Hard to follow sometimes when it switched between past and present. Overall, a fun look into the life of Nellie Bly through the eyes of an aspiring female journalist.

As everybody who received ARC here said, the copy given to us is not readable, so after reading a preview provided by google books, here's what I can say.

The story is interesting, colorful in the real copy one, and about a personage I never heard of, it did ticked my curiosity. Who is this Nellie Bly? Born from a mother who got abused, married and divorced 3 times made Nellie took her independence seriously. Being stigmatized as a woman who needs to tend to her husband and kids as a job also made Nellie wanted to do more for her kind. So a job as a journalist is her way to represent the women's voice. Until the jobs is to mundane, and Nellie wanted something more ...

This seems like an interesting book but I didn't get very far into it due to the formatting where you could barely read the text and even then it was a struggle. If there is a better format to read from in the future I would be happy to carry on reading!

The graphic novel focusing on the life of Nellie Bly was a great introduction to her life and story. It centers on a journalism student named Miriam who is experiencing sexism and wants to know how Nellie Bly got past it. Miriam hunts Nellie down and starts up a relationship. Nellie then tells Miriam about her career. Nellie Bly is known for her expose of a woman's mental health institute in New York as well as circumnavigating the world in less time that Jules Verne's fictional character.
I would recommend this as a great way to get young people into her story, graphic novels can only tell so much. I was given this as an ARC through NetGalley and it was in the non-colored drawing so I cannot comment on the final product but the artwork was great and worked well with the story.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Sadly, as many of the other reviewers previously stated, the font and resolution had major issues and I wasn't able to really read my copy properly.

A great, informative graphic novel. It was fascinating to read and learn about Nellie Bly. Loved the illustrations.

The Incredible Nellie Bly took me a long time to read because the print was barely legible. The story is told in the form of an interview that moves swiftly from Elizabeth Cochran reply to the chauvinistic “What Girls are Good For.” Column that went so far as to suggest to take a page out of China’s book and consider female-specific infanticide. Her reply under the title “Lonely Orphan Girl.” Got her hired at the Dispatch. She focused in her reply article "The Girl Puzzle" on the struggles of lower class single mothers, which she knew all too well from her own mother. The story moves swiftly into her foray into the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island near NY.
The book mostly whet my apatite to read more extensively on the subject. Thank you to Netgalley and ABRAMS Publishing for giving me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

If you are looking for a graphic novel that is both historical and feminist, this is the one for you. Nellie Bly’s story is one of female empowerment, breaking barriers as a journalist who fought for the oppressed, and for her own adventures, in the late 1800s. While I’m aware of the women who came before me and fought for my rights, Nellie’s story served as a reminder of the things I can now take for granted, such as travelling alone as a modern woman.

Because this was an e-arc, it was hard to decipher the text at times, but the illustrations were beautiful and, I imagine, will be even more so when printed in colour

•Character development- 4☆
• Story Plot- 3☆
• Side characters- 2.5☆
• Flow of the story- 3☆
• Overall - 3.5☆

My thanks to Abrams ComicArts for a proof copy via NetGalley of ‘The Incredible Nellie Bly: Journalist, Investigator, Feminist, and Philanthropist’ written by Luciana Cimino with illustrations by Sergio Algozzino. This was originally published in Italy in 2019 and translated from the Italian by Laura Garofalo. It has an Introduction by British journalist David Randall.

I admit that I hadn’t heard of Nellie Bly before this graphic novel was offered for review. From David Randall’s Introduction she sounds an amazing woman. Here Luciana Cimino has framed her biography in a fictional interview of the elderly Nellie by Miriam, a journalism student in 1921.

Unfortunately like most of the reviewers of the digital proof, I found the text almost impossible to read. I already have low vision and even using magnification just a few panels was a struggle and gave me eye strain. Still, the illustrations were striking throughout though I really needed the text to understand what was going on.

While the proof was in black and white, the final edition will be in colour and as it was already available I was able to check its Kindle sample and it proved perfectly readable. Given that I would very much like to learn more about this remarkable woman I shall be adding this book to my wish list.

I would expect this biographical graphic novel to be a perfect read for Women’s History Month and also of great interest to educators and librarians.

Note to publisher: as the problem with the text in the proof has not effected the final edition, my rating reflects this and I also haven’t mentioned it in my Amazon review.

