Vieceli also knows exactly when to twist the knife. It’s nice how the personalities one might expect from a touring band play against type, but actors live up to them. So many small touches accumulate building the world and the characters, such as Tristan’s progress, and a comment about Ophelia ringing chords, then a neat anecdote about Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia. Vieceli has a light touch with her naturalistic dialogue, an especially neat line having Chloe refer to Max’s abilities as “widdly-wooping away”, and she’s subtle with what she’s doing. Life may be strange, but in most respects it reads like a well crafted slice of life drama, with all the twists that implies. While a synopsis of the story to date is provided, S t ring s would be a strange place to begin learning about Max and her talents, and while they provide an exotic backdrop, the strength is the bonds Emma Vieceli builds between Max and her friends.
The wild card is Tristan, a boy who can turn invisible, and whose life Max has just saved by turning back time again. Waves ended with Max revealing the truth to her friends Chloe and Rachel, and Claudia Leonardi’s sample pages deliver some closing moments from that conversation.
Over the three volumes, with a little backstory in the first, it can be read entirely lucidly as a drama about a woman who just happens to rewind time, in effect hopping through to alternate universes she creates. It’s a rare project sourced from a video game that transfers so successfully to graphic novels that you’d not know its origins.
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