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Paper Girls: The Complete Story by Brian K. Vaughan

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music_girl93's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

varasa's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

callmeromo's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Wow, what a standout series! I am a little upset that this was made my men, but wow, I actually really liked it. The characters are great, relatable, funny, and uniquely themselves. They are three dimensional, you see them grow and think and for the most part they seem to think like teens would as well. I love how they aren't sexualized and are badass with their sisterhood. The devotion to one another is so heartwarming and you feel their pain and loss and thought process. The plot is intricate and at times hard to follow, but you get back into it as you continue reading. There's so many layers and depth to this saga it's amazing. I love this so much, and I may even read this like every year or so, it holds a special place in my heart in terms of graphic novels honestly. I really want my wife to read this!

cocoroux's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

oonawoodbury's review

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Whoa, this was a lot of fun! It's time travel and there's a lot going on, very intricately put together-- I definitely want to reread it sometime

rainbowofcrazy's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Paper Gurls is a trip! It starts off chill AF but once it gets going, it's non-stop madness. I saw a review that said it was Stranger Things before Stranger Things, and in certain ways it is, and in other ways, it is so much better.

I really enjoyed the art style and I loved the girls and their dynamic. It's so refreshing to have an all female cast. And they're all interesting and feel like real girls!

I do have to say, trying to keep up with Paper Girls was a struggle, especially in the second half when everything starts unravelling and you never quite understand exactly what is going on for a lot of it. Could I even explain what exactly happens and how it wraps up? Uh... no.. not really. Not well, anyway. lol. I do wish the friendships got to develop more and the ending was more fleshed out. It's all pure chaos, but a fun ride.