The Incredible Nellie Bly was a fast read and it was informative but, it lacks personality. Nellie Bly's incredible accomplishment were not overshadowed but her personality was. I feel like I know more about her accomplishments than her as a person which is disappointing for a graphic memoir.

Thanks to NetGally for providing an eARC.

3 out of 5 stars

I was really excited about this book, because Nellie Bly is one of my favorite historical figures, but something was wrong with the file and I couldn't read any of the dialogue/words once it got into the actual graphic novel. I could read the foreward, but nothing after that, which was unfortunate.

*ARC provided by @netgalley in exchange for my honest review.*

Have you ever head of Nellie Bly? I had not until I read this graphic novel documenting her life and everything she has done for women through her journalism. This graphic novel highlights the life of one woman who made it her mission to uncover and give light to social injustices, be proof that women can be more than baby making machines and housewives and that you don't have to take no as an answer if you want something bad enough.

Both the story and the graphics in this book were exceptional and I can't wait to share Nellie Bly's story with my children and to further explore the world of impactful female journalist.

I think this book is amazing and highly recommend putting it on your list for this year as far as graphic novels go.It is the story of Nellie Bly seen through the eyes of a student Miriam called Miriam who interviews Nellie in 1921 and so discovers her amazing life.

As an ARC, it was quite difficult to read the print. I downloaded different versions - pdf, epub - but the results were the same. Pixelated fonts become more blurry as you zoomed in. Conversation bubbles with darker backgrounds were for the most part indecipherable. I do not know if this is a problem inherent with graphic novels, but at this point, I will reserve my galley requests of graphic novels to print copies only.

Nellie Bly’s story is told through the lens of a fictional female journalist named Miriam in 1922 frustrated by the fact that Columbia University’s journalism school only accepts a limited number of female applicants. To get a new story that will highlight what women journalists are capable of, she decides to interview the reclusive but still living Nellie Bly. Her persistence pays off and Nellie eventually agrees to tell Miriam her life story.

A great intro to the bold, intrepid, and voice for the voiceless, Nellie Bly for teens. The graphic novel is framed in a fictional setting but the majority of the content is factual and highlights the major moments in Nellie’s life. I read a much more extensive book on her a few years ago, and this included all the main points of her life and how she contributed to the field of journalism, social justice, and women’s rights. A great choice for reluctant biography or history readers.

Notes on content [based on the ARC]: No language issues. There’s one illustration of a naked woman with her back to the reader (true to Nellie’s experience in the insane asylum). No sexual content. Some details of the physical and mental abuse women suffered in the insane asylum are included. It is mentioned Nellie covered wars and was horrified by what she saw, no descriptions.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I think this was a great way to learn about Nellie Bly. The research was well established through the writing. Other than the inconsistency with the digital art work because of the e-arc, it was good.

{Digital copy provided by NetGalley and Abrams Publishing}

Actual rating 2.5 stars

I am very interested in Nellie Bly, so when I saw this graphic novel focused on her I had to request it. Sadly this didn’t work too well for me, on both a technical and story level. Technical, because I could barely if at all read the text. Story wise the narrative framing of a fictional student in 1921 interviewing Nellie just seemed stiff, unrealistically implemented, and took more away from Nellie’s story than add to it. The art style was alright, neither particularly beautiful nor ugly. It definitely served its purpose. Overall, this graphic novel was not executed in a way I really loved.

I loved the history of this story and wish I liked the execution better. The ARC version of this was so shed to read I spent more time guessing what was being said than reading it. It also appeared to skim over some of her accomplishments. I think this could have been way better unfortunately.

Nellie Bly is an amazing woman with many impressive accomplishments. So to see a graphic novel highlighting her life was amazing!

Other reviews have commented on the low quality of the pages, making it really difficult to read many pages, so I won’t be addressing that any farther.

I really enjoyed the framing device of Bly’s story being retold to a young woman also interested in learning to be a journalist. It emphasizes the difficulties that both generations of journalists have to endure to pursue their dreams.

The artwork is engaging and dynamic, and very expressive. And this actually covers several of the interesting events in Bly’s life, inviting further research into her accomplishments.

I look forward to purchasing the final copy of this.

A great introduction to the life and work of Nellie Bly. There are a lot of flashback/forward moments that keep you engaged. I almost wish it was in two separate parts and more in depth instead of focusing on her mental institution expose and her world tour.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I can’t review this book because the text in the graphic novel section is impossible to read on my device.