Olive is 17 and has created a rich inner life that she can escape to whenever she wants. It’s the “real” world that gives her trouble. When a new roommate arrives at her boarding school, a visitor arrives in her inner world as well, and Olive will have to step far outside her comfort zones in both worlds to find her way.

I love the neurodivergence of Olive, and I love her world. It’s interesting that things start changing in her world as they are changing in what others call the “real” world, and I was just getting fully invested when this collection ended, so I hope it will keep going, and soon.

It’s out now, so if you, like me, enjoy representation across all media and want to see more neurodivergent characters, pick this one up.

I love the illustration and the color so much. The story is interesting, I love the character, and the worldbuilding!

Olive has a very vivid inner life and imagination, but one day a girl shakes up her inner life,forcing her to be out of her inner life. 


First of all, the art of this comic is just gorgeous. I really love the art and the way it depicted Olive's inner world, because it makes the world really dreamy. 

I really like the plot, but I feel like it could have been more to the story and that is why I didn't give it higher rating. But the illustration and the concept is really divine.

I really hoped to like the book. The graphics are beautiful but I found the story to be comparatively dumb and something that couldn't keep me caught throughout the story.

Beautiful book. The story looks intriguing. Unfortunately, I don't read french, so I'm not able to give this a full review.

The illustrations are truly, truly stunning.
I didn't realize this is the first in a series, I feel like the story just got going. A 17 year old has created a whole new world in her dreams, which seems connected to her actual life.
I feel like the story needs to be fleshed out more, but in my own teenage years I created fantastical places as well, so I get it. 
I don't really know what the story wants to be or say though.

Olive is a story about the power and importance of imagination, a story where a young woman struggling to find her place in the world relies on her imagined world in order to escape from the troubles of her every day life, and find acceptance for herself.

The artwork throughout is not only great at conveying the story, but is incredibly beautiful, able to transport readers into Olive's world as show us her inner workings.

I would say: not for me. ... maybe?
I wasn't really interested in the story. A girl seeing things and grown ups not believe her is a pretty overused plot device and there wasn't anything here that made it more "original" or special.

Also the art style didn't speak to me. It was pretty bland and dark and it didn't communicate anything really.

What a great first installment!

I really want the next part!

I don't want to explain too much, but I really enjoyed how Olive dealt with life and I hope her world is explained soon. It is so interesting!

I also hope the next installment talks about how the victim of the bully shouldn't have to be "more careful" but that the bullies need to stop bullying!

Also, I don't enjoy it when a character decides to be mean to another character for no reason. This is in regards to her nice roommate! Olive isn't mad when the bullies are bullying her but her roommate gets the cold treatment just for existing...?
Just a little odd and I hope it's addressed in the next part!

Lastly, I wish it where longer!!!

Overall, I really enjoyed it and can't wait for the next part!

I don’t have many thoughts on this graphic novel.  While I was reading this it seemed easy for me to get distracted and i was unable to emotionally connect with the characters.

Firstly the art and illustrations were fabulous in this graphic novel. I loved the characters, the complexity, the situations and how well the mental health aspect is portrayed in this book.

This is a cool yet powerful book on the human mind and behaviour. The aspect of being in another world inside her own world by our MC is portrayed so well and is convincingly special. 

The cool imaginations, the relationships, the bullies, the landscape... Everything was really good and makes me want to have more of the book. The tiniest details were spot on and that made the entire book even more amazing. 

The love of reading such books is a great pleasure. Thankyou netgalley for the copy. #netgalley #olive

This was a gorgeous graphic novel about a girl called Olive and her life at a boarding school. Olive can also travel to another world. This is very much just an introduction to Olive's story and it a bit confusing but I'm sure with other editions the storylines will entwine and make better sense. Olive is visiting a psychiatrist about her other world and the world is becoming more and more confusing for Olive as there's now someone else there, an astronaut. In the real world Olive also has to deal with a new chatty roommate and bullies at her school. I really like both Olive and Charlie, I want to read more of them. Also like that Olive is autistic. What happened with the plane crash right at the start?

