DNF @ page 110. This is billed as Riverdale meets Stranger Things, but honestly the only similarities I saw was the fact that these kids are in high school.

I hated every single character in this. The way they talked and acted made no damn sense, and the flow of the story made little sense either. Characters pop up out of nowhere for a scene then disappear. The pacing is all over the place, and though I read 110 pages out of the 300 in this graphic novel, I don't really know what the point is beyond bullying sucks and, uh, maybe these guys might have a crush on each other. Also maybe one of them is becoming a werewolf. And there's a ghost? Who the hell knows.

The art is okay, though the character design is one I personally don't like (everybody has big jaws. big big jaws). I don't think the art itself had any real flow, each panel feels like it exists in a world of its own, even though multiple panels take place in one scene.

Glad I tried this out, but meh. 

A very strange comic that features a few horrific short stories that are not only creepy, but also fucking depressing. I can see the intent of the comic here, I think, and I don't like it. The attempt at creating some sort of larger world in the final pages of the last comic fell flat for me, too.

I'm glad I finally gave it a chance after having this on my radar after all these years, because I know I'm not going to continue and I can finally drop it off my interest list.

Book 3 got me invested in this series, and book 4 has just SOLIDIFIED IT. All time new favorite book series, here. 

Kate is now one of my favorite characters. Kate/Curran is a romance I fucking love. The larger ongoing plot of Kate's family history just keeps getting better and more intense and intriguing and I cannot wait for the inevitable epic showdown.

The Kate/Curran fight! The COMMUNICATION between them that follows!! The big bad and how each big bad keeps linking more and more to the biggest, baddest bad! KATE PROVING HERSELF TO THE COUNCIL AT THE END!!!!

The only thing I worry about from here is how far the series can grow in terms of the threats that Kate & Co will face, and how much battle damage she can take. Though, I say I worry, but I just know I'll enjoy every single awesome second of it all.

Also, the humor in this series is exactly my kind of humor and that's just the cherry on top. No, wait, I hate cherries. That's the delicious chocolate drizzle on top.

OKAY I'M 100% ALL IN ON THIS SERIES GIVE ME EVERYTHINNNGGGG 

 Wow, this just did nothing for me, really. The writing was good and the art is fantastic (I expect nothing less from Sana Takeda) but I just didn't like how the story was unfolding and eventually failed to care about any of the characters. I can see how this is popular, but we'll mark it as tried and unfortunately not to continue. 

There is no way in hell I'm gonna be objective about how FUCKING INCREDIBLE THIS IS. It's beautiful and funny and touching and warm and so, so needed. I loved every moment of this. I giggled at lots of parts. I loved all the lovingly drawn panels of hair care. Even some of the more emotional moments were lovely, providing a good balance of all the highs and lows of life. 

THIS IS SO GOOD, EVERYONE READ THIS

I can see how this collection of comics has its audience, but unfortunately I'm not part of that audience. I think I just didn't vibe with the poetry-like quality of each comic.  Baopu is much like a daily newspaper comic, and there's a good attempt at stringing individual comics together in a light narrative, or at least in ways that relate to each other. I personally didn't feel like this was very cohesive.

This a very sweetly drawn little graphic novel. I honestly grabbed it on Kindle Unlimited because it looked cute, and was not expecting to read something that deals with grief and the struggle of understanding big emotions. It's absolutely perfect for young readers who may be dealing with the same issues, as it has great lessons about not bottling up emotions and instead try to understand them.

Tyler Feder infuses this memoir with a humor and heart that is so easy to sympathize with. The love with which she writes about her mother made her feel so alive to me, like I actually knew her myself, and I felt for Feder as the memoir transitioned into her mother's illness and death. The art is great, a simple comic style that is charming and bright. It doesn't always feel like it matches the content, but it does match the mostly light tone Feder uses throughout.