I received this book from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

So this one sounded like a lot of fun, but I don’t know, Giant Days (at least in the beginning) was much better at seeing girls go to college and date/figure out life. It didn’t help for me that several characters in the book were animals? I was very confused by that as I hadn’t expected it and it just didn’t fit. I thought at times they were just hallucinating but no apparently people are actually crocodiles, poodles, alpacas, or whatever else animal, and people are also dating those animals. That just constantly kept yeeting me out of the story. It just didn’t fit at all. Plus, a lot of the characters we meet along the way are animals. So are people rare and animals normal? I am just overthinking this, I know, but that is how my head is.

And then there is Jason. The white boy that Lindsey is dating and who is a toxic pretentious asshole. I just didn’t get what Lindsey saw in him. At all. He was constantly being an ass to her and her preferences, laughed when she was being serious, expected her to listen but if she had an opinion he would scoff or just talk over her to correct her to his correct views. What the fuck. I just wanted her to see that he was an asshole. Then again, the same I want to do to my past self, haha. One of my exes was also a big red flag (not as pretentious as Jason) but I kept trying to stick with him. Back to Jason, my lord he was so horrible. He makes it all about himself. Even when fighting it is never his fault.

Lindsey, she was supposed to be like 18/19 since she just started college, but all she did was feel like maybe 15. I guess it didn’t help that her parents were totally overbearing and kept her away from a lot of experiences. But still. It was just so awkward at times. She was so weird about things.

And then when things escalate and she talks to her friends about it the book just ends? I was very confused by that. I would have liked to get maybe a page with an epilogue on it. Or maybe just more pages to make it feel more of an ending than what it is now.

But I did have things I liked. I loved how each chapter has its own title + a fun overview scene. The art was really fun and I like the style. I loved that when Lindsey talked to her mom we also get to see the Chinese text above it, I don’t know if it is all accurate I never learned any Chinese, but it was a nice touch and give it an extra dimension. And I love seeing characters in college/university and discover the world/get to know themselves more.

And while the ending confused me/the transition to a new bit was odd I did like the story there as we get to see Lindsey friends POV and read about her love. OK, sure, it was creepy she was stalking Jason, but eh I guess it is for the greater good? Plus, we get to see another POV on the relationship with Jason and Lindsey. And I just wanted to push the two friends together, haha, they were so cute but so awkward. Both wanting it but not being able to word it right.

So all in all, not the best graphic novel. It wasn’t the worst, but not one I would recommend.