Review by betweentheshelves - Forest Hills Bootleg Society

betweentheshelves 's review for:

Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Nicole Goux, Dave Baker

3.0

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A group of friends accidentally buy the wrong kind of bootleg anime and end up making a business with it. The premise of this book is amazing, and I love the representation and the overall art style. It sort of mimicked a manga, and I think that really helped with the subject matter as well. All of the characters were fully fleshed out, and the core friend group is just overall lovely. Their dynamic worked well overall.

There were a couple of things that didn't quite fully sell it for me, though. At first, I loved the character profiles and the extra background information, but it's not something that I thought needed to be continued throughout the book. At points, it also felt really wordy for a graphic novel, Give me more of the art speaking in the story, please!

Finally, the ending felt a bit rushed. For the most part, the rest of the book was pretty evenly paced, but the ending felt a little abrupt. Though that might be a matter of personal opinion.

All in all, if you enjoy graphic novels a little on the wordy side and love the idea of a group of girls selling bootleg anime, you'll love this.

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