Book Review: Nimona

Nimona is an enjoyable quick read. Because its origins as a web comic, the overall pace and plot development reminded me of reading serial comics like Alley Oop every day in the newspaper. There are a handful of expletives sprinkled throughout and a couple sexual innuendos which places this graphic novel into the high school category for me.

Nimona's backstory has elements of The Highlander, Dr Who's Ashildr and a few other ancient myths. The modern mix of science, magic, and heraldry gives this tale of friendship a quirky backdrop for familiar themes of morality, prejudice and forgiveness. Noelle's artwork is charming and focused on story development of superfluous details.

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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