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“Why do we not see that we could change it all if we really wanted to?”

First of all thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the Arc!

To start, I love the art style. It's very lovely. From the beginning, this graphic novel really drags you in. Oli is a relatable character. With her thoughts on how the world ended up the way it did, the unfairness in the world, etc. I shows how a lot of teens/young adults feel when they leave school and have all these responsibilities. How they just want a sense of community, that someone else understands the feeling. Oli’s character really shows a good perspective on that.

It's very easy to connect with the characters, they have a good amount of depth. They’re all relatable in their own ways. Though I wish we had gotten more of the Oli & Liam situation because I felt some more detail could’ve been added!

I do have a few criticisms though. While I was reading, sometimes I felt like I wasn’t really going anywhere…like I couldn’t see how there’d be a good end point to the story (The ending is good though. I thought it wrapped things up well enough). I also felt the story was a bit much at times, when a guy was telling them they could’ve caused a serious issue was called “he’s such a fascist”. There is part in the beginning that irked me…where this character is said “Its not like hes a friggin’ nazi — hes just applied to college…” and I feel using nazi is a strong thing for the situation because its used in reference to him possibly tattling. Nothing said is wrong I suppose. I just think something else could’ve been used instead of Nazi.

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