This is an incredible single issue comic featuring four stories that are basically about life.
The art is gorgeous. Each character has its own colour scheme which attributes to the feeling and atmosphere of each part. I was enjoying all the backgrounds of the places we explored, the author really took their time to create these real, lived in spaces. In general, all stories are very real and I could see myself meeting them on the street by accident.

I was invested right from the beginning. Mike (the green story) was probably my favourite just because his facial expressions and outlook on life resonated with me. Steph's story was just as beautiful even if I am still not entirely sure what it all means.
I was missing a more conclusive ending but I was generally satisfied.

I received this book in exchange for a honest review from NetGalley.

I was surprised how much i loved this graphic novel. The art is fantastic and it beautifully addresses some of the major issues of our day including lgbtq+ rights, racism, social media, and much more. The lives of these people are beautiful on their own but really shine when intertwined in the way they are portrayed here. Overall excellent read!

This was both interesting and well drawn. It is four different stories set within an overarching story. The four main characters of each story are each facing complex challenges and difficulties some of which seem impossible to resolve. Each character hears a mysterious late night pirate radio broadcast which both inspires and pushes them to think beyond their circumstances and when they do they find that they are able to surmount and undermine the barriers facing them.

The characters are as diverse as the problems facing them. A young man has stopped speaking because his sister is ill. He only communicates through social media and this means of communication both hampers and frees him raising questions about love, support and life.

A career man finds himself working for a profitable company but his job means working against truth, freedom and courage. A young woman face grief and fear as she seeks to break free of a painful event and a family who don't understand her. Another woman is threatened with deportation if she refuses to do some undercover work for the police.

I think the way the stories are told is engaging. At first I couldn't understand that each story is separate and I was trying to see what held them together. It is the radio broadcast that holds them together but in very different ways.

It is an interesting novel and nicely illustrated. One that requires quiet reflection to truly appreciate it.

Copy provided by Diamond Publishing via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Four distinctive, and distinctly coloured, stories are in this graphic novel – how could they possibly combine? You get a young waitress who could have been doing something else, and who hates her parents. You get a pillock fixated on selfies and insta-likes, and not so much on his ill baby sister. You get a bloke suffering with blocking hacker/saboteurs off his bosses' homepage concerning lethal slimming pills. You get a woman inveigled into providing wire-tapped evidence of some people who want to swap real artworks for forgeries. The problem, unfortunately, is that they don't really combine at all, beyond the titular entity and a go-get-em message over the airwaves. What we have then is four very unusual looks at how modern American youth may be going and getting 'em, whoever 'em are, but not much else. All the same, however, with its many monochrome segments, its fresh artwork and its non-corporate feel, I did quite like it. It's just not as superior as it thinks it is.

Midnight Radio is a short, thought-provoking graphic novel that is beautifully illustrated. It follows four characters who currently find themselves lost or in difficult social and personal situations that they're struggling to navigate or deal with. Each storyline is rich with emotion and the issues that the characters face are very relevant to modern times; especially with how easy it is for people to pretend to be someone they're not with the use of social media and the internet, and the pressure to conform to society's idea of "normal" (whatever that is), instead of just being their individual selves. I really enjoyed Stephen's storyline (yellow!) and I probably liked Seika's (blue) the least, as it felt the least genuine (imo).

To be honest, I found it quite difficult to follow the storylines and to keep up with what was happening with each character, but the "Oh!" moment towards the end was very well done. Everything clicked into place without me even having to look back at earlier pages. I liked that despite the characters all living very different and separate lives, there was one element that connected them all, and it wasn't done in a contrived way.

I thought that the illustrations, while not the clean sharp lines that I usually love, added a sense of fluidity to the movement of the characters. At first, the use of the bright neon-colored boxes for the different characters was slightly jarring, but I ended up appreciating how it made it easier for me to follow the storylines--I am also just generally a fan of bright colors! I have to say that there is a lot of text in these pages, that initially put me off because I find it tiresome to read such small text cramped together in a small space, but I'm glad that I kept reading! Perhaps the concept of the storylines weren't anything new or extra special, but I was still able to enjoy it because I haven't seen it done in this format before.

