From the fantastic author of the terrific children’s series, Guinea P.I., here comes a full length YA graphic novel. Overall, I liked this very much, though I specifically preferred the second half of the book (when I felt like things really got moving, and I loved the ending as well as the author/illustrator interview.) There’s a bit of a family history mystery here that is sad and interesting and solid and informs much of the way her family acts. But then the main part of the story is a bit of self discovery, coming of age, type story. I want to click my “unlikable main character” box over there in my categories because I really, really could not stand Mads’s best friend, Cat. And I got so angry with Mads for not only remaining her friend, but also (to my mind) being inexplicably attracted to her! This was one of those stories where there were a few times I wanted to give the main character a good talking to about the choices she was making. I always think it’s good when the characters in a story provoke a strong reaction in the reader, so that’s not necessarily a negative.
Solid.
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