shanaqui's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Well, fuck that ableist ending. Wow. I'm not on the spectrum, so I hesitate to comment too much, but hell no to the twist being "the magic isn't real, the main character is an autistic girl who has to learn to live in the 'real' world".
philippmk's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
cmstein's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
brinipor's review
adventurous
mysterious
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? No
3.75
redgypsophila's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
the_cats_pyjamas's review
Fuck this ableist comic. I was pretty excited to read it because it looked cool and was a fantasy about a young girl of colour, but i was bitterly disappointed.
kh530's review
1.0
What in the ableist NONSENSE did I just read? The story was going great at first, cool diverse cast, though everyone outside the MC was a bit under developed and then... SURPRISE! All this is going on inside an Autistic girl's head. None of what you just read was real! What a cool plot twist right? No. No it's not a cool twist. And a BUNCH of ableist nonsense is said about her and autism in general and I'm just.... stunned that the creative team really thought this was a good idea. This is just an example of why OwnVoices is so important, or heck, even just getting a sensitivity reader because it's clear to me that this was had neither. As an autistic person, all I can say is Oh. Boy. Howdy. This is not a good book
writinghideout's review
3.5
This really was a surprise, but a good one. This did everything I love about quests and hero’s journey etc (something the writer pre-empts at the start) and I loved the journey Adora went on. I really didn’t expect the twist at the end and I thought it was really interesting and wasn’t at all where I thought the twist would go!
For me, I would have loved this to be longer and go in to more depth of the adventure itself and the relationships between the characters - there are certainly moments that I felt (as I have done with a lot of graphic novels this length) that there was a great opportunity to really extend the scene and instead it gets cut short, or moved on from very swiftly. But I think I perhaps need to go in to graphic novels this length not hoping for that, as I never seem to get it because of the page count!
For me, I would have loved this to be longer and go in to more depth of the adventure itself and the relationships between the characters - there are certainly moments that I felt (as I have done with a lot of graphic novels this length) that there was a great opportunity to really extend the scene and instead it gets cut short, or moved on from very swiftly. But I think I perhaps need to go in to graphic novels this length not hoping for that, as I never seem to get it because of the page count!