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Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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5.0

A warming, beautifully illustrated graphic novel about starting college, falling in love and growing up. One of the best LGBTQ graphic novels I have ever read.

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5.0

I devoured CHECK, PLEASE! in all its adorableness! Bitty is such a sweet character and I loved his earnest manner and his uncontrollable pie baking; he's just a big marshmallow trying to find his way on a college hockey team. CHECK, PLEASE! was low angst and super light and fluffy and it just made my heart sigh. I was so happy to see the hockey team accept Bitty for exactly who he was and showed him that he could be himself without worry. We also got a little bit of a brewing romance story with Bitty's relentless crush on the team captain, Jack Zimmerman.

I really enjoyed Ngozi Ukazu's style and found the characters to be cute but also incredibly expressive in the way they're drawn. I also liked the way she subtly aged Bitty over the first two years of college and you can see him grow up both in the story and the images. The colors are also very vibrant and eye-catching so the pages all have a fun and exciting vibe.

Content Warning: brief mention of past anxiety and drug overdose