Loved the art and the overall story of this. I was intrigued by the Beatles reference and hoped it would be an interesting read and I wasn't disappointed.

Graphic novels are as important and relevant as any book in a classroom/school library.
This is a fun tale of a girl obsessed with The Beatles and their music. A fun book.

Nowhere Girl an intimate autobiographical book about the struggle to fit in when growing up with mental illness. How coping mechanisms we use as children can slowly become harmful behaviours that can isolate us from our loved ones and the wider world. There is a whimsy to Le Huche's art style that belies the seriousness of some of the themes.

Le Huche's writing is superb in capturing what it feels like to feel anxious. It is one of the best depictions of the feelings of awkwardness with your own body that is common when going through puberty. The section on Magali's weird reasoning for not wanting to shower was something that resonated with me.

Magali finding her escape from her problems through the music of The Beatles and how this became an obsession is something that I think is a common experience that most teenagers go through. Becoming obsessed with something weird that annoys people around you because you blather on about it too much.

In terms of criticisms, I found the lettering hard to read at times, and I also felt it was unevenly paced at times.

This is an amusing, human, and engaging coming-of-age story.

This book was so weird!! (But then again so were the Beatles at times!)

This is a graphic novel that uses the Beatles as a plot devise. The idea of the Beatles was the main reason for wanting to read, and I think that will be the case for most people...
However, it took a long to actually get the the Beatles within the story, and then the story was just plain bonkers But I Love it like that!

I can't say I particularly understood everything in here, but nevertheless it was a fun book to read all the same. Just be prepared to feel a bit 'trippy' when reading.
(Thanks to Net Galley for this Book).

This was a heartwarming coming-of-age graphic novel about the author's experience beginning middle school, going through many changes and the anxiety associated with that, and her discovery and subsequent obsession with the Beatles.

I really enjoyed reading from Magali's perspective - there's so much heart in these pages, each and every character feels so real, and so many scenes were incredibly relatable.

Magali Le Huche's illustrative style is stunning - it both perfectly captures the magic and whimsy of the Beatles and her immersion in their world, and the style and feel of the 90s, when the novel is set, filled with Magali's anxiety and isolation.

I'll look out for other books by her in future, because I this is an incredibly talented artist and author!

Brilliant quirky graphic novel, I loved it!

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me read this book in exchange for my review.

This showed a really realistic view of how anxiety and phobias can develop, at least from my own experience. The illustration style was engaging and I loved the use of colour throughout.

This was a cute memoir of the author’s pre and teenage years and her struggle with anxiety and school phobia, and how she used the Beatles and fandom to get better. I liked her illustration style but the choice of font wasn’t ideal for digital format.

NOWHERE GIRL
Author/illustrator: Magali Le Huche
Pub Date 1 Sep 2022
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Firstly Thank you to Nobrow Ltd and Magali Le Huche for providing me with a copy of the eBook for free via NetGalley for an unbiased review.

We follow the story of Magali’s adolescence years and her struggle with her mental health. Magali suffers with severe anxiety described as school phobia and as a result she is homeschooled for a year before managing to ease her way back into society.
I love how the book burst’s into colour when she discovers The Beatles. It shows how much music can have a positive effort on our lives, she felt comforted by their music.
This is the first autobiography I have read in graphic novel format, I really liked it and read it in one sitting.
I do have to have a little moan about the cursive font, as much as it looked pretty it was very difficult to read in digital format and I spent a lot of time zooming in and out to be able to see it properly which hurt my eyes and ruined the book experience. Truth be told if this wasn’t a ARC from Netgalley it would have put me off enough for me to DNF the book. HOWEVER, I’m glad I did soldier on as I enjoyed the book.

A super cute, short, autobiographical comics about growing up, anxiety, feeling weird abotu growing older, and enduring obsessions. I loved the illustrations, but I really loved the colour images when The Beatles are introduced. The colours chosen are so beautiful. Lovely, and I think a lot of people will relate to the feelings depicted, even if your childhood obsession wasn't The Beatles.

A lovely story about music and escapism, and about the ardent passions of young women that follow them for the rest of their lives. It took me a while to get accostomed to the illustration style, but once I did it blew me away