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Mistinguette #5-6
Frenemies
Collecting another quirky cute installment of stories in this hit series from France, Chloe Blin continues her quest to figure out love, popularity, and herself. This time Chloe must work with her nemesis, Anissa, at a new job with a cantankerous old woman doing makeovers! She’s not quite ready for all the trouble Anissa will cause and has to deal with conflict in more constructive ways.
Then, Chloe must contend with her love, Alexandre, going abroad after being in boarding school all year. It’s a disaster of epic proportions! Chloe must rally and manage her disappointment, jealousy, and loneliness.
Then, Chloe must contend with her love, Alexandre, going abroad after being in boarding school all year. It’s a disaster of epic proportions! Chloe must rally and manage her disappointment, jealousy, and loneliness.
112 pages, Hardcover
First published February 8, 2017
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February 20, 2018
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
Yes, this is book #3, and though I had some trouble at times reading it (like I didn't know Chloe's nickname was Misty until she mentioned it almost near the end, until then I thought it was an error with writing), but it was still great fun to read.
Chloe has to do an internship for school, originally she was going to work with her mom's company, but apparently something happened and she now has to find something else, and thus ends up with a girl named Anissa (who is a total stuck-up urghghhhh). We see her internship and we see that she is very much unhappy about things there. The mean girls (Anissa and Agatha) are getting all the attention and are making her internship hell.
But then something else happens and it is a turn for the better for the internship.
Chloe was a fun character, and I love how she never gives up, even when things get really crappy. She always seems to bounce back (like a chinchilla as she aptly states). I also loved the few scenes with her dating Alex, they sure make a very cute couple!
I am not sure if I like Pearl or Debarge. While Pearl is definitely much kinder, she is doing the same as Debarge is doing only friendlier. Where Debarge was focusing on the two mean girls, Pearl was focusing on Chloe and Yannis. She gave them all her attention, made some remarks to the other girls (and Debarge), just like Debarge was doing to Yannis/Chloe and Pearl.
Plus I don't really understand why Pearl was keeping Debarge. That old hag is bad for business, keeps making mean remarks, is a total old *insert some bad words*. Sorry, it is Pearl's business why doesn't she just fire that old hag?
I am not too sure how I feel about the ending, yes I am happy with how the internship ended, but it just feels better to end it there then to also tie what happens between her and her boyfriend in the last 6 pages. Plus how it ended... are you supposed to read these books in one go or am I missing pages?
I am also curious as to how old Chloe is. Given she is dating, wearing make-up I would say 16 at least, but given some other elements I would also say 12/13. It is a bit confusing.
And again, something that happens often to Netgalley graphic novels/comics, the quality of the images was horrible. I can see the art is really nice, but it is buried under countless of: Need more jpegs. :P
But all in all, I hope to find book 1 and 2 and I also hope that there will be more Chloe books in the future.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Yes, this is book #3, and though I had some trouble at times reading it (like I didn't know Chloe's nickname was Misty until she mentioned it almost near the end, until then I thought it was an error with writing), but it was still great fun to read.
Chloe has to do an internship for school, originally she was going to work with her mom's company, but apparently something happened and she now has to find something else, and thus ends up with a girl named Anissa (who is a total stuck-up urghghhhh). We see her internship and we see that she is very much unhappy about things there. The mean girls (Anissa and Agatha) are getting all the attention and are making her internship hell.
But then something else happens and it is a turn for the better for the internship.
Chloe was a fun character, and I love how she never gives up, even when things get really crappy. She always seems to bounce back (like a chinchilla as she aptly states). I also loved the few scenes with her dating Alex, they sure make a very cute couple!
I am not sure if I like Pearl or Debarge. While Pearl is definitely much kinder, she is doing the same as Debarge is doing only friendlier. Where Debarge was focusing on the two mean girls, Pearl was focusing on Chloe and Yannis. She gave them all her attention, made some remarks to the other girls (and Debarge), just like Debarge was doing to Yannis/Chloe and Pearl.
Plus I don't really understand why Pearl was keeping Debarge. That old hag is bad for business, keeps making mean remarks, is a total old *insert some bad words*. Sorry, it is Pearl's business why doesn't she just fire that old hag?
