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A review by jurassicreads
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
4.0
I didn't expect to want to read this graphic novel, but I fell in love almost immediately.
We enter the story with the main character, Astrid, realizing that she may be falling out of touch with her best childhood friend due to differing interests. Of course, as many of us who are far away from high school at this point, this is just how the cards fall sometimes. However, Astrid doesn't understand why this could happen, so she throws herself into her newest obsession: roller derby. She isn't any good, and learning means her body and feelings take quite a beating, but it seems better than being depressed and confused over losing her best friend.
I love the way this book demonstrates the lack of control of we feel going on in that middle school-almost high school era of our lives. Astrid feels like the wheels are shaking off the car of life she has been driving, so she tries to cling to the next best thing: a hobby. She always has a phenomenal relationship with her mother that changes and morphs as she comes to be more comfortable with her choices and how her life is changing.
This is an adorable, uplifting book that teaches you to move on from things that seem to be devastating or life changing for the negative. I feel like a lot of people will like it simply for the bright art style and Astrid's sassy, determined personality.
We enter the story with the main character, Astrid, realizing that she may be falling out of touch with her best childhood friend due to differing interests. Of course, as many of us who are far away from high school at this point, this is just how the cards fall sometimes. However, Astrid doesn't understand why this could happen, so she throws herself into her newest obsession: roller derby. She isn't any good, and learning means her body and feelings take quite a beating, but it seems better than being depressed and confused over losing her best friend.
I love the way this book demonstrates the lack of control of we feel going on in that middle school-almost high school era of our lives. Astrid feels like the wheels are shaking off the car of life she has been driving, so she tries to cling to the next best thing: a hobby. She always has a phenomenal relationship with her mother that changes and morphs as she comes to be more comfortable with her choices and how her life is changing.
This is an adorable, uplifting book that teaches you to move on from things that seem to be devastating or life changing for the negative. I feel like a lot of people will like it simply for the bright art style and Astrid's sassy, determined personality.