Flora is a 40-something divorcee looking for romance after her marriage fails disastrously. She and her friends meet up frequently to talk about their latest bad dating experiences, and one of them recommends online dating to her. Unfortunately, it’s not a great experience. Sometimes, though, love can sneak up on you when you’re not expecting it. This graphic novel explores how devastating loneliness can feel, and how it can lead you to blame yourself when your love life isn’t working out.

I definitely enjoyed the art by Daphne Collignon, and it fits the story very well. In a lot of graphic novels I read, a character’s expression can be challenging, but Collignon does a fantastic job of giving each character a lot of personality.

All of the characters fell flat for me in terms of the writing, and I had trouble getting past the shallowness of their personalities. Most of Flora’s friends seem like terrible people to be around, obsessed with their looks and finding the perfect man. Parts of the graphic novel are terribly corny as well, such as this quote from the niece of one of Flora’s friends: “Make him feel like he’s a valiant warrior. They love that.” Or this one from one of the men Flora meets up with through an online dating site: “I love real women, like you who’ve made it to their fabulous forties without forgetting how to be pretty and sensitive along the way.”

I wasn’t able to relate to a single character, and I didn’t gain any insight from reading this. While I enjoyed the art a great deal, I had trouble finding pleasure in the words.

This struck me as a perfectly pleasant but unexceptional rom-com tale. The spare, modern minimalist drawing style was interesting and suited the story.

A touching, romantic story, without being too sweet. Actually, the whole thing felt rather realistic. The style of drawing fits the story perfectly.


I received a copy through Netgalley.

A perfectly pleasant, but exceedingly forgettable, romcom. Has all the beats of those movies, with some of the charm, but really lacked in anything different or new to use as an approach, seemed to skip over key scenes, and really wasn't humorous at all.

Nice, short comic about a 40 something years old woman and mother looking for a second chance at love after her first husband cheated on her leading to a divorce.

The plot is plausible, the art is unconventional yet pleasant. This little book will restore your hope in new possibilities and better endings.

The artwork in this is really simple, but beautiful, with the coloring making a large impact. However, the story left much to be desired. The blurb for it had me thinking it would be a story about a woman in her 40s finding herself, but instead it was about a woman (and her friends) complaining and yearning for love. The highlights of Flora and the Shooting Star were Flora's interactions with her elderly neighbor, who cares for her like a member of his family. In short, beautiful art for a lackluster chicklit like story.

An interesting story about a 40 year old woman who gets a divorced from her cheating husand after 2o years of marriage, only to find herself struggling to find the next mr right.

Flora wants a new man but she is 40 (shock, horror). She has freelance work from an irritating boss, worries about paying her mortgage, has a good group of friends who are like her and yearning for love and she spends time looking for love on line. Flora has dates but things dont work out. It is hard work sifting through all the unsuitable men online, hoping to find a diamond.

The best part about this story is the friendship she has with an elderly neighbour who is caring, encouraging and quite irreverent, in short he is fun. He listens to all her cares like a supportive uncle. She also has good girlfriends who are in the same boat as her, all of them desperately hunting for love.

I hate to be pessimistic but I did think that perhaps she should find a more reliable source of income just in case thing don't work out. There is something so good about financial independence and the freedom to do all that you need to.

I enjoyed the different characters but I did think that there was a lot more living that Flora could do which didn't really centre around the need for a man. It just felt as if her life was so incomplete to her because she didn't have a man and that was a pity because she had a lovely house, friends, neighbors, son, work, and yet she felt her life was lacking even though she had all these.

The artwork was good although the coloring was quite simple. I did enjoy the dialogue between Flora and her friends, and the squabbling between her elderly neighbor and her friend. I felt that Flora was missing the joy of living because she was so focused on hunting for a replacement man and then when it did happen it wasn't because of anything she had done.

I guess this is what you might call a chick lit graphic novel and this is a first for me, possibly a last because I really don't like single and desperate stories.

I prefer single and thriving stories but having said that it was still very entertaining to read.

Copy provided by Europe Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Thank you Netgally for sharing this book with me now here's a review.

You can read the blurb on the description box of the book

My thoughts
It was a very relatable story even if I'm not in my forties, divorced or a parent. Loneliness is something I'm closely aware of. You can be surrounded by friends and family yet feel there's something missing, because a partner doesn't complete you as a person it's nice to have that other type of relationship. I'm sure it's harder to find someone the older we get, I find that wth friendships too. It's hard to find someone to confide on the older we get.
So I love that side of the book. But what I didn't like, was that she pressure herself to find someone and it felt that it was the most important thing for her, so I didn't like to still see a "desperate" woman and also her not very nice friend.
I love the style of the drawing and the colours, particularly those raspberry colour faces. Also the simplistic effortless curved lines that made the hips and cheeks.