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.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this book in return for an honest review.

Olive a short graphic novel about a 17-year-old who has created a space in her mind where she goes too. Sometimes it isn't intentional and sometimes she goes there as a safe space. She has a new roommate at her boarding school which shakes up her life just like how the astronaut in her inner life shakes her up.

The art is stunning and the story is intriguing, to say the least, but the ending left so many unanswered questions that I feel like it was cut off abruptly. I do feel that when the second part is out, that we will get those answers and that it will feel much more wrapped up.

Rating: 3⭐
Would I Read It Again? Yes
Would I Recommend it? Yes, when there are more parts

Usually when it comes to picking up a graphic novel I always judge the cover. I know its nothing something I should do, but the cover is something that should catch a sometimes attention right away. And this cover did that. Once I saw the cover I needed to request to read this novel. I had to read it. And I wasn't disappointed. I loved the art work and everything. It was so interesting and it made me think of Alice in Wonderland.
The way our main character deals with her other world experiences is just amazing. Really Alice in Wonderland vibes. It was sad to see how people around her, who didn't really understand or see what she saw, judged her so badly. Bullying is wrong and its something that happens every single day. She is going through so much through out the whole book. The writing and the art style works so well together. This is wonderfully done. I need the next book. We must know how this continues on.

Olive spends most of her time in her world. A place that is very real for her and one that she doesn’t feel others will understand. The first volume introduces you to Olive, her world, and the struggles she has outside of this.

I don’t really want to discuss the plot too much as I feel this is a re-read friendly graphic novel. Visually it’s beautiful and there is a lot of detail in the panels, especially when Olive is in her world. I think that is worth a second look.

The story does occasionally clunk, and I felt it ended a bit abruptly. I got the impression that because of where it was building (vol.2 and beyond) the first instalment probably has more enjoyment when you link the overall story together.

I still enjoyed this, I just wanted what was “hinted” at to be more from the beginning, and I really adored the art.

The first volume of 4, which was not something I realised when I chose to read it.

The art and introduction to the plot are great - but it feels strange to review the story after this volume - akin to reviewing a quarter of a book. There is an original plot with Olive creating a world as a coping mechanism in her life, and the exploration of if it is a reality she created or a fictional world she created. The artwork is wonderful. It has the potential to be amazing when a complete work.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

2.5 stars.

Meet Olive, an autistic girl who often loses herself in her own world. A world of magic, technology and safety. There were 1 or 2 things I could recognise myself in with Olive. I felt for her, especially with that one boy who apparently no one cares about despite him having a whole bag of her clothing XS stuff. Which just creeped me out. But at times I wanted her to find more help, more support also from the school, as the sessions were clearly not working out for her. I am glad that she found a friend in a roommate and that the roommate is learning how to be with Olive, as it isn't always easy for her. But I am glad that, unlike everyone in the school she isn't running away. She tries to help, she tries to be there for Olive. And I loved that.

But one thing that utterly confused me was how the astronaut is in her dreamworld. HER DREAMWORLD. Her safe spot. I just didn't understand especially given what we learn in the ending. I get that we are probably getting answers in the next volume, but I think that is just weird/odd. Not to mention.. now I guess I have to read the next volume... while I am not in the mood for that.

The art was OK, I guess. It was quite blurry as to read the text I had to up the % on my reader by quite a bit.

I found this a very interesting take on a coping mechanism that someone might use to escape the struggles in their daily life. I would definitely be interested in continuing with this series and I think it has the potential to get better.

Olive has been diagnosed with autism. At 17, she attends boarding school, barely passing her classes and avoiding other people as much as possible. She'd much rather spend time in the imaginary world she also lives in with a giant luminescent jellyfish and a talkative rubber duck. Her world is upended when a new student moves into her dorm room, bringing light and noise and, as Olive sees it, chaos. Things get even stranger for Olive when her imaginary world stops obeying her rules and admits a new resident, a refugee from the real world. This is part one of four and ends with the reader desperate to see how things will develop. Highly recommended.

I cannot speak from personal experience on the Autism representation but I personally found it very eye opening yet beautifully done. We see Olive likes to be alone and becomes distressed when she finds out she will get a roommate. Alongside 'the real world', we see Olive's imaginative world that she has created and falls into whenever she is alone. Here she has two friends she has grown up with: Rose - a flying cetacean, and Noel a palmiped of the anatidae family. During this story an object crashes into the pink salt-water lake and Olive discovers a man - an astronaut. She doesn't know how or why this person is here and is very concerned as when she sees him, she can no longer control the world. This ends with a revelation surrounding this man that makes me want to know more asap!

The art is stunning yet also pretty simple and perfectly shows the two 'worlds' as being separate yet combined throughout. I highly recommend this to anyone wanting something fun and quick to read that also wants a speck of sci-fi! I will be keeping an eye out for further parts of this series.

The graphics are beautiful and I love the illustrations and imaginative story telling..
I enjoyed seeing the duality of Olives worlds and trying to figure out what her created world means correlated to what’s going on in her day to day life.
I however did not understand the astronaut or why he is involved at all in the story.
I’m guessing it will be revealed in part 2.. that was super disappointing.. I really don’t enjoy not being able to wrap up a story..

I loved the graphics and everything, but I didn't get this at all, what does that astronaut with her?, I think it's a story for a second part.... But I didn't enjoyed it at all.
Thanks Netgalley for this graphic novel