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Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

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lost_tooth's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

crico's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

rainbow_sky22's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Lou and Bea coincidentally meet. As both are leaving their homes Lou offers to give Bea a ride. In their journey they find a stray cat and decide to return it to their owner by the inscription on it's collar tag. They embark on a journey not only to the cat's mysterious hometown but of introspection.

It was the perfect emotional and cozy read for a rainy afternoon since this novel's warmth embraced me. What I love about magic realism is that the outline of the plot seems simple and sometimes quite ridiculous but deep inside it conveys a deep message. Finding a safe space where you can share what burdens you without shame or judgement, coming in terms with yourself and what happened to you and how running away won't solve your problems are some of the themes discussed in this graphic novel. The author sure does know how to create an ambience of intimacy.

aprilthefrog's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

greenleafbooks's review

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5.0

The artwork was beautiful and the story was touching. I loved this graphic novel.

janagaton's review

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2.0

Aside from feeling empathy for the characters talking about their hardships (i.e. sexual assault, coming out to their parents, identity, etc.), this story wasn't really for me. I was confused a lot of the time, didn't really understand the "magical" elements of the story, and I just didn't really care about what was going on. I picked this up because I read Spinning by Tillie Walden, and I enjoyed that one a lot, so I thought I'd give this one a shot, but this one definitely paled in comparison.