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betweentheshelves's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-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
3.0
I wanted to love this because the art is so, so gorgeous, but the writing and the world building just fell a little flat for me. We're dropped right in the middle of the action, which is normally fine for me, but I didn't feel like there were enough details in the rest of the story to fill in what was going on. I still felt quite confused by the end of the book.
It seems like this might be a series, though (maybe?), so perhaps we'll get more details later on. The concept was interesting, and I loved the magical elements woven throughout the text. The characters were also great! We just needed those world details to really put the reader on the same page.
It seems like this might be a series, though (maybe?), so perhaps we'll get more details later on. The concept was interesting, and I loved the magical elements woven throughout the text. The characters were also great! We just needed those world details to really put the reader on the same page.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Death
Moderate: Colonisation, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Self harm
clarabooksit's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Violence
Minor: Colonisation and Racism
indeedithappens's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Police brutality, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Racism
adancewithbooks's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
3.5
Thank you to Oni Press and Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in anyway.
The Season of the Bruja is an interesting graphic novel that deals with the grief of a lost one while also having to fulfill one's destiny.
I'm never quite a fan when synopsis seem to gloss over the whole actual happenings of the book. This book deals with the loss of a loved one and the grief is a very big part of the story. To not mention this in the slighthest in the synopsis is not fair to the readers who might have a hard time reading about this.
The world of The Season of the Bruja is interesting and there is a lot that remains to be discovered. The art looked absolutely amazing. Her two friends were great and stabile characters that were much needed element to the story. Althalia was hard to get to know amidst her grief and I had a hard time liking her in her whirlwind of emotions.
Regardless I am interested in reading more of this world and these characters. I think there is a lot of promise here.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
heather_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
Season of the Bruja is a fantastic young adult graphic novel about Althalia, a young bruja learning about her abilitites from her abuela. This graphic novel was instantly engaging and threw you into the action from the first panel. The artwork is crisp and clean and just what I like from a graphic novel, and as a person who has read many a graphic novel for all ages, this is a good one.
I personally loved the showcasing of Althalia's culture, the dialogue felt natural, and the feeling of the graphic novel as a whole felt cohesive.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, and I look forward to the other volumes.
Thank you to Netgalley and Onipress for the ARC!
I personally loved the showcasing of Althalia's culture, the dialogue felt natural, and the feeling of the graphic novel as a whole felt cohesive.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, and I look forward to the other volumes.
Thank you to Netgalley and Onipress for the ARC!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Death, and Grief
shaipanda's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Thank you so much to NetGalley for the eARC!
The art of this book is absolutely beautiful and I thought what I could gather of the plot was really interesting and had great potential. However, I unfortunately had a few issues with the book. The main two for me were lack of clarity and lack of personal connection with the characters. While there was some character development as the book progressed, it was still the kind of book where despite being a short graphic novel that I would normally finish in one sitting, this took me at least 3 sittings to finish. I just didn't feel that connection to the characters especially in the first half or so of it, and despite the fast pace, it just didn't pull me in. Additionally, in terms of the lack of clarity, I just felt that there were a lot of plot lines that weren't fully pieced together for me and because of that it wasn't as impactful.
However, overall I did enjoy this book and it was a beautiful read. I also really liked getting to see story lines about witches from other cultures as obviously witchcraft has been a part of many many different cultures in various forms but often it is only shown in a very specific European way.
The art of this book is absolutely beautiful and I thought what I could gather of the plot was really interesting and had great potential. However, I unfortunately had a few issues with the book. The main two for me were lack of clarity and lack of personal connection with the characters. While there was some character development as the book progressed, it was still the kind of book where despite being a short graphic novel that I would normally finish in one sitting, this took me at least 3 sittings to finish. I just didn't feel that connection to the characters especially in the first half or so of it, and despite the fast pace, it just didn't pull me in. Additionally, in terms of the lack of clarity, I just felt that there were a lot of plot lines that weren't fully pieced together for me and because of that it wasn't as impactful.
However, overall I did enjoy this book and it was a beautiful read. I also really liked getting to see story lines about witches from other cultures as obviously witchcraft has been a part of many many different cultures in various forms but often it is only shown in a very specific European way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Xenophobia and Colonisation
ezwolf's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Althalia, Lia, is a young woman, eager to use her abilities to help people. She loves her grandmother but doesn’t like to sit for lessons and is very conscious of the history of colonization of her people. I really liked that this was taking a look at the colonization of indigenous people native to South America and how the effect of losing cultural knowledge is a detrimental. The plot of this first volume was very common (young person with powers doesn’t want to learn, has lost family, loses the only family they have left who can teach them, they’re angered into almost losing control, and then learning that’s not the way to go about things). But I think every one deserves to have these kinds of stories told about people like them and I’m interested to see where this story goes!
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Colonisation and Xenophobia
Minor: Self harm
ilana_banana's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Colonisation
noyastan's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Colonisation
Moderate: Death and Grief
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