World Class

author: Jay Sandlin
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.69
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2022/04/02
date added: 2022/04/02
shelves: graphic-novels, young-adult
review:
'World Class' by Jay Sandlin with art by Patrick Mulholland is a graphic novel about a young man from Columbia who has dreams of making it big in football.

Adrian Molina loves to play soccer and dreams of playing for Nottingham. When he gets a chance to join Regents United, he is hesitant because he can't afford it, but a talent agent arranges it all for him. Going to a new school in a new country is hard enough without the current star on the team, Titan Evans, giving him a hard time, but with hard work, Molina may just make it work.

This is a mostly paint by numbers sports story that telegraphs every surprise. The agent seems important, then fades into the background, and the cultural stereotypes are embarrassing. The art is fine, but the soccer matches are just like those close fight scenes in movies where you can't actually tell what is happening. This could have been better.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Maverick, and NetGalley. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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