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A review by moonyreadsbystarlight
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
5.0
This book was so beautiful and complex. It’s the one of the first fantasy graphic novels I have read and it really I felt like I was being introduced to a new medium - not just a new niche within a genre. On top of that, the number of LGBT+ characters that there were and the way that it was done so well in a way that I have rarely seen. Despite the fact that it was over 500 pages, I still wanted more.
It’s a futuristic scifi graphic novel with fantasy elements. It is about a girl, Mia, who joins a team that restores old places throughout space. In the book, you get bits from her present and her past until they come together. While the focus is on Mia, the rest of the team also has complex and engaging back stories that you see come together throughout. The main plot is technically a love story, but it is about so much more. I fell in love with basically every character in the book.
The LGBT+ representation was wonderful. I'm usually wary of books that just decide that gay people are "normal" or not stigmatized, but it made sense in this book - since there are no men. There was also a nonbinary character and I thought they handled that really well - there was a good balance in terms of people's reactions to them and, as a nonbinary person, it was really wonderful to read.
It’s a futuristic scifi graphic novel with fantasy elements. It is about a girl, Mia, who joins a team that restores old places throughout space. In the book, you get bits from her present and her past until they come together. While the focus is on Mia, the rest of the team also has complex and engaging back stories that you see come together throughout. The main plot is technically a love story, but it is about so much more. I fell in love with basically every character in the book.
The LGBT+ representation was wonderful. I'm usually wary of books that just decide that gay people are "normal" or not stigmatized, but it made sense in this book - since there are no men. There was also a nonbinary character and I thought they handled that really well - there was a good balance in terms of people's reactions to them and, as a nonbinary person, it was really wonderful to read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Transphobia
Minor: Death of parent