This book is exactly what it says it is: a quick and easy guide to asexuality. I've been wondering lately if I may be ace myself and this guide couldn't have come at a better time.

It was informative and straight to the point. I especially loved the fact that it was in comic form, it made reading it so much easier and interesting. Genius idea.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book.
This non-fiction graphic novel was an easy 5/5 stars for me. It was straight to the point, super informative, and had amazing analogies to real life things that just made asexuality so much easier to grasp for allosexuals who may not be able to understand what asexuality is right away. I also liked how this book touched on popular stereotypes, and debunked them, saying how they’re not true and why.
This book just had everything a non-fiction book needs to have, and as an asexual person myself, I really found myself validated by the experienced shared throughout the novel, and it just made me smile. It was a well written and well illustrated graphic novel. I would totally recommend this to anyone looking for a little more insight on asexuality.

I think it is a good option for learning about asexuality if you`re not familiar with the term or if you`re curious.
Aprendes bastante en tan poco.

Does exactly what it says on the tin - a quick and easy guide to asexuality. A graphic novel that is accessible and informative for younger readers, without being condescending.

*I received this book for free through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Direct but poorly put together.

The wording, while simple, could be taken wrong. Some things needed clarification to be less confusing/expand on the topic. The asexual genius stereotype to me is a narcissistic man. I also hated the illustrations and style. In my opinion, they are boxy, ugly, and needed more detail. All-in-all, this didn't add a lot of new information for me and would best work for those who know nothing on the topic.

Thanks Oni Press for approving my request to review an ARC for this book via NetGalley.

To quote the Ronseal ad of old "This does exactly what it says on the tin [cover]!" Yes it's quick and yes, it's easy but more than being a quick and easy guide to Asexuality - it does it well! This gets my 5-star rating, which means I think everyone should read this.

I wasn't expecting a Graphic Novel - they're not my go-to but it was the ideal choice for the topic, IMO. The artwork is accessible and the text is well thought through. I really appreciated that the two authors were using their personal experiences but also reaching more broadly than that, reflecting the broad range of the topic.

Other reviewers have mentioned the "A = Ally" comment and I was somewhat holding my breath that this would be a deal-breaker for my wish to rate this highly. However, I feel those who have lambasted the book for mentioning "Some people say [the "A" in "LGBTQIA+" stands for] ally" are not listening/reading with their minds/eyes/hearts open. The statement in itself is not false. Some people do say that. The authors don't go on to say that those people are wrong but the context for the comment is that there is a lot of Ace-erasure and hate on the internet, even from within the LGBTQIA+ community, to the extent that Ace people do not feel part of the community. And *that's* the point!

Kudos to the authors and the publishers and everyone involved in bringing this book to the world. I look forward to buying a few copies when it's published.

A very big thank you to Oni Press for providing me with an ARC through Netgalley!

3.5 stars (rounded up)

I'm an asexual person on the aromantic spectrum myself, and this review is my own personal opinion. I was very excited to read this short comic as there is so little information out in the world about being asexual and aromantic, so this was truly a refreshing read.

I do think this would be a good overall guide to asexuality, mainly catered to allo people, but it's a very basic one, and certain parts were lacking overall. I also think that this could definitely be helpful to younger people who are questioning their identity and their sexual attraction, or lack thereof. I do also think that there were many aspects explained pretty well, especially about feeling different during teen years and suffering mental health problems because of such, and I do applaud the writers of this book for writing a generally informative comic, possibly for younger audiences.

While I think that the topics covered were done pretty well, there was some lacking, which I've seen mentioned by some other reviewers. There was a lot of mentioning of 'action versus attraction', but unfortunately, I felt like this wasn't explored enough, and there wasn't enough to clearly discern between the two. Another thing that bothered me was the fact that the A in LGBTQIA+ was mentioned as Ally, when in queer communities it is quite clear to represent asexual, aromantic and agender (there may be other's that I'm not aware of, but ally is definitely not one of them). This was something that I felt could have been researched more, as Allies are very much not a part of our queer community.

This graphic novel is exactly what the title says: an introduction to the concept of asexuality, covering what it is and what it isn't in the first person in a fun and easy way for everyone to understand.

