Nowhere girl

3.5 and rounding up.

I've read quite a few graphic novel memoirs this year and find that it's a very compelling way to read about someone.

While reading about young Magali who is in 7th grade in the 90's, I could see myself in her. How fixated/obsessed I could get about one thing in particular and that one thing could easily become something that would not only be an escape but also relied on to get me through difficult times in my adolescence.

The biggest drawback for me, was the cursive font that was used for the majority of the storytelling. I found it difficult to read and often had to zoom in on the digital copy I was reading in order to really see the text clearly. Also, if the cursive was all handwritten I'm equally as impressed that she has such nice penmanship even when writing in such small spaces!

SPOILERS:I do wish we had gone further into her mental health struggles. It was good to see she was in therapy, but she states about halfway during her year of homeschooling and therapy she stopped having things to say to her therapist. At that point in the story she has withdrawn deeply into herself and was spending all of her time alone or in her own world. Then one day she just decided to stop doing that and went back to school and all was well again. It just felt like an unrealistic resolution to someone struggling with anxiety and possibly some other underlying mental health issues. Just would have liked to dive deeper into the mental health side of things.It was great to see that her parents supported her and helped her find a better learning environment so that she wouldn't be struggling with her anxiety about school performance.Thank you to Europe Comics and Magali Le Huche for providing me with a copy of the eBook for free via NetGalley for an unbiased review.