Review: Nothing Really New
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
This actually rates closer to a 3.5 than a 4. (Extended Review can be found on The Review Board: [...]Have you ever been in a situation where you had to team with someone you have never been teamed with before?  It can be kind of awkward. This is what Liz, the main character, faces when her teammate, Kim, gets injured, and Nina, the new girl, has to play in her place.There are a few stereotypes that are played on in this particular work.  One pertains to the assumption that female athletes are into each other on an intimate level.  Another is the assumption (which was thwarted to some degree) that a woman who's never been with another woman is clueless and doesn't behave as the aggressor.In terms of the intimacy at play, there's nothing bells and whistles.  This isn't for the person who wants unorthodox or hard core sexual activity. The tone of New Girl is more like one female crushing on another female, in contemplation of whether things should go full bloom.  Despite these things, I did enjoy the buildup, especially Liz's introspective speak in regards to Nina, as well as the pacing of the story.If there was more metaphorical depictions and a bit more straying from the usual one-on-one lesbian affair, this had the potential to be rated much higher.