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Where is the win for Winifred?

The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle

October 25, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle has been on my TBR for ages. And while I am giving the book a four (due to averaging out all the pieces), I was not loving it as much as I hoped. You see, I built it up a bit too much and therefore, of course it couldn’t live up to my expectations. Still, if I had come at it fresh or as a teen (at least a strong 10 and up, but more likely 12/13 and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: coming-of-age, Depression, eating disorders, family, friendship, LGBTQ, mental issues, Sarah Winifred Searle, self-esteem, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:523 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: coming-of-age, Depression, eating disorders, family, friendship, LGBTQ, mental issues, Sarah Winifred Searle, self-esteem, Social Themes ·
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“You deserve happiness:” Thoughtful and Resonant Work from Sarah Winifred Searle

The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle

February 11, 2022 by GentleRain 1 Comment

Another preordered gift to myself that turned out to be quite the treat! Sarah Winifred Searle is an artist whose work I’ve been following for a while and so I was very excited to see that she had a YA graphic novel coming out. The book lived up to my expectations and I really enjoyed it. The Greatest Thing is about Winifred, who’s about to start sophomore year after her two best friends left for private school. She’s afraid that she won’t make any new friends […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: cw: eating disorder, Queer characters, Sarah Winifred Searle, teenage angst, teenage years

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: cw: eating disorder, Queer characters, Sarah Winifred Searle, teenage angst, teenage years ·
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