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micaelacccc's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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meganpbell's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

This beautifully imagined, queer sci-fi graphic novel follows its main character Mia in two timelines, in her early teens and as a new adult, through a complex universe of only female and nonbinary characters. The blurbs from Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, and Brian K. Vaughan hyped me up maybe too much…On a Sunbeam is gorgeously rendered, impressively told, and gently moving…but the melancholy mood paired with the lack of the warmth and humor I expected based on those blurbs left me a little cold.

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lucystolethesky's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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michaelion's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

Feels like a movie. Extra points for no men. Negative points for the art not being clear. It's very beautiful, but it should've had more color. Maybe that's the artist's style but many moments were hard to differentiate between things like characters and lighting because the color scheme kinda melds together.

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naiu_cs's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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caitonline's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

I loved the art of this novel so much! The color scheme was great and I loved the depictions of space. I thought the setti bc was really cool and I wish we had more time to explore it. The cast of queer characters was awesome. Yay nonbinary representation!

There were a few too many open ends for me. Maybe there was a potential sequel? I would love to read more of these characters and this world. Still loved it! Will definitely be returning to it in the future.

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hobbithopeful's review

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adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Such gorgeous art, and I liked the story! I did have trouble identifying characters at times, because of the style a lot of them looked very similar and I didn't know who was who.
Because of the shifting timelines and focus it always took me a minute to figure out what was going on, I think it took me until the last half of the book to finally find my footing. I didn't mind this because the art was so engaging to look at.
I really enjoyed the romance and all the science fiction aspects, I just had trouble understanding the story and keeping up with the plot. There were a few character motivations that felt inconsistent to me as well, and I still don't fully understand everything about the staircase.
I think it's kind of odd that this is being advertised as a second chance romance, because the characters meet again right at the end of the book and that is that. I think for a true second chance it would need more time and build up for the characters. I didn't even know that they were together in the past until the middle of the book, and wasn't aware of Mia's motivations until the very end.
I recommend this if you like Tillie Walden's other works, or if you are looking for a queer science fiction graphic novel to read.

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rubybastille's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

A sweet and surreal coming-of-age story in which teenager Mia navigates boarding school, her first love, and a cool but dangerous job restoring buildings in space. (Why are there buildings in space? Shhh don’t worry about it, the spaceships look like fish, it’s fine) It got unexpectedly intense at the end and the pacing I think was off a little due to originating as a webcomic, but the art was beautiful and the characters (especially Mia’s school bully and her shipboard friend/coworker Jules) helped everything feel grounded.

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