Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

13 reviews

lalunitalee's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

The kind of book that built a universe I'll spend forever thinking about and trying to imagine myself in. Beautiful illustrations and beautiful portrayal of both platonic and romantic queer love. Made my heart feel full and even though I read the digital version I'm so excited to get my physical copy in the mail. Can't recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Transphobia, Death of parent, Cursing, and Animal death

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Deadnaming, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Confinement

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Lesbophobia, War, Toxic friendship, and Ableism

displacedcactus's review

adventurous emotional 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? No

This is a great science fiction graphic novel (previously published as a web comic). The story has elements of coming-of-age and found family. I found the artwork really beautiful, with an interesting use of limited color palettes for each scene/chapter.

There are a few action and peril sequences, but due to the nature of the artwork, even when someone is seriously injured, it doesn't appear too graphic on the page. There's also a romantic plot, and other characters are in an established relationship, but it's limited to on-page kissing. There is the occasional f-bomb, but otherwise I don't think there's anything in here I wouldn't be comfortable sharing with a teen or mature tween.

My only real complaint was that sometimes when the speech bubble were especially small, I found the hand-lettering a little difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing and Violence

bcheds's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Deadnaming and Murder

030406grace's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

This is one of my favorite books! Amazing characters and plot. A must read for any queer fans of sci-fi

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Transphobia, Violence, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol

alexisgarcia's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

This is one of the most beautiful books i own. the artwork is so breathtaking. the characters were 3 dimensional and the story was heartwarming. my only qualms are the lack of character exploration for the side characters and the text/font was pretty hard to read at some points. but overall it was a beautiful story with gorgeous artwork to pair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, and Transphobia

anniefwrites's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this. I absolutely love Tillie Walden’s art style, and those intricate details and sweeping scenery were so well-suited to a space story. I’m not usually a sci-fi fan, but the characters’ emotional journeys were at the heart of the story and we’re so well captured. A really beautiful graphic novel in many ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

humanmessofaperson's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

Fantastic, masterful, and simply wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Transphobia, and Vomit

beeswithasthma's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense 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? No

5.0

THIS BOOK OMG
i wish i hadnt finished it yet because it was so good i wanted it to keep going, will definitely re-read like ten times.
to begin the art was just gorgeous, i mean it was so beautiful. the plot was literally someyhing id make up as a joke when talking about my ideal book, it was perfect.
the characters were so lovable, great diversity, happy ending, literally everything was perfect.
definitely going to read more of tillies books because this one was so good.
im even tempted to try make my own at this point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Bullying

samchase112's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

This was a sweet, beautiful adventure. Each character had their own unique story, the artwork was absolutely GORGEOUS, and the plot was engaging and exciting. I seriously can't get over some of the full pages of beauty and color. While many of the events and connections were extremely contrived, it only took away from the story a little bit. This is the perfect adventure to cozy up with and get lost in the beautiful artwork and beautiful friendships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Cursing

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Grief and Death of parent