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Dec 02, 2023TeenReadsClub_KLPL rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Review from club member Ashleigh F! This book was amazing!! Ell is my favourite, I just love them so much. There was lots of lgbtq+ representation. The art was so beautiful. I love that their ships are in the shape of fish. The only thing…
Jul 27, 2023skyekilaen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Long but well worth it, a space-based sci-fi journey about a young woman finding her lost love. Mia signs on with a ship that travels to sites and renovates/restores them. She makes friends with the crew - one nonbinary person and the…
Jul 18, 2023ciarallg rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Such a beautiful book. Walden does an excellent job of world building and capturing a beautiful dreamlike emotive quality. Each frame is lush with detail and while it is sometimes a slower pace story wise, it lets you breathe with the…
May 23, 2023SarahTink rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Lot of mixed feelings about this one. I love a queer space opera as much as the next queer space opera lover, but I do think that this style of storytelling can be a victim of its own ennui at times. While the story itself isn't…
Mar 11, 2023ellapuamana rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful artwork, lovely story, amazing characters, and a fascinating world. My favorite parts were the fish shaped ships, and the masterful use of limited color pallettes
Jul 10, 2022PhoenixtheThem rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book is gorgeous and the artists has a vast understanding of how to work with colour, shape, and space to create emotion in each frame. My only quibble is it's a bit difficult to follow in a couple places, but I'm generally bad at…
Jun 29, 2022HikingGirl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Tillie Walden is easily one of my new favorite authors. This book is a great representation of queer love, chosen family, and space. If I had enough time, I would have read this entire book in one sitting.
Jun 01, 2022HPL_Teen_Volunteer2 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This graphic novel is about a group of teenagers sent to rebuild historical sites across space. It has two interweaving stories that eventually unite. The characters are unique and well written. My favorite character is probably Jules. The…
Feb 28, 2022HPL_Teen_Volunteer1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
“It’s like the older you get the more that you forget that you can change things”. This quote is from On a Sunbeam, a beautiful graphic novel made by Tillie Walden. When you flip open the pages of this book, you will find yourself deeply…
Jan 22, 2022tessbian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
literally everything i could ever ask for in a book
Aug 02, 2021fastbeans rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A very healthy exploration of young love, friendship, and growing up. The sci-fi setting perfectly encapsulates how alienating the world can feel as a lonely teen or as a young adult emerging in the workforce. Through the use of careful…
Jul 19, 2021kavyashankar1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
On a Sunbeam is a graphic novel that follows dual timelines. In one, the main character Mia joins a restoration crew that travels around in a spaceship. In the other, a younger Mia meets a mysterious girl named Grace at boarding school.…
Apr 28, 2021JCLLizW rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
At 533 pages, I think this is officially the largest graphic novel I’ve read! On a Sunbeam is set in a beautiful, sci-fi world where the spaceships resemble fishes. The book flips between our protagonist Mia’s time in high school and five…
Apr 19, 2021dstradling rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this very girl-centric, very beautifully illustrated story about regret, love, friendship and community. And to say there is "LGBT representation" in this story would be a massive understatement.
Apr 08, 2021ReadingAdviser_Jessica rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What an absolutely wonderful, genuine, magical story. This is part space opera, part found-family adventure, part high school romance, and all heart, all the way through.
Apr 05, 2021Keeper_of_the_Book_Hoard rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A delightful book. Despite the spaceships this is an original work of fantasy where woman, girls, and nonbinary folks have spread out through various realms separated by space and stars. The main character reflects on her time at boarding…
Oct 30, 2020librarianjessica rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What an absolutely wonderful, genuine, magical story. This is part space opera, part found-family adventure, part high school romance, and all heart, all the way through. Mia is part of a construction crew that restores old buildings in…
Jul 10, 2020
On a Sunbeam is set between two timelines with Mia. First, as a freshmen in an all girl's boarding school as she meets her first love, Grace. Second, when she's with her first adult job on a construction crew in space. The stories go back…
Oct 27, 2019Amanda_betweentheshelves rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Originally a web comic, Tillie Walden brings to life a fantastical world with her writing and her art. A cast of all female characters navigate abandoned buildings in space, cleaning them up for various companies. Though they try to forget…
Aug 16, 2019Sophia222 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Every aspect of this story was incredible. The artwork was beautiful, yet poignant. The characters were tangible and real (and almost all of them were LGBTQ+). The story itself was fascinating from start to finish. I love dystopian and…
Aug 12, 2019cv4n rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
My daughter, 12, loved this book. Read it 2-3 times in 24 hours.
Jun 20, 2019SCL_Justin rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Until the last chunk of the story this space opera is very quiet. There's a boarding school story and a space-crew story (set about five years later) and they're both lgbtq love stories. The colouring is beautiful and the space ship…
Apr 14, 2019Linyarai rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I don't normally like Space Adventures, but this was interesting even if I had trouble telling some of the characters apart.
Mar 20, 2019
Tillie Walden's writing and artwork continue to amaze me. Whether she is writing something autobiographical like "Spinning" or science-fiction like this, her artwork and writing fit perfectly. Walden trades ice skates for starscapes and…
Mar 19, 2019Hillsboro_ElenaG rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A beautiful story of a chosen family of queer folks on an interplanetary construction/demolition crew, and a blossoming teen relationship severed by circumstance that may or may not be recoverable. The story is lovely, and the color…