Reviews - Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride

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Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride

S.J. Whitby

4.18 AVERAGE

esterjulian's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

intherightlight's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny 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: Yes

caseythereader's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense 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: Complicated

- CUTE MUTANTS is one of the most fun rides I've taken in a long time. This book had me the minute it referenced both Buffy and The Good Place in one paragraph, after that I was firmly rooting for this ragtag bunch.
- I know zero about the X-Men, so don't worry about that. Sure, there are a lot of references to specific issues and stuff, but the real heart of this book is a bunch of misfit queer teens finding themselves and their queer family.
- I loved that these kids were messy and bitter and jealous and all deeply in love with each other, both romantically and platonically. It's just a sarcastic, coming of age delight.

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the_readingduck's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny 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

brinipor's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny 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

peireads's review against another edition

4.0

3.75 rounded up

Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride is the first in the Cute Mutants series and follows Dylan Taylor as she develops magic powers after kissing a girl at a party.

This was a really fun read! The cast is incredibly and effortlessly diverse with all sorts of queer identity rep. Dylan's narrative is casual and quirky with lots of internet slang and references that quite frankly made me feel a little old.

19artemis92's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved the diversity and LGBTQ+ characters, it was amazing to finally read high school age characters in which yes there is romance, however they have a life and goals that they want to achieve that is not directly related to the romance.
The first half took some time for me to get through. It was hard to get through the self-deprecating voice of a teenager trying to figure out how to be a human being (maybe because I'm no longer a teenager). However once they started to train and get stronger as a team there was a lot of character growth that made each of them find how to be their own person which was really lovely to read. It got a little dark at the end (more than I was expecting), but interested in reading the next book.