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A review by jugglingpup
Love Letters to Jane's World by Paige Braddock
4.0
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I got an ARC of this book.
I had never heard of Jane’s World until I saw that this collection was up for grabs. I also didn’t have consistent access to newspapers at any point in my life. So it isn’t all that surprising that I was not able to get into this comic when it was on going. I am very thankful that parts were collected, but I really wish they had been collected in order and released in a multi-volume way instead of selected pieces. I would have been able to follow the story line better if the story line wasn’t organized in any which way the way it seemed, unless Chelle and Jane really were together five or six times. This is my first of three major complaints.
The second complaint was how often the straight male characters “stole” the comic and made it into a “lesbians just really need a good man” grossness. The first time it happened, it was pretty amusing because Jane shut it down and made it clear that that behavior wasn’t ok. The fact that it kept happening and that Jane was still best friends with the guy who did it is just really gross to me.
The third complaint is the couples always just seemed random. I think that is mostly due to the collection not being complete so the buildup was missed in the sections that were not in the book. I didn’t hold this one against the book or the author, because it was easy to blame it on limited space in a collection.
It read like a more gay version of Ellen (the sitcom). Jane very much was a calmer version of Ellen, well, since the comic came first, Ellen was a more hyper and anxious version of Jane. Jane/Ellen lived with a straight guy and had feelings for women. Jane/Ellen never really had good luck with dating. The basics were similar, but Jane’s World went much further than Ellen ever did. Jane was allowed to have more queer friends. Jane got abducted by aliens, not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. It seemed really odd and out of place for the rest of the collection even.
The book itself wasn’t funny. This was more a slice of life variety than a regular funny pages comic. I am a tentative fan. I would like to see more to see how I really feel about the series.
I got an ARC of this book.
I had never heard of Jane’s World until I saw that this collection was up for grabs. I also didn’t have consistent access to newspapers at any point in my life. So it isn’t all that surprising that I was not able to get into this comic when it was on going. I am very thankful that parts were collected, but I really wish they had been collected in order and released in a multi-volume way instead of selected pieces. I would have been able to follow the story line better if the story line wasn’t organized in any which way the way it seemed, unless Chelle and Jane really were together five or six times. This is my first of three major complaints.
The second complaint was how often the straight male characters “stole” the comic and made it into a “lesbians just really need a good man” grossness. The first time it happened, it was pretty amusing because Jane shut it down and made it clear that that behavior wasn’t ok. The fact that it kept happening and that Jane was still best friends with the guy who did it is just really gross to me.
The third complaint is the couples always just seemed random. I think that is mostly due to the collection not being complete so the buildup was missed in the sections that were not in the book. I didn’t hold this one against the book or the author, because it was easy to blame it on limited space in a collection.
It read like a more gay version of Ellen (the sitcom). Jane very much was a calmer version of Ellen, well, since the comic came first, Ellen was a more hyper and anxious version of Jane. Jane/Ellen lived with a straight guy and had feelings for women. Jane/Ellen never really had good luck with dating. The basics were similar, but Jane’s World went much further than Ellen ever did. Jane was allowed to have more queer friends. Jane got abducted by aliens, not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. It seemed really odd and out of place for the rest of the collection even.
The book itself wasn’t funny. This was more a slice of life variety than a regular funny pages comic. I am a tentative fan. I would like to see more to see how I really feel about the series.