How can Hamal speak to ghosts? How old was he when he discovered that he had powers? Does he know anyone else who has the same powers? Does his family know he can speak to ghosts? Did he know Blue when he was alive? When did they become best friends? Why does Blue love Hamal? We never see their relationship really develop. We know almost nothing about the background of the characters, their families, or religion.

I was left with so many unanswered questions. What disappointed me about the book was the plot and how little we learnt about the characters. TAPROOT - book trailer from Neurobellum on Vimeo. Young's palette choices, landscapes, and art style reminded me a lot of Tillie Walden. I thought that the artwork in this book was phenomenal. I liked the idea of a gardener who can see and talk to ghosts and sings to dying plants to bring them back to life. If I had to give it a rating, I would give it 3 stars out of 5. Taproot is a sweet book but I felt like it had issues with pacing, structure, and character development. Taproot was their first published graphic novel. Keezy Young is a queer comic book artist, writer and illustrator from Seattle. Taproot has been praised for its beautiful illustrations and has won several awards.

Taproot is 126-pages long and was published by Oni Press on 26 September 2017. The book follows Blue, the ghost of a teenage boy who is having a hard time passing on, because he has fallen in love with his best friend Hamal, a gardener who can see ghosts. Taproot is an all-ages graphic novel and a supernatural fantasy and a queer romance written and illustrated by Keezy Young.

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