Losing the Girl

Life On Earth Book 1: Losing the Girl

Written by Marinaomi

Published by Graphic Universe

Summary:
Losing the Girl stars a group of high school kids named Nigel, Emily, Brett, and Paula, as they experience high school. This involves breakups, pregnancy, and parents being really really bad at their job, while in the background some strange possibly extra-terrestrial weirdness is going on. These teens desperately try to mend bridges while they continuously burn them down, and not everything works out..

Art: 
This is another book that uses multiple art styles for each character's chapter, but it isn't as drastic as some other books (say, Home Time for example). They all look visually similar and go together. The art can be off putting at times with a very abstract way of drawing the human characters that shifts depending on things like their emotions and who else is there. In the end, the art really helped the story and gave more depth to these characters.

Characters:
This is the best part of the entire book. The characters are all very well written and play off each other nicely. They fight and bicker and try to mend things, and it's all well written and believable. Someone finally was able to write good teen characters! The adult characters were a bit off at times though, seeming hyperbolic flawed, but over all, they were good.

Setting:
The setting isn't important or interesting. It's suburbia and high school. While it is reasonable enough, it neither adds nor subtracts from the story.

Plot:
The plot acts more of a through line between character moments. It is entirely driven by the characters and their actions, and is more of a slice of life drama with hints of something strange and otherworldly with a missing girl and aliens. It acts as more of a character study of these four, and the strange place they have all found themselves in.

TL;DR:
Losing the Girl is a great slice of life story about relationships in high school, and I am excited for the sequel.
8/10