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An Embarrassment of Witches
A coming-of-age urban fantasy set in a world full of animal familiars, enchanted plants, and spell-casting that explores the mundane horrors of breakups, job searches, and post-graduate existential angst.
Life after college isn't turning out exactly as Rory and Angela had planned. Rory, recently dumped at the gate of her flight to Australia, needs to find a new life path ASAP. What do you do with a B.A. in Communications and a minor in Southeast Asian Spellcraft? Maybe her cute new housemate Guy is the answer she's looking for (spoiler he isn't).
Meanwhile, Angela is buckling under the pressure of a high-stakes internship in a cutting-edge cryptopharmocology lab run by Rory's controlling mother, who doesn't know Rory is still in town... and Angela hates keeping secrets.
An Embarrassment of Witches is the story of two childhood friends learning how to be adults--and hoping their friendship can survive the change.
Life after college isn't turning out exactly as Rory and Angela had planned. Rory, recently dumped at the gate of her flight to Australia, needs to find a new life path ASAP. What do you do with a B.A. in Communications and a minor in Southeast Asian Spellcraft? Maybe her cute new housemate Guy is the answer she's looking for (spoiler he isn't).
Meanwhile, Angela is buckling under the pressure of a high-stakes internship in a cutting-edge cryptopharmocology lab run by Rory's controlling mother, who doesn't know Rory is still in town... and Angela hates keeping secrets.
An Embarrassment of Witches is the story of two childhood friends learning how to be adults--and hoping their friendship can survive the change.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 3, 2020
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March 9, 2020
This is a terrific graphic novel about two witches, best friends dealing with guys, parents, school, growing up and navigating that weird space where you're close to being an adult but not there yet. Angela's been the steady one and she's getting tired of covering for Rory's impulsive screw-ups while dealing with her own stuff. Each is trying to find her way in the witch world and it tests their friendship big time.
There's great world-building. Sophie Goldstein is a very clever storyteller; she packs a lot into every character and plot twist. Jenn Jordan's artwork is terrific, I love the color scheme and every page has clever and delightful things going on in the background that add to the story or just bring smiles. The book is adorable and relatable realness in another realm where there are mandrakes and barnacle geese and broom Uber. I loved it! Great gift too.
There's great world-building. Sophie Goldstein is a very clever storyteller; she packs a lot into every character and plot twist. Jenn Jordan's artwork is terrific, I love the color scheme and every page has clever and delightful things going on in the background that add to the story or just bring smiles. The book is adorable and relatable realness in another realm where there are mandrakes and barnacle geese and broom Uber. I loved it! Great gift too.
April 13, 2020
Rory and Angela are bffs forever; or are they? High school buds, college roommates, but graduation happens, boys happen, internships and travel, and throw in the mix an irritating(ly right) mother and supportive father, talking familiars (owls, and so on),mdragons. So it's post-college friendship angst with magic, solid world-building, and a sense of humor matched with attractive artwork. I like it! This is my third book from Goldstein, all solid, trying new types of stories out: House of Women, The Oven, and they are all different and intriguing. I'll keep reading her!
April 11, 2021
What I expected: An urban fantasy graphic novel about witches.
What I got: A bunch of entitled white 21-year-olds whining about not having their perfect dream lives.
The art is meh. The scene on the cover is the only trippy bit, and it doesn't even make sense in context. The exact same story could be told with zero fantasy elements, which means it should have been.
What I got: A bunch of entitled white 21-year-olds whining about not having their perfect dream lives.
The art is meh. The scene on the cover is the only trippy bit, and it doesn't even make sense in context. The exact same story could be told with zero fantasy elements, which means it should have been.
April 23, 2020
Characters? Check!
World building? Check!
Relationships? Check!
Plot? Ummmmmm . . . .
A trifle about about friendship and floundering during your twenties set for no particular reason in a fantasy world of witches and magic.
World building? Check!
Relationships? Check!
Plot? Ummmmmm . . . .
A trifle about about friendship and floundering during your twenties set for no particular reason in a fantasy world of witches and magic.