A review of this book will be posted on my blog (http://dinipandareads.home.blog) closer to the release date.

A short, thoughtful, and diverse story that follows the lives of 4 characters--each dealing with their own share of life's problems. The colour changes were somewhat jarring at first but became super useful in keeping track of who was who. Some of the storylines were a bit cliched, but overall the writing was fine and the characters enjoyable. Recommended for those looking for graphic novels with PoC characters and LGBTQ+ themes.

Midnight Radio follows the stories of four people, all at a crossroads in life. The volume looks at identity and the reality of falling into a version of yourself you don’t recognize. It’s a deeply personal set of stories with real issues at heart. We see a young man who no longer speaks, who sees the world as a fake version of itself filled with disgust and inner hatred. We see a woman struggling with a past tragedy who can barely cope with living through each day. We see a man who has sold out to a major corporation, abandoning the dreams of his youth to work a job he detests. We see a woman constantly in trouble with the law who makes a decision that haunts her. These are powerful stories filled with life-altering decisions, and that intense narrative makes it a meaningful read.

I was most impressed by the amount of raw emotion packed into the volume. We see so many deeply emotional issues, with people cut off from each other and just living through the motions. We’re an extremely connected world that has become disconnected due to social media and the obsession with career advancement and general conformity. This volume seeks to break down that conversation, to show what those societal expectations do to people. We see depression, self-loathing, and a lack of direction. We see a group of people who desperately want to be a different version of themselves. Each comes to a crossroads and each takes the step necessary to realize who they really are. It’s heartbreaking at times, uplifting at others, and entirely inspiring.

The art follows an interesting aesthetic, painting each character’s story in their own color. That contrast shows how unique everyone’s story is, even when they feel like they’re just part of a faceless herd. The characters grow into their individuality by the end, and choosing this kind of art style drives the importance of those decisions home.

Overall, Midnight Radio is a great piece of storytelling that’s deeply inspirational. It may even cause you to look at your own life and identify how you can get back to the person you were meant to be.

Review will be published on 6/6/19: https://reviewsandrobots.com/2019/06/06/midnight-radio-book-review

The messages that were discussed throughout the book were definitely hammered in. I liked the variety of social issues that were covered. Everything came together at the end despite the gradual start.

Netgalley gave me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Since this is a short graphic novel, I won’t discuss any particular plot points because they’d be spoilers.

The art was nice. Each character’s story had a different color. Each story was memorable, distinct, and would form a great stand alone book. I liked the themes of each section. All protagonists were sympathetic and dynamic; I enjoyed their stories. Subtle story telling adds more excitement to the plots.

I do wish the radio played a bigger role in the story. Since the summary mentions the stories are interwoven, I would've liked to see more intertwining as the stories are mostly independent. My final complaint is that the ending of Joanne’s story confused me.

While Midnight Radio is a brief story, I’d recommend this well illustrated and characterized book.

I really enjoyed this graphic novel because of its diversity and the fact that the concept was thought of amazingly and executed in the best way possible. I would buy this for anybody with it on their list.

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for this early copy.

I was surprised how quickly I read this 100 paged comic, it flew by. The art style was interesting and so were the various story lines.

Warning: nudity.

It looked like it would be a great read, but the file I downloaded was not able to be read. It opened, but had nothing view-able on the pages.

The novel:
Overbearingly preachy about social media. This book does a lot more telling than showing, and preaches too much for me to truly enjoy it. It made me not want to finish, but I did. I liked certain aspects of the other stories, but found it hard to read because the messages were so overbearing and preachy. The whole, 'working a job that isn't your passion?? Just quit!!' theme is overdone and unrealistic to me.
The art:
The art was beautiful and I liked the idea of assigning one color per character, especially because you have 4 different perspectives. I normally would find the different perspectives hard to follow, but the monochromatic color schemes really helped me keep on track.