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A review by lordofthemoon
Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition, Vol. 5 by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters
4.0
The first story in this collection moves away from Roanoke cabin to Zodiac, as Barney settles in with their cabin-mates following their move to the Lumberjanes camp last volume (incidentally, there was a nice little introduction to the idea of people's pronouns here, which wasn't too thickly laid on, but a good way to show it handled well). Diane has been allowed to stay, and she takes them off on a treasure hunt for magic. After this, we're back with Roanoke, as we move into a sports-based storyline involving roller ball. I'm not a huge sports fan, but there's enough fun in this (especially given who the opposing team are) that it keeps my attention.
The second arc sees Parents' Day, where the various parents come to visit. This revisits previous hints that Molly's family life isn't happy. Seeing her watching, smiling slightly sadly, as the others make happy reunions with their families is a little heartbreaking. This seems to be something that the authors are going to leave simmering and come back to in future.
The artists change between the arcs in the volume. While I enjoyed the Carolyn Nowak's art on the first story, Ayme Sotuyo's work on the second felt "more Lumberjanes" to me. Both are very good and fit the type of storytelling going on here, but the second just spoke to me more. As always, everything to do with art is subjective, and YMMV.
The themes of friendship to the max, and found families persist in this volume, as the girls grow ever-closer, and the camp becomes ever-weirder. Lovely stuff.
The second arc sees Parents' Day, where the various parents come to visit. This revisits previous hints that Molly's family life isn't happy. Seeing her watching, smiling slightly sadly, as the others make happy reunions with their families is a little heartbreaking. This seems to be something that the authors are going to leave simmering and come back to in future.
The artists change between the arcs in the volume. While I enjoyed the Carolyn Nowak's art on the first story, Ayme Sotuyo's work on the second felt "more Lumberjanes" to me. Both are very good and fit the type of storytelling going on here, but the second just spoke to me more. As always, everything to do with art is subjective, and YMMV.
The themes of friendship to the max, and found families persist in this volume, as the girls grow ever-closer, and the camp becomes ever-weirder. Lovely stuff.