Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

10 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

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

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

rachelditty's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Another great story from Tillie Walden! The beginning was a bit slow for me, but once the plot really started to roll I couldn't put it down! I loved all the backstory we got for the core five characters, and the last five chapters were extremely gripping at tense. A great read!

A quote I liked:
"And I did make it to you. It just took me five years." (p. 479-480).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Confinement

Minor: Transphobia

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

atlas_shruggs's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad 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

I feel like On a Sunbeam was a very nice book. It was a heartwarming story with a beautiful found family, an absolute power-couple, and some fun characters and whacky worldbuilding. But I don't feel like it was a five star for me. I just didn't mesh with it in the way that some people seem to, and that's fine. It was a beautiful book that I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a comic that can transport them to outer space, and I especially enjoyed the parts where the crew was restoring space monuments. It is very character driven I would say, but the plot is interesting enough to keep the reader's attention.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Deadnaming, Alcohol, and Violence

baponthecob's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

There is absolutely nothing I would change about this book. The art is gorgeous. I fell in love with all the characters and their friendship and relationships. Elliot is the nonbinary icon I needed to see. Everyone is queer. Enough said.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Violence, Transphobia, and Murder

daydreamermoonwalker's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Transphobia

ha1yan's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• 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

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, and Violence

I couldn't add this in the tags, but one of the characters is referred to by the wrong pronouns on one occasion.