I really liked the concept behind this graphic novel! 
To have a place to call your own, inside your head, and be able to step back from reality when you want to. It just seems like something we could all do with!
I thought Olive herself was an extremely relatable character, and even though her actions sometimes annoyed.. I could see why she acted that way. (People can be so cruel sometimes)

I'm really curious to find out more about the astronauts and how on earth he was able to discover Olive's imaginary world! The artwork, the story.. Everything about this graphic novel is intriguing and I'm looking forward to seeing further volumes in this series!

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Thank you to Netgalley and Europe Comics for providing the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Europe Comics for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a beautifully imagined Graphic Novel and one that I completely adore.

Olive is 17 years old, she is autistic, and she lives her life (or at least, as often as she can) in an imaginary world. She has created a safe space in her imagination, a place that is within her control, that has only the things she enjoys and the friends she chooses. A place for her to go whenever the real-world is too overwhelming.

I absolutely loved this first instalment and I would very much love to read more of Olive's story. I thought the subject matter was handled delicately and the characters were delightful. I particularly adore Olive's best friend, Noel, a giant floating rubber duck.

4 superb stars!

*I received this book as an eARC from Europe Comics via NetGalley. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

This graphic novel features an autistic main character with a whole world in her head. I love the concept. It initially reminded me of "Otherbound" by Corinne Duyvis. 

This book is a very interesting idea, but I was quite confused at first. The story just did not flow for me. I give this book a 2/5.

It doesnt support or open after I download the pdf version of it. It's also not showing in my shelf in netgalley and I cant open it to read

Please look into the issue and if you can send me the pdf in my mail ID- taniagungunsarkar@gmail.com 

I cant read the book from here. Please look into the issue

A very unique comic, at first I was confused but I started to understand and love it. Olive is 17, with a very rich and vivid inner life. I don't want to say its all her imagination but most people would. She created this world, she has complete control over everything, she can go anytime she wants. Which is her main issue, she would rather be there in her inner life than outside in the real world. When she is there, her body sorta goes into autopilot, she doesn't pay attention to anything going on around her, people around her make fun of her, call her names, play pranks on her, a lot happens without her knowing. Yet, her inner life isn't just her, at least not anymore! Something appeared out of nowhere, and she is freaking out! 

Just as things were getting good, it ended. Now, I gotta wait for book 2, but I want to know what happened!

Thank you to Net Galley and Europe Comics for the ARC of this graphic novel.

This preview left me wanting more! The first issue of this series introduces us to Olive, an imaginative autistic woman who struggles to balance her life between two realities. 
The artwork was beautiful and the colors really helped to set the tone. The story was compelling and wholesome. I could see Olive's character clicking with any young person, neurotypical or otherwise, that enjoys the world in their mind more than the one they currently occupy. 
Some of the school dynamics felt a big cliche, but given that this was just the first issue, I hope to see more depth as the story grows. In any case, this was a promising snippet of this story and I look forward to learning more about Olive and her mysterious dreamatorium.

I wasn't able to find this book on goodreads to review on there but I enjoyed this story very much. My daughter is autistic so I understand the little things that upset olive and why she is the way she is. I love the world she created and the art work for this is gorgeous. Once I can find this on goodreads to review I will attach a link.

Thank you Netgallery for this book in exchange  for an honest review.  Olive is a book about a girl of the same name who is a maladaptive daydreamer and astral projects to her own world. Always in control, her world starts to make changes without her decision.
 
I wanted this book when I heard she was astral projecting because I don't hear  this subject matter in a lot of books.  I've also been reading a lot of comics as well so I thought this would be up my alley.

Starting with the positives, it is a very quick read and I like the background designs. Her personal world is very beautiful. Unfortunately I do not like character's design nor the font. The story its self was not the most interesting. 
I'm probably not going to read the second part of this comic which is the reason for my rating.