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bt_wannabe's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Using gorgeous graphics this story will cause you to reflect on what gives your life meaning, what it means to wait for your life to begin, and the reality that death is both unpredictable and inevitable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Self harm
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
chaoticnostalgia's review
reflective
relaxing
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
3.75
Feeling like I will be thinking about this for a while, but can't figure out how much I liked it. I'm definitely feeling existential.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Medical content, Cancer, Misogyny, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy
krys_kilz's review
emotional
reflective
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
4.5
This graphic novel was highly recommended to me by a friend and I am so grateful to her.
The artwork in these comics was something else - just utterly spectacular. The saturated color took it to the next level and I really enjoyed the use of watercolors.
I loved the premise of the series and how it was narrated in a very human, slice of life type way while still maintaining some fantasy elements. I also appreciated the emotional and thoughtful musings about mortality, living in the present, relationships (romantic, familial, and friendship), and grief.
The one criticism I have is that the main character felt a little flat at times. I found it difficult to fully connect with him.
The artwork in these comics was something else - just utterly spectacular. The saturated color took it to the next level and I really enjoyed the use of watercolors.
I loved the premise of the series and how it was narrated in a very human, slice of life type way while still maintaining some fantasy elements. I also appreciated the emotional and thoughtful musings about mortality, living in the present, relationships (romantic, familial, and friendship), and grief.
The one criticism I have is that the main character felt a little flat at times. I found it difficult to fully connect with him.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Sexual content
clarabooksit's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
The art is fraught with loneliness, uncertainty and desire. It’s dark and often ugly with pockets of beautiful scenery and prose. I liked the exploration of death and what it means to live, how each chapter built on the last, and the way the main character’s relationship with his father shapes much of his character as well as the story.
Having said that, there was this blatantly masculine romanticism on display that was very off-putting. There are very few female characters and they’re all foils for the hero, never actualized as characters themselves. Even his eventual wife is only depicted as the vessel for his happiness and the mother of his son. All of the deep and meaningful relationships the hero has are with other men. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with that, but for a story lacking in female characters, it would’ve been nice to see one of them as an actual person.
Additionally, while I initially loved the friendship between the hero and his best friend, the way it ended was awful and strange. I’m not sure how to process it.
Overall, I liked the non-linear storytelling and the way it built the story. I didn’t like what I can only describe as overtly male romanticism. But I think I’d still recommend it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
battybookworm's review
I reached 134 and this book and have yet to find the will to pick it up again. I was reading this for school so that may have been part of it. I really struggled to get into this book and hold onto the plot. I think the nature of the story being about the repeated or possible deaths of the main character made it difficult to not hold a negative perspective of both him and the purpose of the book. I really wanted to like this, but yeah, it just didn't stick.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Cursing and Sexual content
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