If you are looking for a fun sports graphics novel then this book is for you! Roy of the Rovers is a great addition to this sports series that has tons of fun and thrills packed into it's pages.

The illustrations are bright, colourful and attract you into the story. The characters are friendly, dramatic and interesting to follow. Throw in some sports and a great plot and you've got yourself a fun book!

Random side note: Carl from Up stars in this?! If you read it, you'll understand.

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Rebellion for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

I’m familiar with the previous books but this is a great graphic novel for football fans both young and old in the case of those who read Roy of the Rovers over the years. It has a basic but credible storyline and good football scenes with high drama both in and off the pitch.

This is the 6th graphic novel in the delightful reboot of the classic UK YA soccer comic series. Roy is a standup character, navigating the responsibilities of new adulthood and realizing the there is a difference between a passion and a career. The comic does a good job attempting to display the dynamism of soccer in static comic panels, and the art style is very energetic and endearing. The plot is a bit soap opera, but it's still a lot of fun. Can't wait to read more!

Beautifully illustrated and cunning story, It was quite the easy read. I would recommend this to any youngings who have a passion for soccer!

A real blast from the past for me, this – football title Roy of the Rovers was not an essential purchase every issue for me as a kid but it was the comic I bought the most, for one year at least. The artwork is much more funky, dynamic and, er, punky, than my memories of the black and white pages of old. We start this sixth book at the end of a ding-dong season for Melchester Rovers, which has had far too much about it to summarise here. Can they sneak promotion by the back door, is the main question to be resolved by the drama on offer – as well as, can Roy stop thinking about his girlfriend training abroad, and who is the sneaky bloke with the stereotyped big nose?

Many things in the world have of course changed since my childhood – there is a female game as well now, just in case some of the audience is interested in that, there is a forced wokeness (a commentator, giving his disembodied chat about one match, interrupting his patter to wonder why a player is so rare in coming from the Indian subcontinent; Roy's dad is disabled and needs his care at times), and there is less of the feel of this being about the gritty heart of northern English football, and more an attempt to feel with-it and global and contemporary. Take that sheen of cucumber sandwiches away and replace it with a proper steak and ale half-time pie and the fag breath down your neck from the old codger behind you in the stands and you would have something my younger self would definitely have recognised. It's good to see the Race back in action.