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Rainbow! #1
Rainbow!: Volume 1
Bow Meadows é uma adolescente de cabelo cor-de-rosa com uma imaginação muito fértil. Nos seus sonhos, ora luta contra dragões ora é a melhor dançarina do baile. Na realidade, o dia a dia de Boo é muito diferente: tem uma vida complicada em casa, stress no trabalho, pressão na escola e uma paixão secreta por uma das suas colegas. Mas é então que uma nova aluna chega à escola, Mimi.
Conforme se vão tornando mais próximas, Boo começa a descobrir mais sobre si própria e vai ter de desvendar quem é, afinal, a verdadeira Boo - a da sua imaginação ou a que tem de lidar com a realidade todos os dias?
Conforme se vão tornando mais próximas, Boo começa a descobrir mais sobre si própria e vai ter de desvendar quem é, afinal, a verdadeira Boo - a da sua imaginação ou a que tem de lidar com a realidade todos os dias?
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 5, 2024
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94 books651 followersA family practice physician and Vassar graduate, Sunny was finally pushed into picking up her pen by the success of the rest of her family. Much to her amazement, she found that, by golly, she actually could write a book, and that it was much more fun than being a doctor.
As an author, Sunny has been featured on Geraldo at Large and CNBC, and has won many awards including the prestigious PRISM Award. When she is not busy reading and writing, Sunny is editing her husband’s books, literary novelist Da Chen, and being a happy stage mom for her young actor son.
As an author, Sunny has been featured on Geraldo at Large and CNBC, and has won many awards including the prestigious PRISM Award. When she is not busy reading and writing, Sunny is editing her husband’s books, literary novelist Da Chen, and being a happy stage mom for her young actor son.
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June 14, 2024
Imagination can be a great weapon against anxieties and awkwardness, but as troubles add up for Boo Meadows she might just need a friend to help carry that weight. Rainbow! Volume 1 from graphic novel team Sunny and Gloomy is an adorable and quirky story launch of queer coming-of-age and budding romance trying to blossom amidst the struggles of life. Teenage Boo struggles with the cruelty of classmates and an anxiety at work that often keeps her in the back room instead of serving tables but can’t even find peace at home as she inevitably must care for her alcoholic mother. But when new girl Mimi shows up at school and starts throwing punches on day one, Boo might have found a friend with the grit she needs against the world. Or is there something more on the horizon? A cute graphic novel with some gorgeous art that doesn’t shy away from the darker moments in life Rainbow: Volume 1 is a promising beginning.
Rainbow! began as a web comic on Tapas Media, and you can read this and the next issues HERE. This is a cute little coming-of-age story that, as it is just the first volume, only begins to hint at the directions this story will take and does end rather abruptly. While I think for the sake of a bound volume there could have been a better stopping point, this is hardly an issue and I will be looking forward to reading more. Especially as Boo and Mimi are delightful together with Boo more or less shocked that Mimi would even hang out with her as Mimi is so cool (for those who enjoy this trope I highly recommend the graphic novel If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie). I also really enjoyed Boo’s imagination here and how that granted a lot of free roam for the artwork. Though while Boo has a great imagination, it often gets her into trouble and as this story progresses Boo’s fantasies occasionally become more of an obstacle than a productive outlet.
I enjoyed the ways that this story dives into some fairly gritty territory and shows that sometimes our quick coping mechanisms aren’t enough and can become their own problem altogether. Such as how the mother’s escape is drinking but is now a larger issue. Something this book does quite well is address the problems teens may be facing and the struggles of growing up when you have to essentially parent your own parent.
