Reviews tagging 'Grief'

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

27 reviews

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

moviemagus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-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? No

4.75

This comic is adorable and the artwork is beautiful. Made my heart very happy. 😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Grief and Bullying

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

frantic_vampire's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of those books that will stick with you long after you’ve finished it. It’s like a Studio Ghibli movie mixed with a space western. And I’m absolutely in love with it.

I loved that this is a love story, an adventure story, and above all else it’s the story of a found family. I also loved that the characters are flawed and have their issues, but that doesn’t stop them from loving each other and sticking up for each other.  Especially against homophobes and transphobes. Elliot deserves all of the hugs in the world! Mia and Grace, Elliot and Jules, Alma and Char, all of them are just so amazing and I would love to see more of them.

On a Sunbeam is a truly immersive reading experience. I could almost see this book playing out as a movie while I was reading. I want to be wrapped up in the pages of this story forever. I’m just flabbergasted by the writing and the way that the images completely captured my attention. On a Sunbeam is getting a solid five stars. And you should definitely read it!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Bullying

There is a scene where Ell (who is non-binary) is misgendered. It’s immediately challenged by another character, and is challenged again later in the story.

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

lesbianfrankiero's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

EASILY MY FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR :D

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, and Grief

jessie_h's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

4.5

The illustrations in this graphic novel are beautiful! I really appreciated that this was a space opera graphic novel because I don't come across them very often outside of Saga. The story grabbed my attention from the start and I soon fell in love with Mia and her found family! The story is told in two timelines which was confusing at first as the characters don't look that different despite there being years between the two timelines. One timeline is about Mia falling in love and losing that love and the second is about her searching for her lost love. I absolutely adored the found family aspect of each timeline and that this graphic novel was delightfully queer! It had sapphic rep and nonbinary rep. In fact, I don't recall there being any male characters on the page. I thoroughly enjoyed this and can't wait to reread it so I can pick up on some of the details I missed on my first go through.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Transphobia

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

nodogsonthemoon's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Grief