March 1, 2020
Originally published on The Nerd Daily | Review by Emily Clark
An Embarrassment of Witches is written by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan and the art and cover design are by Sophie Goldstein. The title it seems is a play on the phrase ‘an embarrassment of riches’ meaning to have too many good things to choose between. The story follows the lives of two young witches, both of whom are trying to do the next big thing in their lives after university. For Rory, this means moving away from everything she’s ever known, whereas for Angela it means staying at home and impressing her family.
As things fall apart around them, they unknowingly become closer to living more honestly and doing what they really want to with their lives, rather than what they think they want.
This graphic novel was incredibly original and packed with the wisdom of those who can find value in their experiences, good or bad. It explores very accurately (in the opinion of someone who recently left university) what life can be like after education, when it’s so unclear what you should be or want to be, or even what others want you to be. It’s so easy to live your life thinking you know what is good for you when in reality all you are doing is trying to make someone else proud, or prove someone wrong.
The magical realism of Goldstein and Jordan’s plot and visuals will have you wanting more and more. Every scenario, seemingly normal at first will surprise you with a touch of magic you didn’t quite expect. The surreal and the mundane combine so effortlessly in this tale that you find yourself relating to the most bizarre of scenarios, for example, (spoiler alert), a barnacle goose falling on your head, interrupting a romantic moment. The graphics have a colour scheme of mostly purples, yellows, and greens, which looks beautiful and striking and sets the scene perfectly in this parallel world where magic and witches exist.
Something else I love about An Embarrassment of Witches is the fluidity of the pages, it is as if the structure of the page reacts to the characters and the situation, rather than it being something set in stone all the way through. A page in it has just one word, yet the visuals make it one of my favourite pages in the whole novel. On another page, there is a guide on how to do origami, and as the character is making the same thing, you feel you can interact with the story. It just all feels so unique. Having said this, the origami also features as a way to structure the story, in the form of a fortune-teller, breaking up the story with remarks on how things are going, or what is coming next, like chapter titles, but much more creative.
The graphic novel is also a great exploration of friendship and how easy it can be to forget what’s important to us when we are angry, lost and scared. How important it is to just talk to each and say how we really feel.
I haven’t read anything like this before, something so relatable and magical at the same time. I recommend it to anyone who is struggling to find themselves after a big change, or just wants an entertaining read, with beautiful visuals.
An Embarrassment of Witches is written by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan and the art and cover design are by Sophie Goldstein. The title it seems is a play on the phrase ‘an embarrassment of riches’ meaning to have too many good things to choose between. The story follows the lives of two young witches, both of whom are trying to do the next big thing in their lives after university. For Rory, this means moving away from everything she’s ever known, whereas for Angela it means staying at home and impressing her family.
As things fall apart around them, they unknowingly become closer to living more honestly and doing what they really want to with their lives, rather than what they think they want.
This graphic novel was incredibly original and packed with the wisdom of those who can find value in their experiences, good or bad. It explores very accurately (in the opinion of someone who recently left university) what life can be like after education, when it’s so unclear what you should be or want to be, or even what others want you to be. It’s so easy to live your life thinking you know what is good for you when in reality all you are doing is trying to make someone else proud, or prove someone wrong.
The magical realism of Goldstein and Jordan’s plot and visuals will have you wanting more and more. Every scenario, seemingly normal at first will surprise you with a touch of magic you didn’t quite expect. The surreal and the mundane combine so effortlessly in this tale that you find yourself relating to the most bizarre of scenarios, for example, (spoiler alert), a barnacle goose falling on your head, interrupting a romantic moment. The graphics have a colour scheme of mostly purples, yellows, and greens, which looks beautiful and striking and sets the scene perfectly in this parallel world where magic and witches exist.
Something else I love about An Embarrassment of Witches is the fluidity of the pages, it is as if the structure of the page reacts to the characters and the situation, rather than it being something set in stone all the way through. A page in it has just one word, yet the visuals make it one of my favourite pages in the whole novel. On another page, there is a guide on how to do origami, and as the character is making the same thing, you feel you can interact with the story. It just all feels so unique. Having said this, the origami also features as a way to structure the story, in the form of a fortune-teller, breaking up the story with remarks on how things are going, or what is coming next, like chapter titles, but much more creative.