Overall this was a solid start to what looks like it will be a lovely series. Some of the fantasy elements of Boo’s rampant imagination seems to take up a bit more space than they need to, since its just kind of repetitive and doesn’t add much once we are already aware she does this often, though I wonder if this will start to become a larger part of the plot? Either way, this was quite cute and queer and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
3.5/5
Rainbow! began as a web comic on Tapas Media, and you can read this and the next issues HERE. This is a cute little coming-of-age story that, as it is just the first volume, only begins to hint at the directions this story will take and does end rather abruptly. While I think for the sake of a bound volume there could have been a better stopping point, this is hardly an issue and I will be looking forward to reading more. Especially as Boo and Mimi are delightful together with Boo more or less shocked that Mimi would even hang out with her as Mimi is so cool (for those who enjoy this trope I highly recommend the graphic novel If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie). I also really enjoyed Boo’s imagination here and how that granted a lot of free roam for the artwork. Though while Boo has a great imagination, it often gets her into trouble and as this story progresses Boo’s fantasies occasionally become more of an obstacle than a productive outlet.
I enjoyed the ways that this story dives into some fairly gritty territory and shows that sometimes our quick coping mechanisms aren’t enough and can become their own problem altogether. Such as how the mother’s escape is drinking but is now a larger issue. Something this book does quite well is address the problems teens may be facing and the struggles of growing up when you have to essentially parent your own parent.
Overall this was a solid start to what looks like it will be a lovely series. Some of the fantasy elements of Boo’s rampant imagination seems to take up a bit more space than they need to, since its just kind of repetitive and doesn’t add much once we are already aware she does this often, though I wonder if this will start to become a larger part of the plot? Either way, this was quite cute and queer and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
3.5/5
May 10, 2024
A graphic novel I was highly looking forward to.. but in the end I just had some issues with.
This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2024, but after reading it I am still not sure if I liked it.
For me I guess, let’s just start with the negatives, if the whole delusions/imaginations/fantasies of Boo had lessened to being only here and there. Because at times I was just waiting for the twist to drop that actually the delusions/fantasies/imaginations were the real world. And it didn’t happen let me tell you. I get and understand wanting to hide because your life sucks, but it was just a bit too much at this point, not to mention this is a girl of almost 18 years old, not a kid anymore, and it really threw me out of the story for a lot of the time. She kept imagining butterflies stealing things? She thought she was riding a horse and carriage? When she snuck in someone’s house to get her mom she thought she was a detective. And then with her crush she thought there were monsters and she was everywhere? I mean, I was just so confused.
Plus, while I did get why Boo didn’t tell anyone I just wanted her to tell someone. Anyone at this point. But for all of the book she avoids questions, just burns out, gets highly stressed, and other things. I just wanted her to confide in someone. To talk to someone. It just frustrated me and I just wanted to see this at least resolved. I do hope that in the next book she confides, but I am not sure if I will be reading the next book or if I will be checking out the series on Tapas because books aren’t cheap and I just don’t want to donate another expensive book.
The ending was just WAY too abrupt. I get it. This is a first volume, but I just wish it stopped at a different point. I even went to Tapas to read more because I was unsatisfied and not happy with the ending.
There were also plenty of things I did like. I liked that the author didn’t shy away from telling us what Boo’s real home situation was and let us see all the dark bits. Boo’s mom? She is deep into alcohol, doesn’t seem to mind the occasional drugs, there is one point that things go really dark and after that I so wanted to punch the mom even more for doing all that to her daughter and treating her like this. WTF. Dear mom, if you want to be treated as an adult, step up and take responsibility.
I loved Mimi and also see Boo and her get closer and closer. I loved that Mimi was able to confide in Boo about her mom/family situations and also gave Boo all the time because she could see that it wasn’t easy for Boo. I cannot wait to see these two get even closer and maybe go into a relationship, I would love that so much. These two are adorable.
Also extra bonus points to Boo’s boss who was just A-plus and gave Boo all the chances, tried to help her, talk to her. She was just so sweet and I love all she does for her employees.
The art was also super gorgeous and I love the style, the colours, everything.
All in all, despite some issues and this book sadly going on the donate stack, I still am happy I read this one.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2024, but after reading it I am still not sure if I liked it.
