Nimona
Noelle Stevenson
ISBN: 9780062278234
Stylized people in a techno-mystic empire are faced with an enigmatic shapeshifter with awesome power.
Read June 2015
Love everything about this book. The art is a little weird, and once you hear her admit that she does "dot eyes" because she doesn't do eyes well, you just can't not notice it, but the movement and shading and emotion are all simply brilliant.
Nimona is our title character, but in a very real way, our viewpoint character is the "supervillain" Lord Blackheart. He's not really a very good villain tho, and a lot about the set-up made me think fondly of Megamind.
Nimona herself tho - she's an interesting little enigma. The repressive kingdom that Blackheart faces off against wants to catch her and use her as a weapon, and she's got some deep psychic scars regarding that sort of idea. She's also sweet, helpful, insightful, hostile, brittle, a-moral, and nearly entirely undamageable. LOVE.
My final joy with this lovely quirky book was the relationship between Blackheart and his moral enemy and sworn foe, Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin (LOVE THESE NAMES) who works for the kingdom's military complex. The two of them make a lovely throughline through the story, and I was quite happy with where they ended up.
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