The graphic novel is also a great exploration of friendship and how easy it can be to forget what’s important to us when we are angry, lost and scared. How important it is to just talk to each and say how we really feel.
I haven’t read anything like this before, something so relatable and magical at the same time. I recommend it to anyone who is struggling to find themselves after a big change, or just wants an entertaining read, with beautiful visuals.
September 22, 2020
An Embarrassment of Witches was an utter delight. I was laughing by page 2 and absolutely could not get enough of the puns, droll humor, and sarcasm in this book. The setting was insanely cool with lots of little creative ways to add magic into everyday life. (Don't get me started on the familiars -- they're awesome and I deeply want one). And to top it all off, this book had some grade A friendship feels. The changes Rory and Angela's friendship goes through after college really reminded me of my own life experiences and it was so great to see a friendship be a big part of the plot.
March 16, 2020
The moment a character broke into 'A Whole New World' whilst flying on a magic carpet, I knew I was not going to regret reading this. I'm very happy to report I was right in that assumption.
Having picked this up on a whim, I had no idea what I was getting but I loved it. It managed to be funny, ridiculous, relatable, magical and heartwarming all at the same time. It brilliantly explored recognisable aspects of life, such as parental expectations, being seen as a 'grown up' but not quite feeling like one and changing relationship dynamics with yourself and other. And it did all this whilst also featuring a talking hedgehog called Rhonda and a literal 'Little Shop of Horrors' plant.
I had so much fun with this and really hope these authors collaborate again, because they clearly have a brilliant sense of humour and outlook on the world and one I thoroughly enjoyed reading, both for its art style and plot.
Having picked this up on a whim, I had no idea what I was getting but I loved it. It managed to be funny, ridiculous, relatable, magical and heartwarming all at the same time. It brilliantly explored recognisable aspects of life, such as parental expectations, being seen as a 'grown up' but not quite feeling like one and changing relationship dynamics with yourself and other. And it did all this whilst also featuring a talking hedgehog called Rhonda and a literal 'Little Shop of Horrors' plant.
I had so much fun with this and really hope these authors collaborate again, because they clearly have a brilliant sense of humour and outlook on the world and one I thoroughly enjoyed reading, both for its art style and plot.
April 2, 2022
This graphic novel about twenty-something witches navigating new careers, friendships, relationships and the occasional magical mishap, was funny and relatable. I loved the messy relationships and the deft wit. The art was also so good. A fun read all around.
April 10, 2020
Friendship, witches, responsibility. What's not to love?!
May 28, 2020
Recognize a little too many of Rory's negative qualities in myself to truly enjoy this but super cute artwork and I loved the colors.
May 19, 2021
Rory is having an existential crisis after graduating college with her Asian Spellcraft degree and breaking up with her dragon-obsessed boyfriend. Her best friend Angela is starting to crack under the pressure of her brand new job in cryptopharmocology. These two young women navigate their world of flying carpets and pretentious magical hipsters while trying to keep alive their friendship in this colorful fantasy graphic novel.
A wonderfully charming and funny story and the illustrations & color palette are fantastic. Definitely made me chuckle. I requested this one for my local library to buy after falling in love with Sophie Goldstein's House of Women and happily they obliged. I'm so grateful my library has such a wide variety of graphic novels--even ones like this and Cannonball that are gems that can be hard to find.
While this didn't have any obvious LGBTQIA2+ rep, it felt kind of queer, and I mean that in the best way. This almost reminded me of a witchy, fantasy version of Ghost World and I'm left wondering if it was a direct influence. I'm very much into unlikeable protagonists in graphic novels lately--and while a lot of the time it feels like there's little room for character growth in such a short medium, I really felt main character Rory's bottom and turn-around point. The characters were so well-rounded that they felt real. I'm going to miss them!
