Member Review
Review by
Adriana G, Reviewer
A group of teen children of family influencers bands together to support each other when they want to take charge of their lives and be free of the fame they didn't ask for.
It's not the best graphic novel I've ever read, but it does have a very important message about life as an influencer not necessarily being as glitzy as it appears. I liked how it shows the very serious downsides each of the teens faces after being forced by their parents to grow up in the public eye. I also liked that it takes care to balance the fact that it's a job for the parents that, in many cases, is what keeps the family financially afloat, and the content that made them famous is content with the children.
The kids are likeable and believable. You can empathize with where they find themselves and the reasons why they're fighting so hard for their right to privacy. It looks different for each of them because they're all very different people, but they form a solid support group that encourages all of them to pursue what makes them happy.
I have two reasons for not giving this a higher rating. First, there are a couple of scenes that didn't feel necessary for the story being told. They're cute moments that set up more details of what the kids face, but they're details that could have been presented in other moments to keep the flow of the story more linear. And then, there's the fact that the art can get too messy for my tastes, with characters sometimes looking like 4 different people on the same page because they're drawn slightly differently on each panel.
Very happy thank you to NetGalley, Mad Cave Studios|Maverick for the great read!
It's not the best graphic novel I've ever read, but it does have a very important message about life as an influencer not necessarily being as glitzy as it appears. I liked how it shows the very serious downsides each of the teens faces after being forced by their parents to grow up in the public eye. I also liked that it takes care to balance the fact that it's a job for the parents that, in many cases, is what keeps the family financially afloat, and the content that made them famous is content with the children.
The kids are likeable and believable. You can empathize with where they find themselves and the reasons why they're fighting so hard for their right to privacy. It looks different for each of them because they're all very different people, but they form a solid support group that encourages all of them to pursue what makes them happy.
I have two reasons for not giving this a higher rating. First, there are a couple of scenes that didn't feel necessary for the story being told. They're cute moments that set up more details of what the kids face, but they're details that could have been presented in other moments to keep the flow of the story more linear. And then, there's the fact that the art can get too messy for my tastes, with characters sometimes looking like 4 different people on the same page because they're drawn slightly differently on each panel.
Very happy thank you to NetGalley, Mad Cave Studios|Maverick for the great read!
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