Reviews tagging 'Violence'

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

61 reviews

livelaughlesbian99's review

emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia

alyxinthestars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

happysoullovesyou's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Bullying, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Car accident

sherilees's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

micaelacccc's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Transphobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Grief

meganpbell's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Bullying, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Transphobia, Blood, Animal death, Violence, and Grief

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Bullying, Violence, Deadnaming, War, Grief, Medical content, Abandonment, Gun violence, and Confinement

clementine9's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book led me to understand something about what I want from friends and partners. What family can be. What belief and trust in each other looks like. Artistically, it's a masterpiece. Every panel is a painting.

The art of the Staircase is especially beautiful. Every time a sunbeam shines through a window in this book, I want to be there to stand in it. I paused at the end of chapter 13 with the horrible premonition that someone (Elliot?) was going to die. I was almost right. I'm so glad I wasn't.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Gore, Transphobia, and Animal death

qteabeans'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

4.0

This is a second read through. Still such a sweet queer read.

I think Ell's storyline feels a bit unresolved and messy. I also don't love a non-speaking character revealed as speaking later. It gives a small whiff of abelism.

Still an excellent read and I'm excited to discuss it in book club. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Ableism

lucystolethesky's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Transphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Grief, Abandonment, and Death of parent