Reviews

Always Human by Ari North

kokidelavega's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

butter4you's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

kem713's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad 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? N/A

5.0

This is one of my favorite books. I could read it again and again! I absolutely recommend it to anyone! 

bug_lightyear's review against another edition

4.5

3rd read, first as webtoon then I got the book. 

A lovely story with beautiful illustrations and not too much text so it's a light read. Each character has a specific speech bubble colour which helps following who is talking.

My first girlfriend recommended it to me a couple years back and their dating and budding romance felt very relatable, especially the scary side of opening up to someone and sharing vulnerabilities. 

Sapphic romance, side characters with they/them pronouns, Austen has two dads. People seem to be able to change their skin colour with mods but Sunati mentions she promised her mum she wouldn't do that. 

Austen has a genetic condition which makes her unable to use mods like most people do, and it's a great parallel to a disability or chronic illness. A lot of the conversations they have, including when Sunati realises she's been a bit of an asshole, sound like conversations we have as disabled people (like someone calling us "brave" for just living our life with a condition we didn't choose to live with). 

pocketfullofjoy's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.0

kaylamatz's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

hopkinscda's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

thaya's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

jen_na's review against another edition

emotional 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

lillanaa's review against another edition

5.0

I hate that I missed this when it was coming out, because not only is the art gorgeous the story is adorable. I'm so ready for the sequel to drop, because this has everything I wanted from a cute queer romance and the interesting world built around it (though I hope we get a slight bit more world building in volume 2). I love the disability advocacy as well, it doesn't seem shoehorned and has merit, Austen is never looked down on for who she is and that's amazing.