The day was a late night in February 2023. I picked up my phone and said, “Hey! I have fast internet, try and read something.” And I read Mall Goth by Kate Leth with Diana Sousa as colorist and Robin Crank on lettering. (Now honestly, I am not sure the importance of the lettering person, but I do know it is important, so welcome!)
I was going along just fine, until there a bump here and there would hit. A large one was a technical issue I had (my phone did not know dinosaurs, but they were not far gone before my phone evolved). I was unable to get the screen large enough to read some chats that happened between our main character and a teacher (which is important). However, I got the idea. The other was a few things felt missing. We learn by her telling a friend about her old school and the issues she had, but we do not see them, and due to that technical issue, I was unable to read her (cool) statement button (about honey and tossing her to lesbians) which allows the question to be
asked, “Are you a lesbian?” Or the statement, “I thought you were gay.” (Turns out she is bisexual, and open with her mom, but dad I am not sure of. But since there are other things going on there (such as when Dad says he got caught in traffic and mom says what an exotic name for a person), I am not sure how important that is, to be honest.).
Also, there was no resolution to the big thing that happens, just little things. But those little things are what allowed the big thing to happen, so I guess you mostly need to see her journey to gaining self-esteem, finding her self-acceptance, and gaining true friends. And not knowing what happens with that event is okay. It is just for you to ponder and (in my opinion) maybe not as important.
We have the situations happen slowly in order, from one to the next, without ever going into serous detail, almost as if we are watching short movie clips, or reading a diary. However, the artwork does fill in a lot of blanks, while not being overwhelming and 
just giving you what is needed (however, I am hoping the blue hair gone red and back to blue was a reader copy issue and not a real thing in the book). But within those highlight reels, we get humor, Edgar Allen Poe, goth/punk music, Shakespeare, friendship issues, some ice cream and no pills tummy issues, parents and their issues, a teacher who wants to teach more than English, and other coming-of-age things with all the bumps, bruises, and bunny suits you could ask for.
Score rounded up to 4 from 3.5
