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Beverly by Nick Drnaso

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I am the biggest fan of Drnaso's work, I find his style so unique and weirdly haunting, but this didn't quite shine for me. It lacked a cohesive narrative and felt hard to follow. Sabrina is a much stronger work.

gracepizza40's review

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3.0

2.5-3
It's kind of creepy.

grrr_strand's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

mystique_reads's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

2.0

I think I liked the first story and another one but that's about it. My 2 stars is solely for that reason.

chris_reads's review

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

1.75

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adenhailemariam's review

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When I don’t give a book a star rating, it doesn’t mean I’m rating it a zero. Sometimes I rate, sometimes I don’t, and sometimes I review without a rating. I’m compelled to rate “Beverly” for at least myself to remember the experience of having read “Sabrina” before it, a book by Nick Drnaso that I had a positive experience with.

I actually bought this book full-price. Why? A number of good reasons. I was wowed by “Sabrina” and, after learning a bit more about Drnaso, I saw high praise for “Beverly”. I wanted to support an author. I couldn’t find the book available to check out any of my apps (Libby, Hoopla, or Comixology/Kindle) anyways so I wanted to support my local comic book shop.

“Sabrina” was riveting. That’s the kind of descriptor that drew me to read “Beverly”, though, so it’s all a risk!

I didn’t care for some of the language in the book.

The illustration style, which I generally like, made it hard to distinguish some of the characters and understand if I was following the same characters chapter to chapter (which I could get by the names but it was still confusing). It was unsettling from time to time but also confusing in a not fun way.

This read to me like an earlier work by the author and it was. I’d recommend “Sabrina” instead of this as your first Drnaso book.

aye_sha's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

tsel's review

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4.0

Probably my least favorite of Nick Drnaso’s work, but that’s only because I hold Acting Class and Sabrina in such high regard. Still an enjoyable read and his art and writing are both still so, so enjoyable.