I am not too sure how I feel about the ending, yes I am happy with how the internship ended, but it just feels better to end it there then to also tie what happens between her and her boyfriend in the last 6 pages. Plus how it ended... are you supposed to read these books in one go or am I missing pages?
I am also curious as to how old Chloe is. Given she is dating, wearing make-up I would say 16 at least, but given some other elements I would also say 12/13. It is a bit confusing.
And again, something that happens often to Netgalley graphic novels/comics, the quality of the images was horrible. I can see the art is really nice, but it is buried under countless of: Need more jpegs. :P
But all in all, I hope to find book 1 and 2 and I also hope that there will be more Chloe books in the future.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
February 25, 2018
Chloe is a freshman who has to do an internship because... I'm not sure why? But the original one she has set up falls through but there is an opening at the same place as her frenemy (though I don't see how the two are actually friends). At first, it seems that Chloe and a rather slovenly boy named Yanni aren't going to do well at the internship but Chloe helps to guide him. Too bad she won't be happy for long since she's going to hear some bad news about her boyfriend, Alex.
The cover of this book was interesting and so I requested it from NetGalley. This isn't a series you can jump into the middle of. And it was incredibly short. A fine story that would be worth buying if it were in a volume with others in the series.
The cover of this book was interesting and so I requested it from NetGalley. This isn't a series you can jump into the middle of. And it was incredibly short. A fine story that would be worth buying if it were in a volume with others in the series.
March 20, 2018
*thank you to Netgalley and Papercutz for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
3 stars.
Not what I was expecting story wise, but this is still a good, cute graphic novels for young girls. I love the illustrations and the cover. The colours are really well chosen. I hadn't read the 2 previous books in this series so from page 1 you are already in the middle of a story so I think if you are going to read this and make sense of it, that the previous books need to be read. Otherwise you will spend the first half of the book figuring out things. Still, based on this book alone, it was good and I'd be interested in reading the whole series.
3 stars.
Not what I was expecting story wise, but this is still a good, cute graphic novels for young girls. I love the illustrations and the cover. The colours are really well chosen. I hadn't read the 2 previous books in this series so from page 1 you are already in the middle of a story so I think if you are going to read this and make sense of it, that the previous books need to be read. Otherwise you will spend the first half of the book figuring out things. Still, based on this book alone, it was good and I'd be interested in reading the whole series.
February 21, 2018
So-so comic for the very young regarding a cute girl doing work experience in a bad mixture of fashion boutique and make-over parlour. For some reason she stays on one note, and grows to admire the fat, mono-browed out-of-place-has-nothing-on-it guy also doing an internship there, but the other people involved swing from nice to uber-bitches as soon as you can turn the page. A little consistency and regular narrative flow would have worked, especially when dealing with such a young readership.
March 22, 2018
This graphic novel series is really cute as far as the drawings are concerned, but a little hard to decide whose hands to put it in when it comes to the subject matter. Chloe is in 9th grade, which is middle school where she lives, and she deals with some serious feelings of love, bullying, etc, but even with those subjects, the whole thing still feels very juvenile.
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April 25, 2021Note: I received a digital review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.
February 17, 2018
*I was sent this copy of Chloe:Frenemies from netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I really wanted to love this graphic novel, but I didn’t. I was confused in the beginning and felt like the story jumped all over the place. Also, it said she was in middle school, but was in 9th grade and had recess. That was very weird for me. Overall, I liked the concept but feel it could have been executed better. 2 stars for me which is mostly for the artwork which I really enjoyed
March 18, 2018
As I have noted before, Papercutz publishes excellent work in the world of graphic novels and comics. Chloe #3 is no exception to this note. I would gladly use this colorful and eyepopping book with students in my middle grades classroom, or include this as an example of teen comics with my undergraduate composition students.
April 8, 2018
This book was a little too kiddish for my taste. It was a good comic, don't get me wrong, but I would say this comic would be meant for a middle school girl. The back and forth with the bickering between the characters got a little tiring halfway through, and I could not understand for the life of me why the older lady was still able to work in the shop no matter how rude and insubordinate she was. She took on interns without consulting the owner and was still allowed to keep her job. Unrealistic and baffling and this was one of the things that kept me from enjoying the comic. Overall the comic was very well written and drawn, just too kiddish for me.
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