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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
thank you netgalley for the arc.
this was…. cute? i’m not sure how i feel about it. i wish it was longer - i feel like it could’ve been made into two volumes. i felt a little unsatisfied at the end with the resolution and felt like it could’ve been drawn out a little more. it just seemed to end way too quickly.
the font choice for the spirits was also very hard to read, especially when it had large chunks of text (which it did often.) typesetting overall seemed to be a bit wonky in this novel and needs improvement- there were parts where the text was too close to the edge of speech bubbles which was hard to ignore. hopefully that was fixed in the final issue.
also, for some reason the main character’s chibified version would be drawn bald a lot of times which looked odd since this is a color graphic novel so it just made her look fr bald LOL… especially since the other characters weren’t drawn with no hair in their chibi form, so it just stood out a lot to me every time.
other than the visual elements that need some change, overall the art is cute. the story itself was very dull in the beginning and too text heavy. at times i was looking at the dialogue like “ugh this could’ve been cut” because it felt too lengthy.
something felt like it was missing overall. perhaps this could’ve been solved by extending this to another volume, but the abrupt ending was odd. also, *spoilers* but why did she want to just “fight” the main racist evil antagonist by just talking to him…. i know she’s young but that seemed awfully naive…
it got more interesting towards the end but i really was left thinking “huh? that’s it???” maybe i’m expecting too much of a young adult graphic novel but i wish they did way more with this story.
this was…. cute? i’m not sure how i feel about it. i wish it was longer - i feel like it could’ve been made into two volumes. i felt a little unsatisfied at the end with the resolution and felt like it could’ve been drawn out a little more. it just seemed to end way too quickly.
the font choice for the spirits was also very hard to read, especially when it had large chunks of text (which it did often.) typesetting overall seemed to be a bit wonky in this novel and needs improvement- there were parts where the text was too close to the edge of speech bubbles which was hard to ignore. hopefully that was fixed in the final issue.
also, for some reason the main character’s chibified version would be drawn bald a lot of times which looked odd since this is a color graphic novel so it just made her look fr bald LOL… especially since the other characters weren’t drawn with no hair in their chibi form, so it just stood out a lot to me every time.
other than the visual elements that need some change, overall the art is cute. the story itself was very dull in the beginning and too text heavy. at times i was looking at the dialogue like “ugh this could’ve been cut” because it felt too lengthy.
something felt like it was missing overall. perhaps this could’ve been solved by extending this to another volume, but the abrupt ending was odd. also, *spoilers* but why did she want to just “fight” the main racist evil antagonist by just talking to him…. i know she’s young but that seemed awfully naive…
it got more interesting towards the end but i really was left thinking “huh? that’s it???” maybe i’m expecting too much of a young adult graphic novel but i wish they did way more with this story.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Loved the premise. Great book. Light-hearted with a dash of meaningful history.
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No