I was immediately drawn to this book by the artwork and whilst I was not disappointed throughout by the images and use of colour I do feel that certain elements were lacking.

The choice of font at times made it difficult to read and whilst I appreciated the cluttered nature was done on purpose, there were specific times when it was extremely effective such as when Magali's parents returned from work and her mother wouldn't stop talking. Other a select few occasions, the pages needed to be set out better in terms of the artwork and text to make it clearer to read.

Overall, I appreciated the topic of anxiety and pressure on children at school and I think this was shown extremely well - the image of the bag progressing through the weeks in November was extremely relatable and powerful.

As someone who uses music as a release I wish the script had of discussed Magali's realtionship with the actual music more and not just in the use of colour however this was extremely beautiful.

Adolescence is terrible. This brought me right back to my own, and wow, was it uncomfortable. The author's story is painfully relatable, even for those of us who didn't homeschool for a few years due to school phobia. It was an unvarnished look at the pre-teen/early teen years. So much fear, awkwardness, discomfort and cringe. And occasionally some "in twenty years you'll look back on this and laugh" humor.
I liked it. It wasn't an easy read, and it wasn't exactly entertaining, but it sucked me in. The art is an interesting style thar worked well for the story.

I wanted to reach into my screen and shake all the people around our MC - her parents, sister, teachers, friends, classmates, EVERYONE - and tell them to wake up and pay attention to her. I read this because I'm a huge Beatles fan and liked it well enough. The font/writing and way the pages were laid out became too difficult to read at times. I don't think I could fully grasp what was happening on the page because I was so put out by the font. A fun little read about a 6th grade girl falling in love with john, Paul, George, and Ringo for the first time.

Genuine and heart-felt, in this autobiographic comic book we follow the growing anxiety of the author as a pre-teen rejecting school. There is something very touching about this story, and it talked to me a lot, probably because I did go to French school and hated the elitism. It was a hard, unforgiving place where teachers were true enemies - many I wondered if they didn't just pain hate children. Sadly, that did not push the students to band together, probably because most teens are too uncomfortable in their own skins to be nice to anyone. This book will not help to make you feel much lighter, but it will show the struggle of a girl who overcame her difficulties by finding her perfect escapism... and forge a new path.
It is an odd little book, very personal, and this slice of life is fascinating.

Nowhere Girl is a very different graphic novel chronicling the angst of growing up and being different. Learning more about the Beatles was a bonus.

This was a fun coming of age story discussing the perils of growing up and how the Beatles could play a massive role in growing up and really helping a young girl come out of her shell. It was also about feeling safe and how growing up is hard. This is a great story for young people and how having a role model is important because we all need someone to look up to, especially when things are hard. And growing up is hard

This was such a cute and lovely story about a young girl using her love for the Beatles to deal with her anxiety around school and socialising. The art style worked really well with the story, and I loved the use of black and white along with the vibrant colour palette. A very relatable story about social anxiety, though it didn't go very deep.

This review was made possible thanks to @netgalley, @europecomics and @magalilehuche for providing me with an Advanced Reader’s Copy in exchange for an honest review.


Synopsis
Magali is a young girl who starts to feel the pressures and anxieties of growing up. The beginning of a new school year proves to be challenging for Magali and once things become to much to deal with, Magali begins to be home-schooled. That is when Magali discovers The Beatles, and from that moment on her world is turned upside down.


Thoughts
💭I had never read a Graphic Memoir/Autobiography before, but this one was quite nice. I finished “Nowhere Girl” in one sitting, as it was fun, airy, and really entertaining.

💭I definitely connected with Magali (the author as the main character) at times, with her anxieties and fears, her escape through music and, OF COURSE, her love (some might call it obsession 😂) for The Beatles, which literally brought a whole lot of color and movement into her life (and into the book). Truth is I’m a simple girl, give me anything The Beatles related and I’m happy. 💙

💭I LOVED the illustrations!!!! To me, they represented perfectly what was going on inside Magali’s mind. Also, it was quite impressive to see how the author/illustrator was able to show through the illustrations the difference between Magali’s life before and after The Beatles.

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.

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.

This book was such a wonderful read, I just couldn't stop reading it, I have read it in one sitting.

My favourite part of this magical book was he beautiful illustrations. The way our main character's life was affected by the amazing music of Beatles was vividly shown in the art was so amazing. Myself is a huge fan of Beatles and it was great to see how it also affected and helped someone else during her life. Even though the graphics is exceptional, the plot was great too.

The story followed our main character how she dealt with her everyday life and struggles. It was relatable to me in a lot of poins, even though for me the biggest escapism is books not Beatles, I could understand her obsession and affection towards Beatles too.

I definitely recomend this book for everyone who is looking for a really realistic story about life with the most beautiful illustrations and also lot of Beatles content and facts. I loved it so much.

