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428 reviews for:

The Greatest Thing

Sarah Winifred Searle

4.0 AVERAGE

miloblue's review

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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: Complicated

amandaerossi's review

4.75

emotional reflective sad 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

robinks's review against another edition

4.75

challenging 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

I liked how Winifred’s internal thoughts were turned into images and zines - I was able to feel her distress. I also thought it was really creative to include the zines in the book. Part of me wants to know where Winifred’s relationships go from here, but I think it works being left open-ended too.

Content Warnings

ketchup_chugger_al's review

4.25

emotional funny hopeful 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

xangemtheelibrarian's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

cuddlycuddlefish's review

4.5

emotional 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

kh530's review

5.0

I think this was a really cute book of bisexual self-discovery that will feel really relatable to teens. The plus sized rep was A++, the queer rep was great – I particularly loved how April and Oscar were portrayed. I think April’s as non-binary/GNC rep is phenomenal and I loved Oscar as male bi rep and also the biphobic remarks he has to deal with. I really loved the lesson that Win learns– it’s not about friends being able to “save” each other, it’s more about being there and supporting each other that really matters. That was a really important lesson for me to learn as a teen and it’s one this book will be able to impart on the teens that read it.

Now there are some things that I didn’t like. The self-harm stuff seemed very sudden, rushed, and thrown in. At the same time, Win’s eating disorder isn’t really addressed the way the rushed self-harm stuff is, so I really found that strange.

However, I do think its strengths outweigh those weaknesses, so it's five stars for me because I liked it that much

siren_of_the_stars's review

3.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

library_kb's review

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

I really enjoyed this graphic novel, and I think it will really appeal to people who love the Heartstopper graphic novels--they share the supportive friendship vibes as well as dealing with hard topics (content warnings marked below). I liked all the main characters and their emotional arcs and it has hopeful positive messages despite the pain that is also portrayed throughout. Plus, I liked the comic vine storyline as well!

Content Warnings

booksatlunch's review

4.5

emotional fast-paced

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