The Girl from the Sea
Ratings79
Average rating4.1
2021 is really coming in clutch with all this queer content. I am here for it. Morgan & Keltie were so cute. I need a sequel that picks up 7 years later.
A wonderful book with a myriad of great messages from coming-of-age themes to environmental activism and LGBTQ+ rep. The art style is beautiful, and my gosh I connected to the main character (her coming-of-age and gay experiences mirrored mine almost exactly!). Ostertag blew me away with this one from the writing to the art to the characters, and I swooned over the whole style and message of this book for hours after I read it. This is the type of book that'll connect to younger readers (the mc is 15, I believe), those my age (20s) and those even older. Truly beautiful read.
It's predictable, yes, but I am a sucker for a selkie story, and a difficult romance.
Un libro cortísimo y super cute que leí de una sentada.
SPOILERS
Pero quiero saber que paso 7 años después aghhhhh
This was so lovely
This was a lovely and beautiful graphic novel about first love. Figuring out how to be your most authentic and vulnerable self with those you love the most. It really got me in the feels, felt the old dust in the eyes at a few parts. But in the end it made my heart happy.
2.5 stars
I really liked Keltie as a character; she was adorable and had a distinct personality and mannerisms. I also appreciated how the texts sent between teenagers were realistic to how teenagers actually text. The story was able to do a fair amount of showing instead of telling, using the artwork itself to foreshadow a lot of the conflicts that would arise later on.
However, the beginning of the graphic novel felt too rushed to me; it made it difficult for me to delve into the story by way of being invested in any of the characters. The story is navigating through a plethora of subplots, but this resulted in neither of the sub-plots being fleshed out enough to truly be meaningful or impactful. Overall, this graphic novel was mediocre to me; I didn't love it or hate it, and it wasn't very memorable for me personally. But despite this, I do think a lot of people would enjoy it much more than I did.
Such an enchanting tale and cast of characters. I loved reading this beautiful story.
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! This was SO CUTE!!!!!! and Absolutely sweet!!!!!!! I haven't read many graphic novels, so I thought I would give this a shot, and I'm SO GLAD I did!!!!!! I Absolutely ADORED the main characters, and Deeply loved the plot!!!!!! I just couldn't put it down!!!!!! It was just such a pick-me-up kind of story, and I definitely want to read more by this Author!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend if you like Graphic novels and contemporary fantasy stories!!!!!!!
A sweet, fantasy romance about falling in love even if it's not forever.
i UGLY cried to this book. not in a sad way. in a heartwrenchingly pure way.
coming to terms with sexuality is not guaranteed to fun, romantic, or even heartwarming story but this really takes all of those things and throws it into one perfectly wrapped up package.
i read this in 40 minutes and damn, , my eyes do be leaking tho.
i don't NEEED a sequel but like,, , , i wouldn't be upset if ostertag decided to give us a vingette of where morgan and keltie are 7 years later. or you know what? i think im better off just imagining a happy ending for them in my head.
I just wish things could be easier for kids/young adults. I wish adults could make it easier and kids wouldn't think they are so alone in life.
Graphics were awesome, the story was beautiful but like most Selkie stories; sad.
3.5 Stars. It's a cute story but I think the romance between Keltie and Morgan was a little too intense for them both being so young. Also, I know she was upset, but I don't think Serena's anger at Morgan not coming out to her before was justified. People act all affronted when queer people don't immediately come out to them but they don't owe anyone anything.
Beautifully illustrated and a gorgeous story, a melding of folklore and queerness. It's a tale of identity, acceptance (including self-acceptance) and a little bit of environmentalism too! What's not to love? Even this jaded old creature's eyes were slightly damp by the end.
I flew through it in half and hour - I hate reading graphic novels on my phone. I'll definitely be buying a paper copy so I can linger over Ostertag's delightful drawings at leisure.
(7/17/2023) fantastic showing from one half of the ostertag/stevenson power duo. i flipped through a few pages at the library and was initially thinking based on the art style, teen characters, and illustrated group text exchanges that it'd be a tad too YA for my tastes (if there even is such a thing), but the group texts ended up being a clever storytelling device that both marked the passage of time and evolving relationships between the characters, and the dialogue was full of personality throughout without being a) written by an adult tryharding how teenagers talk or b) way too specific with slang or references to be relevant in a few years. also there are many cute gay kisses.
3.5*
I liked the relationship between the two main characters, but I didn't understand why Morgan wanted to keep her relationship and being lesbian a secret from her family and friends.
At first I thought they were prejudiced against lesbians, but they didn't even bat an eye when they discovered they were dating. In fact they were upset that Morgan hadn't trust them.
