Reviews - Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

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Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

Faith Erin Hicks

4.0 AVERAGE

ladyheroj's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

gluvsbooks's review

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

‘Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy’ is a sweet, feel good, coming of age, opposites attract romance about two high schoolers figuring out what they want and who they want to be.

I really enjoyed reading this graphic novel, it was a fun quick read, which also tackled gendered centred stereotypes. Usually we have the girl who is the one who loves art and the boy being more of the athletic type. But here that was in reverse, it was a refreshing outlook on the stereotypes we usually see. Even though the MCs are in complete contrast to one another, they still blend well and the relationship that is formed between the two is an organic one.

Another thing I loved about the graphic novel is that is touches upon how we sometimes assume others are horrible people because the may associate with others; but that’s not always the case, so we should be more mindful to the fact. The bullying and anger management aspect of the story i also found to be well done. It demonstrates how bullying plays a big role in high school, the portrayal of both Alix and Ezra’s reactions to such incidents were very realistic. It shows that there are two way to deal with a bully, not everyone always has the same reactions. But sometimes there is a right and wrong way to go about dealing with bullies.

The great thing about the novel is that it explored the sexuality of young people. The usual consensus is that young people don’t always understand or know what their sexual identity is. I found that the graphic novel did a good job in showcasing how young people sometimes know who they are. Ezra was portrayed as a young boy who knew who he was. He didn’t want to label himself but he was also comfortable in his own skin.

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Tropes:

sporty fmc x performing arts mmc
lgbtq+ rep

Content warning:

bullying
homophobia
parental abandonment
domestic abuse

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Quotes:

“It is your shitty opinion that expressions of affection between two people of the same gender are gross.”
“Because you were so beautiful when we went skating.”
“Your sexuality is a part of who you are, and I like… I like you. So I like that part, too.”
“I’d still like to watch. You’re amazing on the ice, Hockey Girl.” “Thanks, Drama Boy.”