My favorite part about this tale is the world-building. As the story begins, the world seems fairly normal, and instead of instantly dropping us into the fantasy, we slowly find out more and more how strange Rory's surroundings truly are. From people riding elephants and cat-buses and pumpkin carriages in a traffic jam, to hopping on a witch's broomstick as a ride-share, An Embarrassment of Witches is full of wonderfully weird surprises and curiosities.
I will continue to read anything Goldstein is part of from here on out.
A wonderfully charming and funny story and the illustrations & color palette are fantastic. Definitely made me chuckle. I requested this one for my local library to buy after falling in love with Sophie Goldstein's House of Women and happily they obliged. I'm so grateful my library has such a wide variety of graphic novels--even ones like this and Cannonball that are gems that can be hard to find.
While this didn't have any obvious LGBTQIA2+ rep, it felt kind of queer, and I mean that in the best way. This almost reminded me of a witchy, fantasy version of Ghost World and I'm left wondering if it was a direct influence. I'm very much into unlikeable protagonists in graphic novels lately--and while a lot of the time it feels like there's little room for character growth in such a short medium, I really felt main character Rory's bottom and turn-around point. The characters were so well-rounded that they felt real. I'm going to miss them!
My favorite part about this tale is the world-building. As the story begins, the world seems fairly normal, and instead of instantly dropping us into the fantasy, we slowly find out more and more how strange Rory's surroundings truly are. From people riding elephants and cat-buses and pumpkin carriages in a traffic jam, to hopping on a witch's broomstick as a ride-share, An Embarrassment of Witches is full of wonderfully weird surprises and curiosities.
I will continue to read anything Goldstein is part of from here on out.
March 11, 2020
This was a fun, quirky little graphic novel about "adulting." Some young women, lifelong friends, each encounter the hardships of adjusting to adult life, and they each respond in their unique ways. There's some drama, some crying, some laughing, and lots of fun imagery along the way.
But it is also a little cliched. Or a lot. Sometimes that's okay, and I think it is mostly okay here, but it did create a sense of blandness to some degree. Or maybe not quite blandness, maybe more like over familiarity. Regardless, no deep insights will be gained from this adult graphic novel, nor even practical advice about adjusting to the adult world of boring responsibilities. Its message is akin to "accept yourself and others for who you all are, and things will basically work out." Sure, maybe everything will work out. Or maybe it won't.
The best part of the story are the familiars. They should have their own book.
3/5
But it is also a little cliched. Or a lot. Sometimes that's okay, and I think it is mostly okay here, but it did create a sense of blandness to some degree. Or maybe not quite blandness, maybe more like over familiarity. Regardless, no deep insights will be gained from this adult graphic novel, nor even practical advice about adjusting to the adult world of boring responsibilities. Its message is akin to "accept yourself and others for who you all are, and things will basically work out." Sure, maybe everything will work out. Or maybe it won't.
The best part of the story are the familiars. They should have their own book.
3/5
May 20, 2020
lamenting the responsibilities of independent adulthood and how tremendously overwhelming it can be to learn to take care of yourself and always appear to have a plan lest be looked at as a failure or floundering child who cannot accept they must grow up eventually. it is particularly unusual for non-men to not appear to have their shit together and the woman-child who refuses to mature is much less accepted than the man-child who gets applauded and enabled for his bare minimum efforts.
May 12, 2020
3.5? This was a cute graphic novel about post-college friendship. The world building was great, and I thought overall a well done if somewhat simple story.
October 12, 2021
This was so FUNNY! Great magical world, and an easy to understand but fun plot
March 14, 2023
3.5? The art, color scheme, pop culture visual references were cute but the plot and characters were very flat
February 26, 2024
Maybe a 3.5. Navigating life after college is hard, and this book takes the time to reflect on that stumbling period. The binding on the book sucked though.
January 20, 2023
Cute graphic novel about witches. Throughly character driven. Kinda basic story line about adolescent struggles and hardships in friendship and family.
December 25, 2021
Picked up on the recommendation of Ariel Bissett, and quite glad I did. It reflected a lot of my own worries and growing pains surrounding post-grad life. I wish I had a familiar to talk to...
