol references and usage throughout. The language is mild. Otherwise, the subject matter here is a fairly decent mirror of the self-discovery many high school students go through at the beginning of their high school lives.
Sara's Rating: 6/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12
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This series has won several Eisner awards and, at its core, is about friendship and personal exploration. There is humor and some British cultural references that students may not get. Obviously there is drug and alcohol use. The art is cartoony but extremely enjoyable. The storyline of the first volume really didn't impress me, even though I've had it recommended by several trusted friends. I didn't gravitate towards either of the three ladies as being someone I could root for or see myself in, so I didn't care as much about what they were going through. However, since I've heard so many good things, and since it's won awards, I'm going to give it another volume before I completely write-off the series.
BOOM! doesn't have an age rating on this volume that I could find. The subjects are college students, and there are drug and alcohol references and usage throughout. The language is mild. Otherwise, the subject matter here is a fairly decent mirror of the self-discovery many high school students go through at the beginning of their high school lives.
Sara's Rating: 6/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12
Read more graphic novel reviews at www.graphiclibrary.org.
mdettmann's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 I really liked the artwork and just the simple storylines of three girls at college, doing their thing. I'll check out at least the next volume or two as I'm still interested in these characters after the first volume and am interested in seeing what will happen throughout their first year.
bookishkandice's review against another edition
3.0
This was a cute, easy read. I've been picking up graphic novels from other people's suggestions, and this was one of them. I was able to read this over my lunch break, so that was nice.
I am glad that I read this, even though I was not impressed. Now I won't be wondering what I am missing. Overall, not my favorite in a graphic novel. The art was nice and each character had their own personalities as well as differing appearances. However, they weren't really rememberable. Their actions were exaggerated, which brought some humor to the situations, but nothing was ever funny. Nothing in this novel encouraged me to keep reading; there was no grab to keep my attention. The plot seemed to go no where, and the story line seemed kind of thrown together.
I probably won't be moving on to more volumes of this graphic novel, unless some whim catches me in the future.
I am glad that I read this, even though I was not impressed. Now I won't be wondering what I am missing. Overall, not my favorite in a graphic novel. The art was nice and each character had their own personalities as well as differing appearances. However, they weren't really rememberable. Their actions were exaggerated, which brought some humor to the situations, but nothing was ever funny. Nothing in this novel encouraged me to keep reading; there was no grab to keep my attention. The plot seemed to go no where, and the story line seemed kind of thrown together.
I probably won't be moving on to more volumes of this graphic novel, unless some whim catches me in the future.
raeanne's review against another edition
3.0
Huh. That was interesting....
Weird, meandering, random. There's nothing necessarily wrong with it, I liked it all generally. But there's nothing that really hooked me.
I eyerolled through the misandrist magazine bits though and the box exhibit was stupid.
I'll put the next installment on the list to read when I get around to it. Borrow it from the library. Especially after checking out the reviews for the next.
Meh.
Weird, meandering, random. There's nothing necessarily wrong with it, I liked it all generally. But there's nothing that really hooked me.
I eyerolled through the misandrist magazine bits though and the box exhibit was stupid.
I'll put the next installment on the list to read when I get around to it. Borrow it from the library. Especially after checking out the reviews for the next.
Meh.
spiffysarahruby's review against another edition
5.0
Who among us hasn't tried to go to the doctor's in a Victorian ball gown when deliriously ill because your nose is so stuffed up you can't smell how stinky your clothes are? That page cracked me up!
novelesque_life's review against another edition
3.0
RATING: 3 STARS
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I am not sure if I like this one or not, so I am going to give it another collection to see if I like it.
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I am not sure if I like this one or not, so I am going to give it another collection to see if I like it.
talin's review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
andipants's review against another edition
3.0
This was...okay? Honestly, it felt a lot more like a webcomic or newspaper strip than a comic book series or graphic novel: a bunch of short, relatively contained plot arcs that don't really go anywhere, some jokes and humorous situations, not much character development. Maybe it gets more in-depth in later issues? But there's nothing really here to hook me and make me want to find out. It kept reminding me of Dumbing of Age, as in, yeah I guess this is okay, but Dumbing of Age did it first, and better; I'd rather just go read that some more.