Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - Stenfrukt

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Stenfrukt by Lee Lai

12 reviews

maeve_littooij's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book didn't resonate with me. The narrative and art style didn't quite hit the mark. Despite its attempt at realism, the story was dull, lacking in dynamic character progression, which made it hard to find intriguing. The art failed to capture my interest, further compounded by unclear dialogue attribution and repetitive conversations. Having explored numerous graphic novels in recent years, I found this one to fall short of my expectations. The story felt underdeveloped, especially in its exploration of the main characters' relationship, lacking any substantive backstory or character growth. The one highlight for me was the portrayal of the kid.

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sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

wow i just have finished reading this and my first thought was "that's it? it's over?". like yeah i'm kinda used to graphic novels and i understand the plot they cover is usually somehow shorter than a regular novel. but, yeah, it was really good and i was expecting for some more resolution by the end :/ but yeah it was really nice and i just couldn't help having that reaction because i felt like i was getting more into the story by the end and i was expecting to see what would happen to the characters.

however, i really loved this story. i feel like this year i have developed some kind of attachement to stories about different family dynamics and this graphic novel is a perfect example of that. i really loved seeing the relationship between the two sisters (bron & gracie, and amanda & rachel) and how nessie kind of held 3/4 of them together.

i guess at first i was really confused about the artstyle because i couldn't understand why bron, rachel and nessie looked like "beasts" and i thought that was some kind of important detail to the plot: them being "monsters" and having to hide from other human beings or idk. but yeah i think it's cool that the author just used it as a way to show when the characters felt more wildfree and careless.

i think it's a nice story about family and sisterhood dynamics, mental health conflicts, gender identity and learning how to let go and be vulnerable with the people who matter to you

besides the lack of a nice wrap up, i think something else i didn't really like was how, some times, the speech bubbles weren't really helpful to tell who was speaking. but despite all of this, i would recommend the story, it's really emotive and reflective and it made me tear up like twice, while reading it <3

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orchidd's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

beautiful art, the way they transform into creatures when going “feral” is genius and so affecting, really complicated characters who almost seem like real people. a beautiful picture of non-nuclear family and the need for wide networks of care.

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robinks's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.75

I loved the characters and how real and complex their relationships felt. Docked a quarter star because the speech bubbles made it difficult to tell who was speaking at times.

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4.0

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kellyofcali's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A beautiful tale about love and loss - this felt like a brief vignette, a bit unfinished but still satisfying to glimpse. There were many illuminating moments that just felt very true, and the characters were flawed but loveable. Interesting illustration style as well - a very quick read, but one to ponder.

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