Some particularly relatable moments were when Guy talked about his struggles as a hopeful career academic: “Sometimes putting off graduation seems like the only way to survive.”
Rory: “It’s just... There are so many options... what if I make the wrong choice? And I probably will because I always do.”
Archimedes: “You want to be the kind of person who wants to go to grad school.”
And then the classic from Rory: “WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?”
I sure as hell don’t know what I’m doing with mine. 🙃
Some particularly relatable moments were when Guy talked about his struggles as a hopeful career academic: “Sometimes putting off graduation seems like the only way to survive.”
Rory: “It’s just... There are so many options... what if I make the wrong choice? And I probably will because I always do.”
Archimedes: “You want to be the kind of person who wants to go to grad school.”
And then the classic from Rory: “WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?”
I sure as hell don’t know what I’m doing with mine. 🙃
March 13, 2020
This was a cute story, set in a parallel universe where witches are part of the population and everyone celebrates Saturnalia instead of Christmas, but the movies and other pop culture is the same. It is a little confusing, but you get used to it. There is air travel by plane or by flying ship. And your famliars talk to you.
And in the middle of this is 20-something Rory, who thought she had her life planned out, but life had other ideas in mind.
There is humor, and play on words, and heart break, and all the usual stuff that happens to 20-something when they go out into the world.
It is a quick read, but not something I would want to reread.
And in the middle of this is 20-something Rory, who thought she had her life planned out, but life had other ideas in mind.
There is humor, and play on words, and heart break, and all the usual stuff that happens to 20-something when they go out into the world.
It is a quick read, but not something I would want to reread.
October 16, 2020
Post-college life for two best friends struggling to find their next steps.
An Embarrassment of Witches is a graphic novel that needed to focus: magic/fantasy or coming-of-age. Instead, it attempted a blend of the two storylines and failed. The plot became so muddled and full of angst that, as a reader, it was exhausting. I wasn’t a participant in the goings-on; I should not have felt weary. Instead, I closed the covers of the book and just felt like I’d been sent through a wringer. Yes, post-college life is scary, confusing, and often messy. So much of that was crammed into this story though. So much. So much. TOO MUCH! Just like Rory, the authors needed to FOCUS! Because the magical elements? They felt tossed in, added on, unnecessary. The story wasn’t about magic. Period. It wasn’t about them being witches. Period. It wasn’t about their skill using spells or potions. Period. It was post-college drama – with magical words tossed in to try to draw the fantasy crowd to the book.
The saving grace of the magical elements were the familiars. I loved their humor, dry-wit, and eye-rolling at their humans. I could have read an entire book about Archimedes and Rhonda. Instead, readers get only brief glimpses at them – just enough to be annoyed because … why put magic in a coming-of-age story that has nothing to do with magic?
An Embarrassment of Witches is a graphic novel that needed to focus: magic/fantasy or coming-of-age. Instead, it attempted a blend of the two storylines and failed. The plot became so muddled and full of angst that, as a reader, it was exhausting. I wasn’t a participant in the goings-on; I should not have felt weary. Instead, I closed the covers of the book and just felt like I’d been sent through a wringer. Yes, post-college life is scary, confusing, and often messy. So much of that was crammed into this story though. So much. So much. TOO MUCH! Just like Rory, the authors needed to FOCUS! Because the magical elements? They felt tossed in, added on, unnecessary. The story wasn’t about magic. Period. It wasn’t about them being witches. Period. It wasn’t about their skill using spells or potions. Period. It was post-college drama – with magical words tossed in to try to draw the fantasy crowd to the book.
The saving grace of the magical elements were the familiars. I loved their humor, dry-wit, and eye-rolling at their humans. I could have read an entire book about Archimedes and Rhonda. Instead, readers get only brief glimpses at them – just enough to be annoyed because … why put magic in a coming-of-age story that has nothing to do with magic?
