A review by heelturn2
Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

I thought I’d like this more! I love Grease Bats and the premise of this one is very appealing so I was surprised to find this comic felt… rushed & underdeveloped? 

some things I liked: 

• fun background details in many scenes (ie a character’s blog “Parenting Beyond the Binary” receiving an award for Best Mommy Blog 2017, lol) 
• focus on grown people who already know they’re queer with no angst about coming out or whatever. thank god!!

some things I didn’t: 

• the characters didn’t feel super distinct from one another - I regularly confused 2 of them and could not retain their names! they felt very defined by their jobs, and less by their personalities.
• on the same note, I wanted each character to get more time in the spotlight! each character has a lot going on (at least work-wise) & not all the developments in their stories get time to build up and have weight when they happen. like, I really wanted to see more about queer punk rock kids camp and the difficulties of working with kids as a trans woman while trying to hide your sex work career?!? this is hinted at but never expanded on (the stress of it is enough to make the character run from a party in tears) so when the camp gets a second winter session it’s just kind of a small detail, rather than the progression of this storyline. 
• the weird sudden reveal that
  one character has had a trust fund this whole time
  & how everyone just abruptly stops being his friend after 1 fight. there’s one character thar rang true for (she’d spent a lot of the book being hurt & irritated with him) but for everyone else I was like, hm, this could happen I guess but this feels Quite Sudden. 
• not enough development + no real resolution = unsatisfying :-(