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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty good story combined with world class art. I am definitely not the target audience for this book, (lesbian love story plus in depth BDSM exploration has about as little resemblance to my life experience as can be) but the characters are likable and funny and occasionally adorable. Also, Stjepan Sejic’s art is staggeringly good. I will buy anything he’s illustrated.
If you are expecting big action and drama, you will not get it. It’s just a cute account of two lady’s who love each other.
If you are expecting big action and drama, you will not get it. It’s just a cute account of two lady’s who love each other.
I 100% forgot that I read this years ago??
Kind of want to finish the series now
Kind of want to finish the series now
More like 2.5*
First: Please, if you have the intention of doing anything kinky portrayed in this graphic novel (or in general) PLEASE do intensive research and do not try anything without the proper safety. This was highly unrealistic in a lot of aspects. Be safe.
This was disappointing. A graphic novel that is about a BDSM relationship and is not porn?! That's right on my alley.
And it was like that... kind of.
The art was gorgeous, some pictures I want to rip off and display them (not going to do that).
The emotions between the two females advanced way to fast for me but I seen worse.
But the BDSM aspect.
I became really interested in the kink community this past months and been doing research and there were A LOT of things that were no OK in the portrayal of a D/S relationship.
I get it, is fiction. Almost nobody wants to read the negotiation of a scene. I know. Is a fantasy. I know. They have not inexperience for the most part. I know.
But you DO NOT blindfold, gag and restrain a person in the first date. It makes it even worse that she was her first submissive. There's no mention of taking classes or security measures beside the "safe word" established in the middle of snogging. For me it represents little care for the submissive, and I can not romanticize that. And of course is potentially dangerous in real life.
Not everything was bad, but the good aspects came with a but... The mention of safety and testing was too brief. The aftercare scene was not totally accurate (aftercare does not equal cuddles, it may involve them).
There were unrealistic things that made me don't love this and cringe a lot. I was with my eyes half open hoping no one ended death. Everything was too rushed.
Let me be clear, I really appreciated a lot the portrayal of BDSM in a good light, the normalization of it. There is a lot of prejudice in real life and I love that two independent, intelligent woman can have this relationship in fiction without being about abuse or objectification, it is just a fun way to explore sexuality and I can see that in Sunstone. But I just couldn't past these things. It wasn't sexy for me because it wasn't safe.
First: Please, if you have the intention of doing anything kinky portrayed in this graphic novel (or in general) PLEASE do intensive research and do not try anything without the proper safety. This was highly unrealistic in a lot of aspects. Be safe.
This was disappointing. A graphic novel that is about a BDSM relationship and is not porn?! That's right on my alley.
And it was like that... kind of.
The art was gorgeous, some pictures I want to rip off and display them (not going to do that).
The emotions between the two females advanced way to fast for me but I seen worse.
But the BDSM aspect.
I became really interested in the kink community this past months and been doing research and there were A LOT of things that were no OK in the portrayal of a D/S relationship.
I get it, is fiction. Almost nobody wants to read the negotiation of a scene. I know. Is a fantasy. I know. They have not inexperience for the most part. I know.
But you DO NOT blindfold, gag and restrain a person in the first date. It makes it even worse that she was her first submissive. There's no mention of taking classes or security measures beside the "safe word" established in the middle of snogging. For me it represents little care for the submissive, and I can not romanticize that. And of course is potentially dangerous in real life.
Not everything was bad, but the good aspects came with a but... The mention of safety and testing was too brief. The aftercare scene was not totally accurate (aftercare does not equal cuddles, it may involve them).
There were unrealistic things that made me don't love this and cringe a lot. I was with my eyes half open hoping no one ended death. Everything was too rushed.
Let me be clear, I really appreciated a lot the portrayal of BDSM in a good light, the normalization of it. There is a lot of prejudice in real life and I love that two independent, intelligent woman can have this relationship in fiction without being about abuse or objectification, it is just a fun way to explore sexuality and I can see that in Sunstone. But I just couldn't past these things. It wasn't sexy for me because it wasn't safe.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Did not at all like that a man took part in writing this, a book about a sexual relationship between two women. That makes me so fucking uncomfortable? Like do not do that. And the fact the book opened with promoting it as “an erotic novel about lesbian sex” as if we’re a fucking porn category is just so harmful. I also saw a review of someone saying “my boyfriend recommended this to me” which just shows how lesbians are fetishised, and with the fact that the book opens with describing it as “lesbian sex” and calling the audience “pervs” for reading this is just taking advantage of the male audience that would just love to read this. Whether or not the author is aware of lesbians being viewed as a porn category for men, putting an opening like that in the beginning is just absolutely disgusting. Lesbians and women can have purely sexual relationships with each other because they want to? Not to please men? And making said lesbian relationship in this book to have a man who definitely fetishises lesbians to become involved in the relationship and come between it just for drama and tension, who makes sexual jokes to the pair and clearly doesn’t respect queer relationships. What the fuck! If you are a man, DO NOT write a book about lesbians having sex when you’ve clearly done no research into portraying them properly? It’s fucking weird! This had so much potential to portray queer sex as something not taboo and disgusting, but something pleasurable and possible for lesbians, but instead just completely fetishised it. So disgusting
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
FINAL RATING: 2.5*
Plot: 2.5*
Characters: 2.5*
Setting Descriptions/Atmosphere: 3*
Art Style: 3*
Entertainment: 3.5*
AVERAGE RATING: 2.9*
Does it have adequate representation?
Does it perpetuate healthy ideals?
Does it teach/make the reader (re)think?
FINAL RATING: 2.5*
Plot: 2.5*
Characters: 2.5*
Setting Descriptions/Atmosphere: 3*
Art Style: 3*
Entertainment: 3.5*
AVERAGE RATING: 2.9*
Does it have adequate representation?
Does it perpetuate healthy ideals?
Does it teach/make the reader (re)think?
FINAL RATING: 2.5*
