Reading: Nimona

[white_hart]

alithea recommended Nimona to me a few weeks ago, and seeing that it was by Noelle Stevenson, who is the showrunner for the delightful She-Ra and the Princessses of Power, I ordered a copy straight away.

Nimona began life as a webcomic before being published as a graphic novel. Set in a fantasy world which combines dragons, jousts and sword fights with TV news, video calls and takeaway pizza, its central character, Nimona, is a shapeshifter who becomes sidekick to supervillian Ballister Blackheart. It's snarky, funny and surprisingly touching in places, with a background m/m romance, and I thought it was great fun. My only issue is that the text is very small and I could only read it by taking my glasses off and holding the book closer to my face than I normally would.

Comments

[alithea]

Glad you enjoyed it!

I assume a larger edition was too expensive to print which is indeed a shame.

[the_rck]

I listened to the audiobook adaptation of Nimona and found it surprisingly good. I hadn't gotten through the book version because reading it was too physically difficult.

[andrewducker]

I also enjoyed it very much!