Reviews

Monica by Daniel Clowes

karnakjr's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I went in totally blind. Clowes spins a hell of a life story for his title character. There are places I enjoy the story more than others, but the whole resonates. Everybody feels real. The art is on point. Clowes’ brush is unreal. The book’s production values are amazing.

The ending is wild.

limabeangreen's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.75

thefatspicegirl's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

callosaurus's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

wauyan's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

5erinnicole's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This book was weird! First graphic novel I’ve read like this. 

The story was told well, the art interesting, and the chapters interwoven. 

I just didn’t especially care for the story, and struggled to keep the similar looking characters straight 

pam_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

At no point did I know where this was going.

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massmassmarket's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I think the scenes with The Way cult will perhaps stay with me longest.

ruandamcf's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

4.5

jcmochnick's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75