427 reviews for:

The Greatest Thing

Sarah Winifred Searle

4.0 AVERAGE

jayney21's review

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

sasha_drinks_ink's review

4.0

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm

gingerbread_void's review

3.0

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This was an absolutely adorable graphic novel. The art is adorable and I loved the characters. The story felt very realistic and the characters were very real. This is definitely one I often recommend.

sash_151's review

4.0

emotional inspiring lighthearted

Plot or Character Driven: Character

prescriptionbooks's review

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Yes

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A gorgeous semi-autobiography of a young teen, friendship, being creative and finding yourself.

booklover160's review

4.0

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This was an impactful story about a girl growing up and feeling outside of everything. It was incredible how much I related to Winifred. Her two best friends have just moved away and she's starting school with no social circle. She quickly meets two new artistic friends and is invited to join an old acquaintance's circle too. She navigates them warily, filled with self-doubt and self-loathing and teeters on the edge of an eating disorder.

I liked that the ending is so realistic; it's not a particularly happy ending, but not a bad one. People grow up and grow apart and grow into themselves. I actually liked that April confronted Win about her eating disorder even if it was the start of the end of their friendship. I hoped that all of them were happier now.

I feel like this would do well with high schoolers questioning themselves. For those who don't know what they're doing in life. I really liked it.

leftforread's review

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

katnortonwriter's review

4.25

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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This was so sweet and wholesome. Even when the characters are dealing with Big Stuff(TM) they're still doing their best, although their best occasionally needs... some work. This book is semiautobiographical, and you can tell that the author put a lot of thought into their portrayal of mental health, identity, and the particular brand of self-conscious self-absorption that made being a teenager so freaking hard.

zo_murph's review

5.0

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A heartreanching comic that hits close to home with its depiction of adolescents 

cottagequeer's review

3.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes