Pretentious and too slick for it's own good (Nova)

Name: welsh_sheep

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Product:	Nova
Date:	26/07/00 (8 review reads)
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Advantages: Free gifts! hurrah!

Disadvantages: far too slick, moody and lacklustre

I first picked up this mag a few weeks ago, purely because I was tempted by the free vest on the front. I started reading with anticipation of it being a little gem but ended up throwing it on the floor in frustration. Although some of the articles are fairly entertaining and informative, I found that a lot of it's content was trying to be too "cool" and slick. It aims for aesthetic quality rather than meaty content, falling into the trap that many glossies have done previously. I didn't reach the end of Nova because I was bored. Bored of the whole 'luvvy' scene and the minimalist layout. Nothing really grabbed me at all about this magazine (except the free vest...).
While on the subject of glossies, I feel I have to say a word in defence of Cosmopolitan. I picked it up a few months ago for the first time and found that it was well set out, informative, witty and entertaining. It's a perfect mix of fashion, fun and information, unlike Nova which seems to lack the fun and wit and dwells unecessarily on the moody fashion shoots.

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