December 11, 2023
3.5 stars. I stumbled across this book in the library and had a blast! I love it when that happens. I didn't realize I was looking for a book about 20-somethings soaked in casual magic. Instead of an Uber, you call a broomstick! You study abroad in Faerie! It's all so fun. The art is striking and quirky, using a color palette of purples, greens, and yellows that feels chaotic and cohesive at the same time.
I like how the book handles situationships, family dynamics, feeling gifted kid pressure, and other things that plague your life in your 20s. If the book had been a bit longer, there might have been more time to explore some of these plotlines, but I'm super happy with the fun romp that we got. I especially loved that some of the buildings take inspiration from Pittsburgh, where I went to school!
I like how the book handles situationships, family dynamics, feeling gifted kid pressure, and other things that plague your life in your 20s. If the book had been a bit longer, there might have been more time to explore some of these plotlines, but I'm super happy with the fun romp that we got. I especially loved that some of the buildings take inspiration from Pittsburgh, where I went to school!
November 13, 2020
Another cozy fantasy offering that's satisfactory: cute, colorful, and forgettable. An Embarrassment of Witches takes place in our modern world - except everyone's a magic user! It's less exciting or complex than you might think. For the most part, the main characters do normal human things and experience normal human issues.
Maybe that's what's disappointing about An Embarrassment of Witches. It's a pretty classic tale of mid-20's arrested development. The witching bit is almost entirely unnecessary and doesn't play into the resolution at all. I can respect an arrested development narrative, just give it to me straight maybe?
Maybe that's what's disappointing about An Embarrassment of Witches. It's a pretty classic tale of mid-20's arrested development. The witching bit is almost entirely unnecessary and doesn't play into the resolution at all. I can respect an arrested development narrative, just give it to me straight maybe?
January 24, 2022
Uninspiring, boring, and too straight. The main character acts like a brat all the time and, in the end, gets no punishment for being an utter piece of trash to everyone she knows. Meh, I was hoping for more since this has such a pretty cover, but the overused witch tropes and Rory's endless bullshit got tiring pretty quickly.
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May 22, 2021Rory has broken up with her terrible boyfriend right as the pair of them were about to go to Australia. Best friend and flatmate Angela has already sublet Rory's room for the summer, and also is about to start a placement with Rory's high-flying mum. The usual stresses and strains of early twenties life, in other words, except that as the title suggests, there's magic. Not even in a hidden, Harry Potter way, just as an open and long-standing facet of life. In places this bugged me – would the world really be so similar to ours in outline if its fundamentals were that different? Why would 'cryptobiology' be distinct from standard biology, let alone called that, if these organisms had never been hidden? But when it's played for comedy and charm, it's fine – so we get Howl's moving castle and the Catbus stuck in traffic after a pumpkin coach collides with Baba Yaga's hut, or a talking mouse screaming 'So much for the tolerant leeeeeft' as a familiar owl carries him off. Some of the scenes rely on the magic to give a twist to familiar experiences, like revisiting a favourite eighties film and being blindsided by stuff that now plays badly. Except here it's Labyrinth:
"Man, the goblin stereotyping in this movie really hasn't aged well."
"Totally, I haven't heard of a baby abduction since like, forever."
"I'm going to try to make #notallgoblins happen."
Other times, though, you could have the same conversation in our world without alteration:
"What's praxis?"
"It means 'practice'."
"Why don't you just say 'practice'?"
"Because I'm getting an advanced degree?"
And similarly, the emotional core of it comes down to the friendship that's maybe been outgrown, the old white lies that have festered into codepency, and of course the bad decisions one makes in the first flush of alleged adulthood. As one of the origami fortune-tellers scattered through the pages so wisely says: "Well you made some...choices. Try not to make the same mistake twice."
The look of it is intriguing. Plenty of indie comics have a similar mix of architecture and landscapes I really like, and cartoon faces in a style I find a bit ugly – but they don't usually work with quite this palette, yellow, green, purples and blues that made me think of some inadvisable but intriguing variant flavour of Refreshers.
"Man, the goblin stereotyping in this movie really hasn't aged well."
"Totally, I haven't heard of a baby abduction since like, forever."
