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While beautifully illustrated the story didn’t bring to much to the table for me. I didn’t feel connected to the characters and throughout I was only continuing for the illustrations.

I do think the story could be really good for some people, I just wasn’t who this was written for. I do think the art style is spectacular and even though I didn’t enjoy the story the illustrations left me in awe.

So rare to get a cozy dystopian ~ Wonderful and colorful art! Lots of care went into this piece. I wish I could stay with these characters longer but what a treat to finish in one sitting.

Coming of age story with two beings from different dimensions search for their homes and bravely confront issues in their own lives.

The art is fantastic. I love the various palettes, the dynamic layouts and sense of motion, and that each setting feels like its own.

However, I lacked sympathy for Gloopy. He was annoying, he felt inconsistent, and I don't know what he added to the story. I get that Bloom needs a companion mechanically as it gives him someone to talk to, helps with his character development, and gives him a foil. But ugh Gloopy.

Loved how ‘they' was used for Bee's pronouns and is asked if they're Bloom's parent.

I also loved at the end the changing of the pronoun I vs we.
The concepts and topics of being an outsider, being lonely/being a friend, community, taking care of others was addressed.

I have mixed feelings about the pacing. After the initial establishment of Bloom and Bee's world and then of Goopy's it becomes a frenetic crash into and out of various settings often in a state of chaos. Part of this is wonderful, it's exciting, but here's the mixed part you, like the characters, don't know what's going on. How/why did they change settings? Was it the necklace, if it was the necklace did it ever do that when Bee had it? It seemed random (even convenient) for their shift into another place.

A painterly, beautiful, and mesmerizing journey of friendship and discovering one's self! Each of the panels are so funky, pretty, and almost trippy to a sense, I could stare at them for a long time