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On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

11 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

solybugs's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful relaxing fast-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

5.0

I'm usually not a big fan of graphic novels but I got assigned this as part of my Advanced Reading class and it was beautiful. Absolutely stunning artwork, loveable and realistic characters, and a big climax towards the end that turned the whole last half of the book into a page-turner. The flashbacks of Mia's past relationship were also adorable. The twists were hard to guess and caught me by surprise but still added to the plot at large. Even though it was around 500 pages, it felt way shorter because of how engaging it was. Easy 5/5, my favorite graphic novel I've read so far.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Death, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, and Murder

Also, there is misgendering directed towards a non-binary character although it is not intentionally discriminatory.

lilacwhisker's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Read in 2 days. Absolutely incredible!!! The drawings were beautiful and the story was heart-wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Transphobia, Vomit, Bullying, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

bcheds's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Deadnaming and Murder

030406grace's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

This is one of my favorite books! Amazing characters and plot. A must read for any queer fans of sci-fi

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Transphobia, Violence, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol

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

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

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

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

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