"I'm going to try to make #notallgoblins happen."
Other times, though, you could have the same conversation in our world without alteration:
"What's praxis?"
"It means 'practice'."
"Why don't you just say 'practice'?"
"Because I'm getting an advanced degree?"
And similarly, the emotional core of it comes down to the friendship that's maybe been outgrown, the old white lies that have festered into codepency, and of course the bad decisions one makes in the first flush of alleged adulthood. As one of the origami fortune-tellers scattered through the pages so wisely says: "Well you made some...choices. Try not to make the same mistake twice."
The look of it is intriguing. Plenty of indie comics have a similar mix of architecture and landscapes I really like, and cartoon faces in a style I find a bit ugly – but they don't usually work with quite this palette, yellow, green, purples and blues that made me think of some inadvisable but intriguing variant flavour of Refreshers.
April 24, 2022
It's neat to see the magical settings and aesthetics of witches being presented as a normal backdrop for other life lessons. Navigating post-grad, job opportunities, possible romantic relationships, family drama... oh and there are talking animal familiars and flying carpets around. You could take the magic out of this story and it would play out pretty similarly, which might be not-magicy-enough for some people or seen as a plus for others. It's certainly great to add a bit of escapism and wonder to an otherwise way-too-relatable subject. I found the colour pallet of purple/pink/turquoise/black too repetitive and was hoping for a bit of bright red or yellow, even if sparingly used for emphasis. And most of the attempts at humour and comedy fell flat for me. I also found the drama playing out too quickly towards the end, even if the structure of the narrative had some good turns I wasn't expecting. All in all I was hoping for a bit more to get me excited and wanting to recommend this to others, but instead got a perfectly serviceable (if forgettable) comic.
October 30, 2024
Uhm nope, I hate to burst your bubble but you certainly do *NOT* have everything figured out when you turn 30.
ANYWAYS. I loved the illustration and the humor, the banter between the two familiars totally cracked me up with laughter but the MC was SO annoying and immature and childish - one of those "I will do/say/like whatever the person I'm romantically involved with or have a crush on does/says/likes" and "Everything revolves around me-me-me-me" and "I will loudly groan and complain at every single thing that doesn't go my way" type of people and I could not stand her for the life of me - and her best friend was way too kind and forgiving after being walked all over like a doormat for years.
Also, the "witchiness" comes into play only for the worldbuilding around the characters but it doesn't *feel* like a witchy graphic novel, you know what I mean?
So... yeah. It was okay.
ANYWAYS. I loved the illustration and the humor, the banter between the two familiars totally cracked me up with laughter but the MC was SO annoying and immature and childish - one of those "I will do/say/like whatever the person I'm romantically involved with or have a crush on does/says/likes" and "Everything revolves around me-me-me-me" and "I will loudly groan and complain at every single thing that doesn't go my way" type of people and I could not stand her for the life of me - and her best friend was way too kind and forgiving after being walked all over like a doormat for years.
Also, the "witchiness" comes into play only for the worldbuilding around the characters but it doesn't *feel* like a witchy graphic novel, you know what I mean?
So... yeah. It was okay.
January 13, 2025
The color palette, illustration, and world in the background of this story, which is about learning how to deal with life and relationships, were awesome. I would love to live in this modern magical world!
But, the characters fell a little short for me, I was rooting for her best friend Angela the most and hated the position she was put into. But I did see a lot of myself in the main character when I was young so maybe I didn't like the reflection if anything 😅
Read this for free with a ComiXology free subscription, cute little story! I'd reread just to look at all the imagery and easter eggs. (Totoro Cat Bus & Howl's Moving Castle in some traffic at one point!)
But, the characters fell a little short for me, I was rooting for her best friend Angela the most and hated the position she was put into. But I did see a lot of myself in the main character when I was young so maybe I didn't like the reflection if anything 😅
Read this for free with a ComiXology free subscription, cute little story! I'd reread just to look at all the imagery and easter eggs. (Totoro Cat Bus & Howl's Moving Castle in some traffic at one point!)
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