Reviews tagging 'Grief'

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

25 reviews

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

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

michaelion's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Bullying

Moderate: Blood, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Violence, Ableism, Trafficking, War, and Colonisation

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

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

ecster'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

5.0

Love love love this book! Picked it up in the library, didn't know anything about it and absolutely fell in love with all the characters, the world building is unreal and the art style is pure visual poetry. Don't give this one miss!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, and Confinement