For me I guess, let’s just start with the negatives, if the whole delusions/imaginations/fantasies of Boo had lessened to being only here and there. Because at times I was just waiting for the twist to drop that actually the delusions/fantasies/imaginations were the real world. And it didn’t happen let me tell you. I get and understand wanting to hide because your life sucks, but it was just a bit too much at this point, not to mention this is a girl of almost 18 years old, not a kid anymore, and it really threw me out of the story for a lot of the time. She kept imagining butterflies stealing things? She thought she was riding a horse and carriage? When she snuck in someone’s house to get her mom she thought she was a detective. And then with her crush she thought there were monsters and she was everywhere? I mean, I was just so confused.
Plus, while I did get why Boo didn’t tell anyone I just wanted her to tell someone. Anyone at this point. But for all of the book she avoids questions, just burns out, gets highly stressed, and other things. I just wanted her to confide in someone. To talk to someone. It just frustrated me and I just wanted to see this at least resolved. I do hope that in the next book she confides, but I am not sure if I will be reading the next book or if I will be checking out the series on Tapas because books aren’t cheap and I just don’t want to donate another expensive book.
The ending was just WAY too abrupt. I get it. This is a first volume, but I just wish it stopped at a different point. I even went to Tapas to read more because I was unsatisfied and not happy with the ending.
There were also plenty of things I did like. I liked that the author didn’t shy away from telling us what Boo’s real home situation was and let us see all the dark bits. Boo’s mom? She is deep into alcohol, doesn’t seem to mind the occasional drugs, there is one point that things go really dark and after that I so wanted to punch the mom even more for doing all that to her daughter and treating her like this. WTF. Dear mom, if you want to be treated as an adult, step up and take responsibility.
I loved Mimi and also see Boo and her get closer and closer. I loved that Mimi was able to confide in Boo about her mom/family situations and also gave Boo all the time because she could see that it wasn’t easy for Boo. I cannot wait to see these two get even closer and maybe go into a relationship, I would love that so much. These two are adorable.
Also extra bonus points to Boo’s boss who was just A-plus and gave Boo all the chances, tried to help her, talk to her. She was just so sweet and I love all she does for her employees.
The art was also super gorgeous and I love the style, the colours, everything.
All in all, despite some issues and this book sadly going on the donate stack, I still am happy I read this one.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
March 10, 2024
found this graphic novel at work and ordered it for the store but then found it was free and originally on webtoon! i came home and read it all (up to its most recent update) and genuinely was so amazing. i was expecting a fluffy sapphic fantasy type of story but instead got an incredibly complex story about a teen girl with an abusive mother, and it’s done incredibly well and not all all trying to romanticize something (like a lot of stories do). i love how as we get to learn more about Boo and how dark her story is, the character loses a bit of color. idk if that was on purpose or not but LOVED IT. i also love the way you draw and write the way she uses daydreams as an escapism it’s so beautiful and real and love it sm. ok i’m done rambling now lol
May 4, 2024
This was a heavy YA graphic novel read about a plus size teen girl struggling to juggle her life and job all while being stressed out about her alcoholic mother. With gorgeous illustrations and what looks like the beginnings of a sweet queer romance/friendship with the new girl in town, this book ends rather abruptly but sets things up for a story with great potential and I CANNOT wait to read more!!
April 9, 2024
Read to review for use in our K-8 library. Better suited for high school library as the storyline with the alcoholic mom might be too much for our middle schoolers. I did love the portrayal of Boo’s anxiety and trauma around caring for her mom. That felt real and how I imagine many kids deal with the complicated feelings of caring for a parent.
April 29, 2024
3.5 ⭐️
The artwork is adorable and the characters are precious, but this felt more like a single issue/episode/chapter than a full volume. It ends pretty abruptly, and I feel like we are JUST getting introduced. I want more!
The color palette is absolutely gorgeous! 🩷💜🩵 Seriously eye candy.
