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A review by wrentheblurry
Chiggers by Hope Larson
2.0
While I am not the target audience for this graphic novel, I once was, and I even remember some of my young teenage times. The times in this book are those uncomfortable ones, with your girl friends talking about you behind your back, or even in front of you. The awkwardness of first crushes. The weirdness of not fitting in when that's what you desperately want to do. Confusion, drama and more, all with a summer camp setting.
These sorts of situations may make tween/teenage girls feel better about their personal situations, whatever they may be, but not if they are relying on the writing or the artwork. I didn't care about any of the characters, and for half of the title I confused the two blondes with each other, and the two brunettes with each other. I didn't like their noses, I didn't like their flaccid, dull facial expressions. I didn't like how similar they could look. That did not work for me.
I did like the addition of the Dungeons & Dragons bit, though. Any book that makes being a role-playing geek seem like a nifty thing to do gets at least one star for that. The other star comes from this being a quick read, and recognizing that many teenage girls will like this at least a bit better than I did.
These sorts of situations may make tween/teenage girls feel better about their personal situations, whatever they may be, but not if they are relying on the writing or the artwork. I didn't care about any of the characters, and for half of the title I confused the two blondes with each other, and the two brunettes with each other. I didn't like their noses, I didn't like their flaccid, dull facial expressions. I didn't like how similar they could look. That did not work for me.
I did like the addition of the Dungeons & Dragons bit, though. Any book that makes being a role-playing geek seem like a nifty thing to do gets at least one star for that. The other star comes from this being a quick read, and recognizing that many teenage girls will like this at least a bit better than I did.