I particularly love the art from the way characters with all kinds of body types were drawn to the fact that the artist made sure to give a different expression to everyone in every frame, even when they were only listening to others speak in the background which added a lot to every exchange and made me laugh so much.

This was a lovely and enlightening read all around and because it's only a "quick" guide, the authors also provided the readers with a list of more extensive resources at the end which I'm sure will prove useful to many of their readers.

Thank you to NetGalley and Oni Press for this DRC.

Rating: 4/5

This was so good and informative! I’m asexual myself and I really wish I could’ve read something like this when I was younger and confused about why I didn’t feel the same things as my friends - it really was isolating.

Even though it was highly informative, the fact it was told through a graphic novel meant that it didn’t feel too official or ‘shove it down your throat’ style, for lack of a better phrase. It was fun, modern and easy to both understand the concept of asexuality, or relate to it if you’re on the ace spectrum.

I also just wanted to say a quick thank you for adding a content warning at the start of the novel, and whilst it didn’t affect my reading experience, I still really appreciate it when authors include one so you don’t get caught off-guard by an upsetting topic.

So overall I highly recommend if you want to learn more about asexuality, no matter if you’re new to the concept or already know quite a lot.

Great, informative and well-drawn. It's really relatable and I can imagine helpful to allos and allies.

The title says it all! This graphic novel is a quick read about an under-represented topic: asexuality. The authors do an excellent job of explaining the nuances of asexuality and its difference from aromanticism. Like anything in life, it's a spectrum, and this book does a great job of explaining the spectrum of feelings, attraction, and choices considered by ace individuals.

This book is one i am going to recommend for school libraries--it's so accessible, informative without being dry, and totally school-appropriate for a range of reading levels. I can imagine it being really helpful for people who are ace/grey, or who are trying to understand what it means.

This is exactly what it says: a quick and easy guide to asexuality.
For someone who is already "in the know" it didn't impart any extra info. I do wish it had gone more into the charts and some of the other ace-umbrella terminologies, but for what it is, it's fine. It is definitely written more toward supporting ace folx and not necessarily those who want to learn more about the identity as a whole.

To be published in my blog (Dec-6): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/2021/12/comic-quick-easy-guide-to-asexuality.html

I was interested in the book precisely because of the subject it deals with. We always hear about homosexuality, bisexuality, trans, and so on, but never about asexuality. I myself have two friends who are asexual who have been difficult to understand, one more than the other, so I had too many questions about it, answers to which I found in this book.

Far from being an academic work, it's a very easy to understand and enjoy comic made by two asexuals who tell their experiences, thoughts, feelings, and even the effects that growing up as asexual people had on themselves and their environment. The conversation style has always worked for me, and although I would have preferred it to be a color book (I smile just imagining it), the effect is still present: it answers many questions.

However, reading other opinions, I saw that a controversial point is the subject of the A in the acronym LGBTQIA+. Based on the book, it's unclear whether A is Asexual, Ally, Aromatic, Agender, or anything else, and some readers felt the creators were implicitly saying that asexuals are not welcome in the community. As far as I'm concerned, the A easily represents all the identities I mentioned, Ally being the last, and the book made it clear that, while they have had a complicated relationship with the community, aces belong to it. (I will talk about the acronym later).

I thoroughly enjoyed the honesty, the sense of humor, the metaphors, and the reading in general. I think that while they could have done it longer, Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez did a good job with A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality. The script is clear, the art is attractive, and it makes you want to read the rest of the series as soon as you finish this one; I already have one in my sights, hehe. I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in sexual diversity, asexuality, knows someone who identifies as asexual, or is just curious about it. The list of resources at the end is terrific, plus it includes another free book.

This is the book I needed when I first came to learn about asexuality! It's short, sweet, and simple. When I was first "coming out" to people, I wish I had had this guide to help me explain some of the misconceptions that I was still learning myself. Overall, I think this is a really valuable resource for everyone, ace or not!

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I am so beyond grateful to have been able to have been given a chance to review this book. I am asexual, and I have been so happy to see so many more books on asexuality or with ace characters. While there is a lot that I appreciate and even liked about this graphic novel, there are also several things I take issue with.

