YA Review – Soul Machine – graphic novel
Globerman, Jordana. Soul Machine. NP: Annick Press, 2025.
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Summary
A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl’s quest to save her family’s livelihood—and maybe existence itself.
Chloe and her older sister make souls by hand in an empty old house in the countryside. When their supply of breth—the raw material needed to make souls—runs dry, the evil McCorp tries to force them to franchise and make synthetic souls instead. Chloe sets out to the big city in hopes of finding a new source. And maybe a way to modernize their business that Lacey is so determined to keep in the past.
On a journey to find a real breth crop, untouched by MCorp’s greedy hands, Chloe uncovers long-buried family secrets—and starts to question whom to trust and what reality even is.
A beautifully rendered debut, Soul Machine is at once a metaphysical science-fiction story and a nuanced exploration of big ideas: spirituality, family, consciousness, and connection, but also unscrupulous consumption, megacorporations, and how egomaniac entrepreneurs impact our lives.
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My YA Review
Jordana Globerman is a new-to-me author. I was looking forward to reading Soul Machine as I am a fan of A Wrinkle in Time which supposedly inspired the story. Unfortunately, I could find no resemblance to A Wrinkle in Time. I also expect to be able to tell you what a book is about by the time I finish it. I cannot do that with Soul Machine. It is a graphic novel and I thought maybe that was why until I remembered I have read many graphic novels and not had this issue. While graphic novels often tell the story using dialog, this book does not do a good job of doing that.
The book also includes language which may not be appropriate for some audiences. I cannot recommend this title.
I received a complimentary copy of Soul Machine. This is my honest review.
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