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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
Cute, fun, touching, and so very gay!
Rivera once again creates a powerhouse latinx character who never apologizes for her gender, sexuality, or skin color. She owns who she is and won't take shit from anybody. This is what we need more of in our literature. It doesn't have to be a sad struggle to overcome racism or sexism. America Chavez still goes on a journey, she learns about herself, but never at the expense of her strength.
A story about a queer woman of color who can punch star-portals through space and time as she discovers new parts of herself by looking to her past, and finds a loses love along the way.
If you like punch-ass, unapologetic characters with heart and strength, good writing, and diverse art styles: read this book!
Rivera once again creates a powerhouse latinx character who never apologizes for her gender, sexuality, or skin color. She owns who she is and won't take shit from anybody. This is what we need more of in our literature. It doesn't have to be a sad struggle to overcome racism or sexism. America Chavez still goes on a journey, she learns about herself, but never at the expense of her strength.
A story about a queer woman of color who can punch star-portals through space and time as she discovers new parts of herself by looking to her past, and finds a loses love along the way.
If you like punch-ass, unapologetic characters with heart and strength, good writing, and diverse art styles: read this book!
I love this character! I love the art! I love the cameos.
Unfortunately, I'm still not sold on the writing style for this series. It's a little too tumblr esque for my tastes. I get that I might be a little too old for the demographic this book is attempting to appeal to and that's okay. I just feel like Young Avengers was also geared towards a 15-22 crowd and I totally got what that book was about.
I don't like the story, per say. Here's the thing, America was sorely lacking in a lot of details about her backstory. We knew that she lost her moms when they sent her away because their home planet was too dangerous. We know that she'd been on her won for quite some time ever since. We know that she's a Latina but we didn't know what community her mothers would've been a part of. America was not given a ton of backstory, is what I'm getting at. So, essentially she was a blank slate with this book.
I adore the art. I adore America as a character but where this book loses me is that it doesn't really feel like a cohesive comic. I felt like it was getting bogged down by short side plots that never really seemed to go anywhere. The group of America fan girls for example? I still don't really know why they're here except to show that America is inspiring youths. If that's the point, I would've been content with the updates showing their updates on tumblr or something like that.
I don't like that it seems like quite a bit of America's plots are driven by her terrible string of exes. They're all terrible and it's weird to me because we get no hint that America has a terrible love life in Young Avengers and while it's great to have a lesbian character actually be shown in relationships with women, it bums me out that these women are the driving forces behind quite a bit of America's actions.
I like the cameos with Kate and David. I liked getting more information on where America came from. I just wish the rest of the series was stronger. I also wish the writing style was a hell of a lot more mature.
2.5 stars
Unfortunately, I'm still not sold on the writing style for this series. It's a little too tumblr esque for my tastes. I get that I might be a little too old for the demographic this book is attempting to appeal to and that's okay. I just feel like Young Avengers was also geared towards a 15-22 crowd and I totally got what that book was about.
I don't like the story, per say. Here's the thing, America was sorely lacking in a lot of details about her backstory. We knew that she lost her moms when they sent her away because their home planet was too dangerous. We know that she'd been on her won for quite some time ever since. We know that she's a Latina but we didn't know what community her mothers would've been a part of. America was not given a ton of backstory, is what I'm getting at. So, essentially she was a blank slate with this book.
I adore the art. I adore America as a character but where this book loses me is that it doesn't really feel like a cohesive comic. I felt like it was getting bogged down by short side plots that never really seemed to go anywhere. The group of America fan girls for example? I still don't really know why they're here except to show that America is inspiring youths. If that's the point, I would've been content with the updates showing their updates on tumblr or something like that.
I don't like that it seems like quite a bit of America's plots are driven by her terrible string of exes. They're all terrible and it's weird to me because we get no hint that America has a terrible love life in Young Avengers and while it's great to have a lesbian character actually be shown in relationships with women, it bums me out that these women are the driving forces behind quite a bit of America's actions.
I like the cameos with Kate and David. I liked getting more information on where America came from. I just wish the rest of the series was stronger. I also wish the writing style was a hell of a lot more mature.
2.5 stars
America Chavez is a wonderful character. I enjoyed this book quite a bit. The writing is excellent. The friendship America has with Kate Bishop, Hawkeye, is excellent, although I didn't enjoy the artwork in the back half of the book quite as much as that in the front half. Nonetheless, this was a very good read.
this is probably more like 4 stars for me but im bumping it up bc of the awesome queer brown girl superhero rep. i love how weird this is, incorporating messages abt vulnerability, self-care, and relationships. like a touchy-feely superhero comic but badass. i would definitely read more superhero comics if they were like this.
I don’t know why but I just couldn’t get into this book. Maybe there was too much lore and way too many attempts to be cheeky and clever. I like America as a character, and her powers are awesome too. But there’s no time to breathe. We’re just thrown from one setting to another, from one fight to another. I get that’s what’s happening to America, but the reader needs a moment to find out who she is as a person as well as who the people are. The plot was disjointed and overstuff, like the creators threw all their ideas on their storyboard and decided to go through with a dare. Way too much. The writing just didn’t let you enjoy this book. At times turgid and way too dense, I struggled to read it. I hope I read more of this character soon, but preferably in a book that’s actually fun.
America is a fun new heroine and her powers are awesome. I would love to learn more about her family and history, so I'm looking forward to reading vol. 2. The art is really neat and matches the voice well.
To be fair, I don't much like or read comic books. I chose this one for the Book Riot Read Harder challenge. That said, once I settled down and read it, this story grew on men: a brown-skinned Latina super heroine, the child of two moms who, at the end (spoiler) meets her abuela.
I love the feminist take on the superhero genre, but I really don't find myself compelled to find out what happens next. Not my thing.
I love the feminist take on the superhero genre, but I really don't find myself compelled to find out what happens next. Not my thing.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is my first introduction to America Chavez, and overall I liked what I saw. I do think the quips and dialogue got to be a bit much at times, and sometimes undercut the moment, and the plot jumped around quite a lot. The moments with Storm and with America learning to channel her powers was the most interesting part and I still think it was overly compressed. A lot was introduced here and it didn't all have the time to breathe. The last story with Hawkeye especially suffers from this.