Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story by Nicole Maines

4.22 AVERAGE

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borblettareads's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

rissa_may_read's review

5.0
emotional inspiring 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: No
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joghansah's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous challenging fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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katsmedialibrary's review against another edition

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michelleheegaard's review against another edition

5.0
emotional reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
SO GOOD! loved it!!
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ashy_penguin6772's review against another edition

5.0
emotional informative inspiring 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
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emilyelisee's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

comicsandcoffee's review against another edition

4.0
3.5 but I'm boosting it a star because I'm really happy for Nicole Maines crushing it and putting out more work.
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therewerepagesturned's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous hopeful inspiring 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
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phoebe_phorreal's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Solid story, featuring absolutely gorgeous art, a great shoutout to ball culture, and a cute and funny reference to Superman: Red Son (IDK if that was Nicole or Rye's idea, but great either way). Awesome origin story that hit all the right notes, and thematically a good exploration of how you never really come out once as well as themes of community, belonging, and found family. Tense and cozy exactly where it needs to be, and I really didn't see the twist right at the end coming. 

Only rating this 4.5 because I feel there could be an extra 50 pages. I'm sure Dreamer gets more time in A-Town in subsequent installments, but IDK, it felt a tad rushed and I feel like maybe we could have explored the idea of a queer alien haven more?