The artwork is adorable and the characters are precious, but this felt more like a single issue/episode/chapter than a full volume. It ends pretty abruptly, and I feel like we are JUST getting introduced. I want more!
The color palette is absolutely gorgeous! 🩷💜🩵 Seriously eye candy.
April 9, 2024
I had such a good time with this that I continued the Webtoon soon after finishing Volume 1. I never quite manage to keep up with Webtoons, but I want to try because I'm really enjoying this one! This pulled me in emotionally a lot more than I was expecting. I loved how Boo's daydreaming was shown, and I really felt for her as a character.
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January 3, 2024I had no idea this was getting a print release!
September 20, 2024
'Not saying, huh? Must be pretty serious. Are you on the run? Do you usually commit crimes while barefoot?'
I thought this would be a cute little sapphic love story but boy, was I in for a little surprise. I usually like quirky stories like Rainbow and Boo is pretty intent on escapism via her extremely vivid imagination and sometimes not even by choice. However, as a reader, it got tiring after a while to follow what was real and what wasn't and I was definitely confused a couple of times. It also became a bit repetitive at times and it felt like everything was just piling up on Boo on top of her imagination that started to get her into trouble more and more.
After many almost encounters where Boo chooses to just run away whenever in Mimi's vicinity, they end up bonding one night over their terrible moms. Boo is so wholesome, though and Mimi is hella cool and I love them both. I also appreciate the highlight on various coping mechanisms characters in the comic choose as teenagers and adults alike and how harmful both can be. I'm invested and definitely want to see where the next volume takes Boo and Mimi.
The art in this is nothing short of amazing especially with that muted, somewhat pastel color palette. I LOVE.
I thought this would be a cute little sapphic love story but boy, was I in for a little surprise. I usually like quirky stories like Rainbow and Boo is pretty intent on escapism via her extremely vivid imagination and sometimes not even by choice. However, as a reader, it got tiring after a while to follow what was real and what wasn't and I was definitely confused a couple of times. It also became a bit repetitive at times and it felt like everything was just piling up on Boo on top of her imagination that started to get her into trouble more and more.
After many almost encounters where Boo chooses to just run away whenever in Mimi's vicinity, they end up bonding one night over their terrible moms. Boo is so wholesome, though and Mimi is hella cool and I love them both. I also appreciate the highlight on various coping mechanisms characters in the comic choose as teenagers and adults alike and how harmful both can be. I'm invested and definitely want to see where the next volume takes Boo and Mimi.
The art in this is nothing short of amazing especially with that muted, somewhat pastel color palette. I LOVE.
June 19, 2024
chegou hoje a minha casa e estava mesmo na vibe de o ler. li-o em menos de 1h e adorei.
uma novela gráfica super amorosa que aborda temas muito importantes. os únicos livros que li deste género foi heartstopper e eu amo, tenho definitivamente que ler mais livros assim.
isto acabou de uma maneira que não devia ser permitido 🥺 quero o segundo para ontem.
juro, leiam. muito muito querido!
uma novela gráfica super amorosa que aborda temas muito importantes. os únicos livros que li deste género foi heartstopper e eu amo, tenho definitivamente que ler mais livros assim.
isto acabou de uma maneira que não devia ser permitido 🥺 quero o segundo para ontem.
juro, leiam. muito muito querido!
June 28, 2024
I don't have anything bad to say about this, it just very simply didn't work for me... the romance is cute, but definitely not enough, and I feel it's too mixed up with the fantasy, that makes the connection feel like it's not real enough... Though I will say I appreciate more the role of the fantasy in her relationship with her mother, and how it helps with dealing with her trauma!!! This wasn't for me, but check it out if it sounds good to you.
May 4, 2025
Had potential. I picked this up because a few of my girl students were obsessing over it during our most recent book fair. I hate to say it but Boo irritated me a bit. Maybe something went over my head.
April 13, 2024
I can’t wait to see what happens next!!!
