maiakobabe's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
When a group of five teens met in their high school's GSA and formed an impromptu D&D group, none of them suspected the game would last for more than four years! Now in college, balancing jobs, internships, partners, and moves, they have gathered again to play the very end of their oldest campaign. With a hitch: the DM wants to add a new person to the party. The art in this volume is excellent, strong character designs, clean page layouts, and beautiful coloring all support a story of friendship and fantasy.
simmer_paws's review
4.0
4.5/5 stars
Rep : Lots of Queer rep (Nonbinary, Ace, Gay, more), Plus sized, & POC
I received a Free E-Arc in exchange for an honest review through Netgalley. Thank you to the Publisher and Netgalley.
This graphic novel was an adorable story about how friendships change over time and with the new edition of people throughout the years. It has an incredible amount of diversity from different genders, sexualities, races, and body types being shown and mentioned. The story has 3 points of view, the starting point of view each section is the group in high school, followed by a mix of them a couple years later and them in the game (D&D).
I enjoyed the real world problems and relationships and seeing how they had changed from high school when they first met and started up their game and then college years when the relationships changed and grew. I thought the structure of the story seeing them before they had truly become open in their identities and then when they had better accepted their identities was amazing as well as the incorporation of the D&D game in the actual plot. The characters all felt relatable and real and had their flaws and personalities that were different and noticeable whether it was high school, college, or in game.
I loved the art style of the graphic novel which I find very important for my enjoyment and it was colorful and fit the realistic and whimsical parts of the story very well. I can’t wait to see more of the style if it gets a volume 2 in the future.
I overall really enjoyed this story, the real world storyline felt well developed and the campaign world was very interesting and even though the audience starts part of the way into the campaign I didn’t feel like I was missing information because the relationships felt similar to the real world.
If you love graphic novels and or D&D or fantasy, this is a great read that I highly recommend picking up.
Rep : Lots of Queer rep (Nonbinary, Ace, Gay, more), Plus sized, & POC
I received a Free E-Arc in exchange for an honest review through Netgalley. Thank you to the Publisher and Netgalley.
This graphic novel was an adorable story about how friendships change over time and with the new edition of people throughout the years. It has an incredible amount of diversity from different genders, sexualities, races, and body types being shown and mentioned. The story has 3 points of view, the starting point of view each section is the group in high school, followed by a mix of them a couple years later and them in the game (D&D).
I enjoyed the real world problems and relationships and seeing how they had changed from high school when they first met and started up their game and then college years when the relationships changed and grew. I thought the structure of the story seeing them before they had truly become open in their identities and then when they had better accepted their identities was amazing as well as the incorporation of the D&D game in the actual plot. The characters all felt relatable and real and had their flaws and personalities that were different and noticeable whether it was high school, college, or in game.
I loved the art style of the graphic novel which I find very important for my enjoyment and it was colorful and fit the realistic and whimsical parts of the story very well. I can’t wait to see more of the style if it gets a volume 2 in the future.
I overall really enjoyed this story, the real world storyline felt well developed and the campaign world was very interesting and even though the audience starts part of the way into the campaign I didn’t feel like I was missing information because the relationships felt similar to the real world.
If you love graphic novels and or D&D or fantasy, this is a great read that I highly recommend picking up.
mo_likesto_read's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
smurf25's review
e-arc provided by Netgally and Edelweiss
The premise for this D&D group forming because of a failed GSA group is so adorable to me, I think the drama was a little petty but overall a solid graphic novel
The premise for this D&D group forming because of a failed GSA group is so adorable to me, I think the drama was a little petty but overall a solid graphic novel
missmeganmann's review
adventurous
emotional
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? It's complicated
4.0
I really enjoyed this! I thought it was great representation, but also just super fun to watch as their real life issues were worked out through D&D. I really loved the dual aspect of that. It was a little surface, but that’s okay. Super fun!
midnarose's review
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
3.5
3.5
A nice little story about friendship.
This story focused on the fear of change and losing friends along the way.
If you like Dungeons and dragons this is a great sweet little story.
A nice little story about friendship.
This story focused on the fear of change and losing friends along the way.
If you like Dungeons and dragons this is a great sweet little story.
amirez1043's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
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
4.5
joannalumpia's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25