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sarahscupofcoffee 's review for:
The Girl from the Sea
by Molly Knox Ostertag
This was a cute graphic novel about a first love with selkie mythology, themes of coming of age and coming out as gay. It's an adorable story that can be consumed in one sitting. The illustrations are incredible and I loved the dynamics between Morgan and her friends and family.
All the summer vibes.
The main plot holding the story together, though, was a little weak for me.
[spoiler] I didn't really connect Keltie lying about her reasoning to come on shore. To save the seals from this damaging boat was decent, but it was too easily resolved with, "I'll change the course, so it'll still leak dangerous materials into the water... just not my side of the ocean." I felt like that was an opportunity missed to talk about how harmful boats like those can be to our oceans. I also didn't really like the insta-love in the beginning. I DNFed it for a few days because of the insta-love. [/spoiler]
All the summer vibes.
The main plot holding the story together, though, was a little weak for me.
[spoiler] I didn't really connect Keltie lying about her reasoning to come on shore. To save the seals from this damaging boat was decent, but it was too easily resolved with, "I'll change the course, so it'll still leak dangerous materials into the water... just not my side of the ocean." I felt like that was an opportunity missed to talk about how harmful boats like those can be to our oceans. I also didn't really like the insta-love in the beginning. I DNFed it for a few days because of the insta-love. [/spoiler]