June 8, 2024
This book was so cute I can't wait to read book 2 to see boos and mimis relationship grow! Such a good read for pride month
March 25, 2025
4 star storyline
5 star color scheme and graphics
5 star color scheme and graphics
May 4, 2025
Really liked it! Was hoping for a bit more story in just this first volume, because this graphic novel as a surprising amount of depth to it, but I will impatiently await the sequel :)
May 19, 2024
This was heartbreaking. Mixed in with the beautiful pastel color palette and queer coming of age is some brutal realism about coping with a parent living with addiction. This made me feel for Boo. But I'm very interested to see where her story goes alongside her burgeoning relationship with Mimi. This did end rather abruptly, so hopefully we don't have to wait too long for Volume 2!
June 20, 2025
Every single hand drawing in here was masterful?? Magic.
April 27, 2024
Es muy adorable, pero la historia avanza muy poco en este primer tomo, se siente como un prólogo breve nada más.
December 17, 2024
This was so awesome. I wish this book had some trigger warnings but overall had amazing illustrations and was a tad cliche but so cute!!!
April 19, 2024
Ooooof. For the cover and synopsis, I did not realize how much this would be about Boo’s maternal relationship. Quite dark. But it’s a sweet story so far. Kinda obvious it was an online comic from the way it was structured and the abrupt ending. But I’d like to see more!
I did really like Boo. I love how honestly she’s depicted!! She’s fat and has lil stretch marks (loved that detail) and she’s massively cute!!
TW: alcoholism and drug abuse, toxic relationship, emotional & child abuse
I did really like Boo. I love how honestly she’s depicted!! She’s fat and has lil stretch marks (loved that detail) and she’s massively cute!!
TW: alcoholism and drug abuse, toxic relationship, emotional & child abuse
August 2, 2024
3.5
This is such a sweet, sad story with the most beautiful art attached! Boo is going through a lot of complex things with the alcoholism of her mother and needing to work to make ends meet while also having to go to school and the way I saw it, part of the way she copes with what’s happening is pretending like she’s elsewhere and in a different situation which unfortunately did get her into trouble in class. On her way to the principals office she runs into an altercation with two students, one of which she imagines is everywhere and even visits the cafe Boo works at which freaks her out and leads her to run out. Boo has had some trouble at work before with being clumsy and spilling things on customers and accidentally breaking plates and is perpetually worried that she’s going to get fired but she has the kindest manager known to humankind and she never gets mad and always works to help her and make things easier for her.
One day after school Boo comes home and finds the door locked. She calls her mom and mentions how she (her mom) lost their key and she does t have one and is going to climb into the house through the window which she says is something she’s done before only to find her mother passed out (?) and Boo calls an ambulance and starts thinking about the memories she has with her mom and arguments they’ve had about Boo “worrying” too much and her mother saying she’s the adult and not Boo and how Boo will need to get a job and how her mother damaged their car since she had been driving while intoxicated. Boo is then in the waiting room of the hospital and wanders outside, without shoes, and sees the girl from earlier. They talk a little bit about what the other is doing there and about what happened during the altercation between the girl and the boy she was with in the hallway and she he was awful and she got suspended. The girl talks about her parents, mainly her mom, and how she doesn’t accept her (which felt like a weird thing to tell a stranger but that’s high school) and she noticed Boo wasn’t wanting to talk about her family and that she was cold so she gave her her hoodie!!!! And her hoodie!!!! There had been an interesting moment where once Boo gets home, she imagines the girls phone number getting taken away from her expressing Boos fear of being abandoned and missing out on connections. When Boo goes back into the hospital a nurse there tells her to go home. In school the next day the hospital calls her saying that her mother is ready to be picked up and if she has transportation for her. Of course Boo doesn’t other than her bike so she thinks outside the box and puts a wagon on the back of her bike. When they first see each other Boo isn’t very enthused about having to pick her mom up which is understandable considering what Boo has to see and go through every day and her mom is acting like she was just on a trip and missed Boo. Boo’s mother is at first irritated that Boo didn’t do things differently and is upset about her transportation being a wagon on the back of boo’s bike which she pretends is a horse drawn carriage. Boo then takes care of her mom when they get home and telling her she should consider getting some help for her alcoholism but her mother doesn’t believe she has a problem. Boo had dumped out all of her mothers alcohol bottles and the story leads us to assume that Boo’s mother doesn’t work making it extra annoying when she tells Boo she’s always working. At work the other people there are noticing that there’s something off about Boo but she doesn’t want to share what it is