A story about adolescents. A time when humans are half matured. They face new challenges and changes in their bodies and circumstances. It is about a young girl who tries to make sense of shifting landscapes that she traverses everyday. Artwork is Innovative and suits the narrative. A nice cozy graphic novel. A story about teenage years and their inherent instability.

A sweet and unique coming-of-age tale mixing one girl’s love of The Beatles and the discomfort and awe of growing up.

I received an ARC of this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Hmmmmm this was not my favourite. I’m not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t this. This is an autobiography about a young girl named Magali, growing up in France in the 1990’s. She battles through some serious fears and mental issues and develops an obsession with the Beatles at the same time.

For me, the story didn’t flow well and was somewhat basic. The illustrations though, we’re fantastic. There’s some really great artwork in here.

This is a memoir of the author, about how she had such anxiety that shoule had to be home schooled. This is the story of how she over came this. But this is also the story of her love for the Beatles.

No, I was a child of the 60s and 70s, not 90s, so it wasn't quite so odd for me to love the Beatles, but for her, it is because they are so far removed from her friend's pop-culture.

Magali, the author as main character, is quite content to continue to use their music as a way of escape, so has to not have to interact with her peers.

I found this a little long and drawn out, but I get what she is trying to do, use the four lads from Liverpool as her therapy, when she couldn't' stand the actual world, as it was.

But, I found it a little repetitive and drawn out, and though I know wherein she loves their music, I didn't become so obsesses that I felt as though they followed me around, and they knew my thoughts.

So, ok, but a little long.

<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. </em>

Scratchy, patchy graphic autobiography about a girl who finds being absorbed in her crushes on TV and Beatles music (of all things) much more amenable that conjugating verbs for school. Not horrendously, should-be-aborted-at-birth bad, but the layout and the awfully cursive script make it so much more like hard work than it needed to be. One and a half stars.

𝙍𝙀𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙒

NOWHERE GIRL
Author/illustrator: Magali Le Huche
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#gifted by @netgalley in exchange for an honest review
pub date was 23 June 2021

𝙎𝙔𝙉𝙊𝙋𝙎𝙄𝙎:
This book tells the story of Magali, a young girl going through the ups and downs of being a teenager in 1990's France, and of the people and things she relies on to get through life. (Such as a worldwide famous 4-member English band).

𝙈𝙔 𝙊𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙊𝙉:
This was a lovely read! It's the first autobiography I read in graphic novel format and I really liked it. In this book we are introduced to Magali, her parents, sister, best friend and other people she meets along the way, and we deive into her mental health issues, which are described as "paralyzing fears of failure, school, other people, and her own changing body" (quote from the NetGalley website) and into her many loves (all the "celebrity" crushes she's had over the years), the most important of all being The Beatles.

Some other things I particularly loved:
- The way Magali's family reacted to her issues and tried to help her cope with them
- THE ILLUSTRATIONS!!! They are absolutely gorgeous and one of the best parts of this book

It's a tiny read but it contains a great depiction of what it's like to be a teenager with anxiety, and to have interests and hobbies you use as a way to escape when life gets hard. The ending was a little "meh" for me but it's still a good recommendation for anyone of any age.

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A girl finds herself really overwhelmed by life and the many curveballs that is thrown her way. There is a pretty good depiction of anxiety which I liked seeing.
Personally not a huge fan of the artwork.
Thank you to netgalley for providing me with this copy of the book.

It is the '90s and poor Magali has just started middle school. She is not having an easy time of it then she discovers The Beatles and somehow those fab four, from the '60s, bring her some happiness.

What I thought was going to be a cute, funny graphic novel turned into a lesson on children having anxiety and panic attacks. I loved Magali and her quirkiness and felt for her when she wasn't well and cheered her on as she tried to get better. I loved how supportive her parents were and how this is sort of an autobiography of the author herself. There is a lesson for all of us between these pages and I really appreciated that.

The drawings are cute and some of them are really colourful and I couldn't believe how much they really resembled the fab four. I liked this so much I am going to buy it for my 11 year old great-niece and give it to her in September when she goes back to school.

I loved this book!! And the graphics were wonderful!
Basically it follows a young girl who is trying super hard to adjust to school (and gets school phobia) and faces problems with her body.
And how she falls in love with the beatles!! (she and I have that in common!)
A must read for young girls!
My rating 5 stars

The introduction of the Beatles into this Magali's life, gives me less the feels of the Beatles and more like watching the Wizard of Oz but the sound is just Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. (It's a wild trip that's for sure.) But it works as an amazing manifestation of how much impact they had on her life at that time. As I was reading initially reading about her interest, it felt akin to me hype fixating on a topic, but at some point I felt like it was crossing into an outright obsession. and then it just drops off, which while reading I found very odd. But then I remembered how quickly I've dropped something I've fixated over for years, but now only visit periodically.

'I have mixed feelings about the depiction of mental health providers in this book, specifically the one Magali is talking to at the end. They made the choice not to acknowledge something that was important to her and that was disappointing

The art style in this book is something else and It's still sitting with me..