I will start with the positive. This book is exactly what it promises to be. A relatively short and easy guide to understanding the basics of asexuality. To an extent, I wish I had had something like this when I was younger and confused. It would've meant so much and helped me understand myself a lot earlier than I did. I like the way that asexuality was broken down and discussed. I also appreciated that it was written as if they were having a conversation with someone who was was willing to learn. They started with the very basic definition of what asexuality is and went from there to answers to the common questions we get asked, which allowed them to break down the differences between sexual attraction and sex drive/libido and how attraction does not equal action. I also liked the metaphor they used as well as how they broke down the difference between asexuality and aromanticism. I especially am grateful that they discussed the gray areas of asexuality since that is where I fall.

My favorite thing must be when they discussed how they learned they were asexual, and one person said they learned the term demisexual in fanfic and it just clicked for them. That is exactly what happened to me when I first came across the term, grey-asexual, in fanfiction two years ago.

Now onto what I did not care for. There was a lot missing about asexuality that could have been covered, but I do understand that this is meant to be the basics, and they provide sources in the back for further understanding. However, I did not like how unclear and unwell they handled the discussion of what the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for. They say it is unclear what exactly it can or should stand for and that some people consider it to mean Ally. I wish they would have shut that down because the A simply does not mean ally and it never has. Ally is not a queer identity and to disregard how important it is to acknowledge that can be incredibly harmful to questioning aces when they are trying to determine where they belong and if they fit in the queer community. I feel like it is also harmful to not acknowledge that we do inherently belong in the community. They tease around giving a straight forward declarative statement that the A stands for aces, aros, and agender and that we are queer enough to be in the community, This gives too many people room to doubt their belonging and other many other people room to try to use this as a way to gatekeep them from the community.

As much as I appreciate that they discuss the different ways to be ace, whether that is someone comfortable with sex or sex repulsed, etc, I do not feel like they talked enough about each since it is so focused on only the two contributors and their asexual expression.

While I feel like this is a great starter guide that is both easy and will answer a lot of the more immediate questions, it still feels like it leaves a lot of work up to us aces to still have to break down the ending that we are part of what the A stands for and that we are queer enough.

I feel like if you are willing to expend the effort to break down that stigma at the end, this can be a good guide for questioning aces or people wanting to learn more about asexuality. At the end of the day, this is just a starter guide, and if you want more resources on asexuality, they provide a list of them at the end, which could be very helpful.

In my experience, most books that discuss LGBTQA+ identities barely cover asexuality. It often feels like a footnote, but no longer. As a graphic novel, this was a quick and informative read about asexuality. Because it's a subject being taught, some moments felt a little cheesy, but they get the message across. Asexuality is a complex matter with a whole spectrum of different possibilities, but the explanations were made simply. I especially appreciate that the book acknowledges that they can't possibly cover everything about asexuality, as everyone's experience is different, and offers additional resources for exploration.

A Quick and Easy Guide to Asexuality is a graphic novel that goes over the basics of asexuality and common questions that come up. Both the author and illustrator are asexual.

Three words to describe this book: Informative. Straightforward. Articulate.

Cover: I love it! I especially love the use of the ace flag colors and many ace symbols.

Story: While this graphic novel does not have a traditional story, I felt that this guide transitioned from one topic to another seamlessly. I felt like the questions that came up for me were the questions that they answered in the next sections. Some of the topics covered included, the asexuality spectrum, dating while asexual, growing up ace, and ace stereotypes.

Illustrations: Beautiful black and gray illustrations. I also liked that they used a variety of panel sizes to fit the content from full page to ¼ page. This makes it interesting to the eye to move through the content.

Verdict: Highly recommend! In my first year of being queer and dating, I went on two dates with someone who was demisexual. I did not know what this meant at the time despite what Google told me. I wish I had this book at that time.

ARC was provided to me by Oni Press, in exchange for an honest review.

Great information, but it seemed to change audience at times. The best part of this was the cake metaphor, which works well in a non-fiction graphic novel.

I got this on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

I really enjoy this series, and being ace myself I love seeing myself represented! It explains things in a good way, and I felt like it brought up a lot of misconceptions and dealt with them! Would recommend this for everyone, and will 100% buy a physical copy once it gets out!