This is such a sweet, sad story with the most beautiful art attached! Boo is going through a lot of complex things with the alcoholism of her mother and needing to work to make ends meet while also having to go to school and the way I saw it, part of the way she copes with what’s happening is pretending like she’s elsewhere and in a different situation which unfortunately did get her into trouble in class. On her way to the principals office she runs into an altercation with two students, one of which she imagines is everywhere and even visits the cafe Boo works at which freaks her out and leads her to run out. Boo has had some trouble at work before with being clumsy and spilling things on customers and accidentally breaking plates and is perpetually worried that she’s going to get fired but she has the kindest manager known to humankind and she never gets mad and always works to help her and make things easier for her.
One day after school Boo comes home and finds the door locked. She calls her mom and mentions how she (her mom) lost their key and she does t have one and is going to climb into the house through the window which she says is something she’s done before only to find her mother passed out (?) and Boo calls an ambulance and starts thinking about the memories she has with her mom and arguments they’ve had about Boo “worrying” too much and her mother saying she’s the adult and not Boo and how Boo will need to get a job and how her mother damaged their car since she had been driving while intoxicated. Boo is then in the waiting room of the hospital and wanders outside, without shoes, and sees the girl from earlier. They talk a little bit about what the other is doing there and about what happened during the altercation between the girl and the boy she was with in the hallway and she he was awful and she got suspended. The girl talks about her parents, mainly her mom, and how she doesn’t accept her (which felt like a weird thing to tell a stranger but that’s high school) and she noticed Boo wasn’t wanting to talk about her family and that she was cold so she gave her her hoodie!!!! And her hoodie!!!! There had been an interesting moment where once Boo gets home, she imagines the girls phone number getting taken away from her expressing Boos fear of being abandoned and missing out on connections. When Boo goes back into the hospital a nurse there tells her to go home. In school the next day the hospital calls her saying that her mother is ready to be picked up and if she has transportation for her. Of course Boo doesn’t other than her bike so she thinks outside the box and puts a wagon on the back of her bike. When they first see each other Boo isn’t very enthused about having to pick her mom up which is understandable considering what Boo has to see and go through every day and her mom is acting like she was just on a trip and missed Boo. Boo’s mother is at first irritated that Boo didn’t do things differently and is upset about her transportation being a wagon on the back of boo’s bike which she pretends is a horse drawn carriage. Boo then takes care of her mom when they get home and telling her she should consider getting some help for her alcoholism but her mother doesn’t believe she has a problem. Boo had dumped out all of her mothers alcohol bottles and the story leads us to assume that Boo’s mother doesn’t work making it extra annoying when she tells Boo she’s always working. At work the other people there are noticing that there’s something off about Boo but she doesn’t want to share what it is
November 23, 2024
Teenager Boo Meadows has pink hair and a very vivid imagination -- she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress, and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams. When a new student, Mimi, arrives at school, Boo starts exploring a side of herself that she never considered before. As she grows closer to Mimi, it may finally be time for Boo to face reality . . . Who is the real Mimi? The one in her dreams? Or the one in real life?
I liked this book, the art style was really bright and expressive. I liked Boo and her vivid imagination, I liked seeing the beginning of interesting plot points such as Boo's homelife. I also liked Mimi and wanted to know more about her home life, especially with her mother.
At some points, I was confused about Boo's age as she was in high school and had a job but she seemed a bit childlike but it kinda made sense given her home life. I wish this book were longer because the ending was just so abrupt.
