Media Reviews July 2019
The Hating Game (romance novel), On a Sunbeam (webcomic), Tuca and Bertie (US Animation), Ensemble Stars (anime)
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Books:
The Hating Game: A fun m/f contemporary office romance novel, classic enemies to lovers arc and enjoyably done, but very conventionally chick-lit-ish. I was surprised at the complete lack of any mention of POC (unless I missed it) until I realised the writer was an Australian lol.
Comics:
On a Sunbeam: dreamy scifi comic, about a found family of queer young women and one non binary character, on a spaceship, restoring ruins both literal and metaphorical. The worldbuilding cheerfully avoids any attempt to make sense science-wise but works as fantasy with space themes. At first I thought it was set in a world that's literally all (cis?) women and the odd afab non-binary person, which made me uncomfortable(*), but I think it's just that no men happen to show up or be mentioned. Anyway, I liked it a moderate amount.
(*)That kind of society could be interesting to explore, but it leans too close to TERFy political lesbian utopianism to be unacknowledged background detail.
Animated TV:
Tuca and Bertie: Netflix adult animated sitcom about two female friends who are also talking birds. Seems good for what it is but was a bit Relatable Experiences For Twenty-Something American Straight Women and I am none of those things, also this kind of anthro stuff tends not to work for me because I overthink the worldbuilding.
Ensemble Stars: Reverse harem anime based on a phone-based dating sim, about The Only Girl at Idol Highschool. Very light and fluffy, I was kind of enjoying how sweet the boys were then some dumbass plot started about the Evil School Council Fixing The Band Contest and ehhh.
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Books:
The Hating Game: A fun m/f contemporary office romance novel, classic enemies to lovers arc and enjoyably done, but very conventionally chick-lit-ish. I was surprised at the complete lack of any mention of POC (unless I missed it) until I realised the writer was an Australian lol.
Comics:
On a Sunbeam: dreamy scifi comic, about a found family of queer young women and one non binary character, on a spaceship, restoring ruins both literal and metaphorical. The worldbuilding cheerfully avoids any attempt to make sense science-wise but works as fantasy with space themes. At first I thought it was set in a world that's literally all (cis?) women and the odd afab non-binary person, which made me uncomfortable(*), but I think it's just that no men happen to show up or be mentioned. Anyway, I liked it a moderate amount.
(*)That kind of society could be interesting to explore, but it leans too close to TERFy political lesbian utopianism to be unacknowledged background detail.
Animated TV:
Tuca and Bertie: Netflix adult animated sitcom about two female friends who are also talking birds. Seems good for what it is but was a bit Relatable Experiences For Twenty-Something American Straight Women and I am none of those things, also this kind of anthro stuff tends not to work for me because I overthink the worldbuilding.
Ensemble Stars: Reverse harem anime based on a phone-based dating sim, about The Only Girl at Idol Highschool. Very light and fluffy, I was kind of enjoying how sweet the boys were then some dumbass plot started about the Evil School Council Fixing The Band Contest and ehhh.
This entry was originally posted at https://alias-sqbr.dreamwidth.org/740601.html. There are
comments.