Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

13 reviews

sunniva174's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident and War

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

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

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

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

miayukino's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Blood

lynxpardinus's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Deadnaming, Animal death, Ableism, and Colonisation

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

aishallnot's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5 stars

this was so freaking cute 🥺

I'm not really a sci fi girlie but I loved the atmosphere of the story and reading this graphic novel helped a lot with the imagery (I mean Tillie is definitely talented with the artwork). The story did start of kinda slow but everything started to pick when we learn more about the mc. My only other critique I wish we got some worldbuilding within other worlds. I'd definitely recommend reading this if you like graphic novels, looking for a sapphic story, or both. also reading this at (the middle of) night was definitely the vibes 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Transphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Animal death

nikspandya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

Start to finish, a beautiful story. I may have teared up at the last two chapters. This story invites you in and hugs you from all around and takes its time peeling back the layers of the ship’s crew while the tea it made for you is seeping. It slowly molds into shape through captivating illustrations, dual timelines, and an imaginative look into Walden’s deep space. Seriously, the art and lore in this universe are beautiful!! There is Non-Binary rep, and also no depiction of men or anyone with the pronouns of “he” which I found interesting. I’m so happy to have read this and definitively want to read her other works! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Transphobia, and Bullying