All in all, I would recommend this book to young adults who like romance with fantasy elements and well as a beautiful and relatable storyline. Also if you liked Heartstopper: Volume One or If You'll Have Me you'll probably like this one or vice versa.
I liked this book, the art style was really bright and expressive. I liked Boo and her vivid imagination, I liked seeing the beginning of interesting plot points such as Boo's homelife. I also liked Mimi and wanted to know more about her home life, especially with her mother.
At some points, I was confused about Boo's age as she was in high school and had a job but she seemed a bit childlike but it kinda made sense given her home life. I wish this book were longer because the ending was just so abrupt.
All in all, I would recommend this book to young adults who like romance with fantasy elements and well as a beautiful and relatable storyline. Also if you liked Heartstopper: Volume One or If You'll Have Me you'll probably like this one or vice versa.
August 26, 2024
Boo is a magical girl—actually, Boo is a normal girl with anxiety. She tends to see things that aren't there, and when she tattles on the new girl at school, she starts seeing the bright green hair everywhere. But if Book can get past her initial reserves and instinctive fear, she may find a true friend.
This book is doing a lot of things right, particularly with the art. Both the style and the colors work really well with the theme while helping to advance the magical themes that may or may not be all in Boo's head. It's not entirely clear if Boo is hallucinating or just imagining things to romanticize her life. Her life kind of sucks, given her proximity to alcoholism and bullying, but Boo is unable to reach out to the people who obviously care about her. While I'm a little uncertain about whether I'm OK knowing for sure what's going on in Boo's head, I can argue in favor of her representation as a fat disabled girl. This is well-stated without being a distracting theme, and I appreciate the care that the author invested to make sure she's depicted authentically. I think I'd like this book better if I already had the sequel in front of me. Each chapter ends at an awkward cliffhanger, and the same is true for the book's end as well. I'm bummed that the book cuts off where it does because I honestly can't rate this as highly as it might deserve because so much has been left unexplained.
This book is doing a lot of things right, particularly with the art. Both the style and the colors work really well with the theme while helping to advance the magical themes that may or may not be all in Boo's head. It's not entirely clear if Boo is hallucinating or just imagining things to romanticize her life. Her life kind of sucks, given her proximity to alcoholism and bullying, but Boo is unable to reach out to the people who obviously care about her. While I'm a little uncertain about whether I'm OK knowing for sure what's going on in Boo's head, I can argue in favor of her representation as a fat disabled girl. This is well-stated without being a distracting theme, and I appreciate the care that the author invested to make sure she's depicted authentically. I think I'd like this book better if I already had the sequel in front of me. Each chapter ends at an awkward cliffhanger, and the same is true for the book's end as well. I'm bummed that the book cuts off where it does because I honestly can't rate this as highly as it might deserve because so much has been left unexplained.
January 28, 2025
*4.25
"If you were already running away, could you take me with you?"
aah, SO cute!
I've said this in a lot of my reviews: I've gotten to the point in life where enemies to lovers just feel exhausting. Give me a sweet, slowly-developed romance where the characters are plain nice to each other from the get-go! Now that's adorable!
But there's more going on in Rainbow than the beginnings of a sweet love story. Teenage Boo is trying to balance her school, work, and caring for her alcoholic mother when she runs into bold, green-haired Mimi. While Boo's struggles with her mom are frustrating and painful, the support and care she gets from her boss at work is the best. And I loved Boo and Mimi's relationship - something about characters just hanging out together for extended periods of time is my favorite!
There were some strange magical realism elements here and there that I didn't quite get - it felt like something that might be expanded upon in later volumes - but I still had a great time. This is a Tapas comic put into a physical format, and I don't know if I can wait until May for book 2. I really wish this was longer!
4.25/5 stars!
"If you were already running away, could you take me with you?"
aah, SO cute!
