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A review by rubyofraven
Mall Goth by Kate Leth
5.0
The early 2000s setting with all the references to Evanescence really hit home for me. I was that teen, to some extent. I just couldn't fully commit to the goth look. I chose a look similar to what Avril Lavigne was wearing at the time instead. ;)
Anyways, I'm mostly writing this review because this book really re-enforced what I recently learned from listening to the Lolita Podcast by Jamie Loftus in a powerful way. Though the author never explains what the famous book, Lolita, is about, the novel is central to the plot of Mall Goth's story. Young readers will likely not know what Lolita is about (Heck! I didn't know what Lolita was about until I listened to Loftus' podcast.), but after reading this comic, they will be on the look out for the warning sign the novel can potentially be. What happens to Liv, the main character, in this comic with Lolita is not abnormal. It is, sadly, common.
Anyways, I'm mostly writing this review because this book really re-enforced what I recently learned from listening to the Lolita Podcast by Jamie Loftus in a powerful way. Though the author never explains what the famous book, Lolita, is about, the novel is central to the plot of Mall Goth's story. Young readers will likely not know what Lolita is about (Heck! I didn't know what Lolita was about until I listened to Loftus' podcast.), but after reading this comic, they will be on the look out for the warning sign the novel can potentially be. What happens to Liv, the main character, in this comic with Lolita is not abnormal. It is, sadly, common.