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Motor Crush, Volume 1 by Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr, Cameron Stewart
3.0

So this started off reallllll strong but slowly I was unsure where it was going. So Domino is a racer who is one of the best around. The story shows off this world where they focus on racing as a main event of this world (I think) and it's in the future so have robots following around the riders doing interviews with them and such. So the world itself is interesting, Domino is interesting, the plot of her trying to win the championship is interesting. We got all this checked off!

Then they introduce Lola and she's great. Then they give times with Domino and her father, and that's great. Then we get to...aliens? What? Time travel? What!? STOP TIME!? WUUUUUT!

What I liked: The human moments, dialog, and world are interesting. Domino and her crew all have differences that make each one separate and different. I also enjoyed the art as it was unique and different.

What I didn't like: I wasn't feeling the alien, time stop, time skip ideas. It just felt all jumbled into the story at the very end and it wasn't flowing for me. If I read volume 2 and it flows better I might change my mind but it got a bit to jumbled at the end for me.

Still worth checking out. It's fun and the dialog is always pretty solid. I also think the world itself is interesting enough with good characters to make me give this another time. A 3 out of 5 and will try volume 2 for sure but just a tad disappointed.