Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Nimona

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jessthanthree's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

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missindyrose's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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littlebutton's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a very queer graphic novel, although not necessarily in terms of explicit representation. While

Blackwell and Goldenloin are depicted as former lovers and implied to get back together at the end

, that’s all it really is: implied. I’d argue it’s more text than subtext, but it’s still subtle enough that I could see someone missing it.

Nimona though. That girl is queer as hell. I mean, really the whole comic is. But not in the “two people of the same gender kissed!” way. More so in the “Stevenson’s own queer identity was obviously integral to the development of the themes here and any interpretation of the story that didn’t take that into account would be deeply missing the point”. Also, Nimona herself changes into male forms and seems to identity with them. It’s queer. Plus the whole

monster

thing. Suuuuper fucking queer.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go reread the ending and think about

manifestations of abuse.

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penofpossibilities's review

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3.0

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lizzie24601's review

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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booksthatburn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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serracha's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

Nimona is a funny, but also heartbreaking story about a young person who never fit in because of her abilities. Also she is chaotic af and hilarious and I laughed so much. I also got some romantic tension between Ambrosius and Ballister lol. It's a heartfelt story and I love it.

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allisonwonderlandreads's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

I see the name Noelle Stevenson, and I'm like, "yes, please." This graphic novel has a murderous sidekick, an upstanding villain, and SCIENCE. It's the crossover between Megamind (hello, hilarious archnemeses) and She-Ra (I mean... it's Noelle Stevenson and it's cute and funny and perfect, as one would expect) that anyone could guess I'd be obsessed with. It's an effervescent adventure with the art and the story to make something great. The anachronistic combination of medieval armor and dragons thrown in with high rises and scary movie/board game/pizza nights only added to the weightless fun.

I don't mean to paint the story as mindless, however. There's real heart here. There are difficult moments alongside the lols. The relationships are poignant, earning my buy-in with a few well-placed vignettes. It's a masterful concoction of ingredients that I would recommend to anyone. Go grab a copy when you need a moment of pure, restorative joy.

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