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Quince by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner

5 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.0

The writing is a little cringe, but only in the way that it dates the comic. Like, in 10 years people are gonna read it and be like "oh that was written by a millenial between 2015 and 2019." Obviously you can't make everything timeless but you can at least try. And especially with the ending,
it's very much of the time to write "every villain has a story and even the worse villain just needs a friend to be better" which is a great lesson for kids but it shouldn't be the brown girl's job to save the white boy.


Love the art. And it made me giggle here and there.
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questionable_reader's review against another edition

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inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

It wholesome up to the end
it gets a bit dark with the archrivel/villain of the story.
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f18's review

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

Having Lupe's younger sister be the person to sexualize her for a couple jokes certainly was a choice.

Also is it just me or did Lupe set her own house on fire?

Some of the font was very small and hard to read. I read it physically and I believe it was originally designed as a digital release so if you read it that way it may not be an issue.
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ehmannky's review against another edition

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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? Yes

5.0

This book is an absolute delight. It's funny and sweet and just a really great twist on the whole superhero genre. 

Also, I loved that all of the women in this book were drawn so distinctly and so many of them had big noses! You don't see that a lot in animated/graphic novels. 
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nitya's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Utterly charming and witty tale with a plus size Latina superhero!!! Since I am not Latinx I won't comment on the representation. (The author/creator is Latino, I believe.)

Having a fierce, sweet, and smart brown teenager like Lupe save the day is a powerful and refreshing sight!
Even when her powers left, she still tried to help people by being empathic and showing them resources they might need. While there's some romance it isn't the main focus of the story, which I love. The ending melted my heart, especially the scenes with Lupe and her abuela.


I read The Okay Witch and loved the artwork there. Quince is adorable as well, and it was wonderful to see diversity in the character cast!

I would read 15 more issues of this, not even joking.
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