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A review by unladylike
The Once and Future Queen by Adam P. Knave, Dj Kirkbride
2.0
1.5 stars
The only reason I'm giving this book any stars is I somewhat like the premise, and I appreciate the representation of asexuality, queerness, and polyamory among teenagers. Sadly, the creators are really bad at writing dialogue and pacing their plot details. There's no believable character development, the characters' voices are annoying and cliche 90% of the time, and really, the whole thing is just not worth reading. It's like they had a checklist of identities and relationship dynamics they wanted to include in a comic book, and just built a flimsy, rushed action story around it.
I read this for one of my women's comic book clubs and, based on our discussion after it had been suggested, it seems no one that read any of it liked it.
The only reason I'm giving this book any stars is I somewhat like the premise, and I appreciate the representation of asexuality, queerness, and polyamory among teenagers. Sadly, the creators are really bad at writing dialogue and pacing their plot details. There's no believable character development, the characters' voices are annoying and cliche 90% of the time, and really, the whole thing is just not worth reading. It's like they had a checklist of identities and relationship dynamics they wanted to include in a comic book, and just built a flimsy, rushed action story around it.
I read this for one of my women's comic book clubs and, based on our discussion after it had been suggested, it seems no one that read any of it liked it.