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EARC provided by Oni Press and Netgalley.
This book fell really flat for me. I didnt find a single likeable character. While I'm all for characters that have flaws, none of these characters seemed to have redeeming qualities. The story crammed together so many different characters into a short graphic novel, that you dont have enough time to get to know them or have any character growth. The story focused only on heartbreak and mistakes, without there being any heart involved. I believe it could have been better if it had been longer and we had seen the characters learn from their mistakes with time.
I really enjoyed this messy story, the artwork is beautiful and conveys its images in a great way. I loved the description of the colors of each character in the back and will definitely make me reread it in the physical form to see and create those connects the author was talking about.
A lovely, messy, sometimes painful but always hopeful little graphic novel.
I really appreciated the themes of growth and redemption, change and boundaries. I really nuanced look at the young queer experience.
The art style was very cute and evocative, but occasionally the lack of differentiation in face shapes made it hard to tell who was who, especially when characters suddenly changed key aspects of their appearance, like hair.
I really enjoyed this and was surprised how easy it was to get invested in the characters in such a short time. The ending was well done; a little open ended, and no wrongs were tied up in neat little bows to be hand waived away.
"Are we always going to suck?"
"I don't know. But I don't think we have to."
This was delightful! It was cute and ugly and real all at the same time. The art was beautiful, and as someone who was (and is) queer in college, and part of a queer friend group, the highs and lows of this are so realistic. I loved the representation in this and I would totally recommend it as a good and super quick read.
I don't really know what to say, I really didn't vibe with this at all. Maybe it's relatable to some queer people out there, but none of this felt relatable to me. Well, the rage and gurdge-holding and envy was relatable, but the "messiness" was hard for me to get through. I also didn't find any redeeming qualities in any of the characters, literally none of them were likeable? So I was in no way invested in what happened to any of them. Well, I liked Lou, but they were just overshadowed by all the other characters.
Obviously very subjective, and this might really be relatable to others out there. Just very much not for me.
ARC courtesy of NetGalley.
okey, this was a lot to take in, there was so many characters for 200 page comic book and they all were connected and I was wondering who's whose ex and it was very character driven, I liked it though, it was fast and the artwork is pretty
Thank you Netgalley for providing digital advanced copy in exchange for honest review.