Paper Girls, Book One

3/5 stars
I didn't hate it but I also didn't love it. I will continue to read this series if it's available at the library. It's not the type of book I would go out of my way to buy to get to know what happens next. I will update this review later when I have taken more time to process what I have just read.

In the meantime I'll check out the show that was based on this book. This may be a mistake because I may like it more than the book.

I so want to give this a 5/5 but given it's only part of a mystery I'll give it a 4 for now. No idea why this took me so long to finally read, I pretty much loved everything about it. Some of the most provocative and original science fiction I've read in a long time, really does something new and exciting with tired Sci-Fi tropes. The mystery is deep and layered (fascinating to try and piece together albeit on the confusing side), I really hope it sticks the landing in the end.

Of course it goes without saying that Cliff Chiang's artwork is gorgeous and his panel to panel storytelling is pitch perfect. There is some all-timer design work in here for Creatures, Weird Tech, and costume design. Don't know how much of that is Vaughan's writing or Chiang's sketching but either way it does wonders for the world of the book.

This comic was a lot more exciting than I anticipated! I honestly didn't know what to expect when I started reading it, and now it's hard to review it without spoilers (which I will still avoid in my review).

We follow four 12-year-old girls who deliver newspapers in their neighborhood in 1988. Soon, strange things begin to happen and as the reader follows the girls through it all, they slowly learn more and more about about what's going on.

I like Brian K. Vaughan's world-building. He gives us a unique and well thought-through setting with interesting characters.

The girls are portrayed as realistic 12-year-olds, making age-appropriate impulsive decisions, which is a lot harder to pull off than it may seem.

There was a thing that I thought was too melodramatic, but with all the things going on, it didn't stand out that much.