Meghan's Reviews > The Unstoppable Wasp: Built On Hope
The Unstoppable Wasp: Built On Hope
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bookshelves: young-adult, published-2020, netgalley, arcs, read-2020, stars-5, lgtbqia
Jul 19, 2020
bookshelves: young-adult, published-2020, netgalley, arcs, read-2020, stars-5, lgtbqia
Listen, I'll admit part of me is biased by reviewing this 5 stars. I love Nadia, and I really love the Unstoppable Wasp series. I really am not enjoying this recent trend of novelizations of comic characters, but I appreciate it if they're trying to find a new audience for characters that I genuinely think are amazing role models.
I read this right before moving back to Atlanta last year, and it still sticks in my head. It was hard to start - anything with an overall positivity was hard to start last year. This book picks up where the comics left off, and I think Maggs does a decent job of giving Nadia a voice where so far it's only been really one other creator doing so. (I really do love Jeremy Whitley's comics. And yes I know others have written Nadia, but that's *my* Nadia.)
The story is a little overdone at this point - we need to find a reason to address why Nadia keeps getting enamored with mentors and role models that aren't her step-mom, Janet. I think I'm mostly bitter they keep cancelling the comic rather than letting it flourish. Anyways, I enjoyed Nadia's journey to get to know her mom better, especially as a way to not only rely on her father's flaws.
This book isn't going to work for you if you haven't read Jeremy Whitley's comics, which are SO WORTH THE READ and the tears. So yeah, I am overall biased, but I am happily so.
Also - I am seeing a lot about Nadia being ace, which I LOVE, and now want to reread everything to catch those hints. It isn't a storyline anywhere in the books, but it is something that's been known about Nadia since issue one apparently!
Thank you Netgalley and Disney/Marvel for an advance copy in exchange for a review!
I read this right before moving back to Atlanta last year, and it still sticks in my head. It was hard to start - anything with an overall positivity was hard to start last year. This book picks up where the comics left off, and I think Maggs does a decent job of giving Nadia a voice where so far it's only been really one other creator doing so. (I really do love Jeremy Whitley's comics. And yes I know others have written Nadia, but that's *my* Nadia.)
The story is a little overdone at this point - we need to find a reason to address why Nadia keeps getting enamored with mentors and role models that aren't her step-mom, Janet. I think I'm mostly bitter they keep cancelling the comic rather than letting it flourish. Anyways, I enjoyed Nadia's journey to get to know her mom better, especially as a way to not only rely on her father's flaws.
This book isn't going to work for you if you haven't read Jeremy Whitley's comics, which are SO WORTH THE READ and the tears. So yeah, I am overall biased, but I am happily so.
Also - I am seeing a lot about Nadia being ace, which I LOVE, and now want to reread everything to catch those hints. It isn't a storyline anywhere in the books, but it is something that's been known about Nadia since issue one apparently!
Thank you Netgalley and Disney/Marvel for an advance copy in exchange for a review!
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Reading Progress
February 29, 2020
– Shelved as:
to-read
February 29, 2020
– Shelved
February 29, 2020
– Shelved as:
young-adult
February 29, 2020
– Shelved as:
published-2020
February 29, 2020
– Shelved as:
netgalley
February 29, 2020
– Shelved as:
arcs
March 26, 2020
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Started Reading
July 19, 2020
– Shelved as:
stars-5
July 19, 2020
– Shelved as:
read-2020
July 19, 2020
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Finished Reading
January 21, 2021
– Shelved as:
lgtbqia
