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A review by melbsreads
A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Trigger warnings: self harm, body shaming, fatphobia, teacher/student relationship, death of a parent, drug addiction, theft
Hmm. I liked that this dealt with teenage girls playing sport and bonding as a team. I HATED the constantly changing colour palate because it made it legitimately hard to identify most of the characters to the point where when a teacher/student relationship is revealed, I thought it was a relationship between the two coaches and was confused af for half a dozen pages.
I also felt like there were so many complex plotlines going on at home for all of the girls that jumping between the five of them meant that none of their stories was done in sufficient detail. Like, one of them is self harming. And it's literally shown once and then never mentioned again. Why show it at all if you're just going to move onto something equally difficult and then not discuss THAT in any detail either?!
Ultimately, I enjoyed the basketball aspects of the story. But the art didn't work for me and there was too much going on.
Hmm. I liked that this dealt with teenage girls playing sport and bonding as a team. I HATED the constantly changing colour palate because it made it legitimately hard to identify most of the characters to the point where when a teacher/student relationship is revealed, I thought it was a relationship between the two coaches and was confused af for half a dozen pages.
I also felt like there were so many complex plotlines going on at home for all of the girls that jumping between the five of them meant that none of their stories was done in sufficient detail. Like, one of them is self harming. And it's literally shown once and then never mentioned again. Why show it at all if you're just going to move onto something equally difficult and then not discuss THAT in any detail either?!
Ultimately, I enjoyed the basketball aspects of the story. But the art didn't work for me and there was too much going on.