![]() ![]() The main character is cruel to her parents, selfish, a mediocre friend, develops a crush on someone to whom she is invisible, and spends a fair bit of Summer alternating between sulking about being misunderstood and giving in to the child-like delight of hanging out on holidays with a friend. Life isn’t always marked by momentous realisations or dramatic events, instead it is a slow accumulation of experiences, errors, embarrassments and kindnesses. Yes, there isn’t much in the way of plot progression or character development, but that to me was the charm of the story. The book is entirely printed in shades of blue, and reading it sometimes felt like looking at everything underwater. The illustrations are gorgeous, simple in style but so expressive of emotions and vividly showing the atmosphere of Summer by the beach. A slice-of-life graphic novel that perfectly captures the frustrations and small anxieties of early teen life. ![]()
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