Slowly getting through the graphic novel titles on my netgalley (backlog). Odessa was up next and I'm honestly... disappointed. I went in with no expectations because it's been so long I didn't even know what this would be about

And while I did really enjoy this story about family, especially when it reflected a part of my own family, that's also why I felt really critical about it. Like Virginia, I'm also an older sibling with (surprise!) two younger siblings, and from the beginning, I couldn't help but be upset at her decision to pack up and leave...to find a mother who had pretty much (left them and) never contacted them for years. Until her birthday this year. And even after that...there were just moments I didn't like relating to her. I thought it would get better, and it did at times, but it wasn't enough for me to grow to like her as a character

Her brothers were a bit more tolerable and really acted like the kids they were. The art was nice, the world interesting though slightly confusing at times, and as much as I eventually came to resent their mysterious mother, I also hoped they would find something worthwhile. I ended up rating this 2 ⭐, it's not a bad read, but not an especially good one either. At least not for me

Will I read v2? Probably not? At least, not now. Maybe if I come upon it one day. There just wasn't enough in the book for me to feel the need to continue this story