The Girl from the Sea

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.