I've said this in a lot of my reviews: I've gotten to the point in life where enemies to lovers just feel exhausting. Give me a sweet, slowly-developed romance where the characters are plain nice to each other from the get-go! Now that's adorable!
But there's more going on in Rainbow than the beginnings of a sweet love story. Teenage Boo is trying to balance her school, work, and caring for her alcoholic mother when she runs into bold, green-haired Mimi. While Boo's struggles with her mom are frustrating and painful, the support and care she gets from her boss at work is the best. And I loved Boo and Mimi's relationship - something about characters just hanging out together for extended periods of time is my favorite!
There were some strange magical realism elements here and there that I didn't quite get - it felt like something that might be expanded upon in later volumes - but I still had a great time. This is a Tapas comic put into a physical format, and I don't know if I can wait until May for book 2. I really wish this was longer!
4.25/5 stars!
July 3, 2024
2.5⭐️
As soon as I saw the cover for this I knew I had to read it! The art and color scheme were so cute and right up my alley.
I really liked the character design for Boo and Mimi as well,unfortunately those were the only things I really cared for in this story. I found it rather frustrating that we went the whole first volume without her opening up to anyone, I understand it takes time to build connections but this was really dragged out.
I’m also not entirely sure why the author chose to give Boo such a child like dream escape, she’s in high school and her imaginations seemed of that of an eight year old. Maybe it’s because her inner child learned to create these scenarios as a coping mechanism for her rough home life but it just seemed a little odd to me.
I most likely will read the second volume because again I liked the art but I’m hoping we get a little more out of the next volume.
As soon as I saw the cover for this I knew I had to read it! The art and color scheme were so cute and right up my alley.
I really liked the character design for Boo and Mimi as well,unfortunately those were the only things I really cared for in this story. I found it rather frustrating that we went the whole first volume without her opening up to anyone, I understand it takes time to build connections but this was really dragged out.
I’m also not entirely sure why the author chose to give Boo such a child like dream escape, she’s in high school and her imaginations seemed of that of an eight year old. Maybe it’s because her inner child learned to create these scenarios as a coping mechanism for her rough home life but it just seemed a little odd to me.
I most likely will read the second volume because again I liked the art but I’m hoping we get a little more out of the next volume.
October 4, 2024
Content warning: alcoholism, absentee parent, child endangerment, drug use, teen having to run the household, depression
So the coloring and art style are VERY misleading here - even the synopsis doesn't really clue readers in to the actual nature of the plot. While good, this is a depressing read as Boo struggles with school, work, and taking care of an alcoholic mom. I know this is also the first volume in a series but that ending... it made me think the copy I had was missing pages.
I think this will be a good fit for older teens looking for a graphic novel on tough topics. I'm glad I read it though so I know the content, I would have hated to give this to a teen who might not have been prepared or interested in such a depressing storyline.
I'm curious to see what happens next with Boo and Mimi, but I'm not sure if I'll pick up the next volume when it's out.
So the coloring and art style are VERY misleading here - even the synopsis doesn't really clue readers in to the actual nature of the plot. While good, this is a depressing read as Boo struggles with school, work, and taking care of an alcoholic mom. I know this is also the first volume in a series but that ending... it made me think the copy I had was missing pages.
I think this will be a good fit for older teens looking for a graphic novel on tough topics. I'm glad I read it though so I know the content, I would have hated to give this to a teen who might not have been prepared or interested in such a depressing storyline.
I'm curious to see what happens next with Boo and Mimi, but I'm not sure if I'll pick up the next volume when it's out.
March 25, 2024
This was really cute but also had some deeper/darker elements to it. Beautiful art as well, but overall kinda unsatisfying. Even though there will be more volumes in the series, I felt like this first installment needed a little more to make me feel connected to the story and characters. If you’re interested in this one, I would recommend trying it out for free on WEBTOON (where it was posted originally). There’s also more content there than was in this first volume, so I’ll definitely continue reading it there!
Read it here: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ra...
Read it here: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ra...
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