Reseña de ARC: The Avant-Guards Vol. 1

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The Avant-Guards, Vol. 1 

by 

Carly Usdin

Noah Hayes (Illustrator)

112 pages

Published September 3rd 2019 by BOOM! Box (first published August 28th 2019)

ISBN: 1684153670 (ISBN13: 9781684153671)

Series: The Avant-Guards #1-4 

BLURB: As a transfer student to the Georgia O’Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they’re going. When the school’s barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie’s adamant that she’s left that life behind…until she’s won over by the charming team captain, Liv, and the ragtag crew she’s managed to assemble. And while Charlie may have left cut-throat competition in in the dust, sinking these hoops may be exactly what she needs to see the person she truly wants to be.

Plot - 2 stars

Art - 3 stars

It is not what I expected.

What's up? New girl comes to college, and is chased by another girl who waits for a member to form a women's basketball team.

But in reality, it leaves the impression that she is pursuing her for more personal reasons.

It's funny, but just the other day I was reading an article about that old series "The Facts of Life" and about how the only lacking in it was the sexual diversity; well, in this story seemed like Tootie was pursuing Jo. (Yeah, Liv was kind of annoying and hyper) But, the problem is that it seems that the Liv has not forgotten the ex and wants just replace her with someone else (Charlie) to forget her.

I actually expected something more focused on friendship and teamwork, and arts vs sports, and more than just a mention of "oh, by the way, I suffer from panic attacks but you know what never mind" ... what?

Anyway, not for me.

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(This time in Spanish:)

No es lo que esperaba.

¿De qué va? Una chica nueva llega a la universidad y es perseguida por otra chica a quien le falta una persona para formar un equipo de baloncesto femenino.

Pero en realidad, deja la impresión de que la persigue por razones más personales.

Es curioso, pero justo el otro día estaba leyendo un artículo sobre esa vieja serie "Los hechos de la vida" (1979-1988) y sobre cómo lo único que faltaba alli era la diversidad sexual; bueno, en esta historia parecía que Tootie estaba persiguiendo a Jo. (Sí, Liv es un poco irritante e hiperactiva). Pero, el problema es que parece que Liv no ha olvidado a la ex y solo quiere reemplazarla con otra persona (Charlie) para que olvidarla.

De hecho, yo esperaba algo más centrado en la amistad y el trabajo en equipo, y las artes versus deportes, y por cierto más que una simple mención de "oh, por cierto, sufro ataques de pánico pero sabes que nunca te importe" ... eh??

De todos modos, no es para mí.

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