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A review by crloken
Life Is Strange Vol. 2: Waves by Emma Vieceli
4.0
At the end of Dust Max found herself in an alternate reality where Rachel Amber never died. Now two years have passed and she's living with Rachel and Chloe who are in a relationship and living in L.A. Rachel is a youtuber and aspiring actress, Chloe works at a auto-shop and pursues a career as an artist in her spare time, and Max is doing her best to fit into this world. They all kind of put up with Max without asking questions about why she clearly is suffering guilt and trauma from some past events they are unaware of. Max is grieving the death of people who never died, and struggling with how much she misses people who she sees every day.
I really like what the author is doing here, exploring trauma from the perspective of someone who has had everything she's lost returned to her. I always wondered after watching Doctor Who why the writers thought Rose Tyler would be happy surrounded by an alternate universe version of her father, and a clone of the doctor; Wouldn't she realize one day that she's living with ghosts? This was a concept the author picked up on here and explores deliberately. Max loves the version of Chloe she has in her life now, but it's not Chloe. Not much more than an identical twin of Chloe would be. How could she be truly happy here?
This series continues to be much better than it has any right to be, and I think this one is slightly better than the first one. The main plot is worse, but the character interactions and angst better fit what worked best with the video game its based on, and it just takes a bit more time to breathe.
I really like what the author is doing here, exploring trauma from the perspective of someone who has had everything she's lost returned to her. I always wondered after watching Doctor Who why the writers thought Rose Tyler would be happy surrounded by an alternate universe version of her father, and a clone of the doctor; Wouldn't she realize one day that she's living with ghosts? This was a concept the author picked up on here and explores deliberately. Max loves the version of Chloe she has in her life now, but it's not Chloe. Not much more than an identical twin of Chloe would be. How could she be truly happy here?
This series continues to be much better than it has any right to be, and I think this one is slightly better than the first one. The main plot is worse, but the character interactions and angst better fit what worked best with the video game its based on, and it just takes a bit more time to breathe.