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The art is fantastic. I love the various palettes, the dynamic layouts and sense of motion, and that each setting feels like its own.

However, I lacked sympathy for Gloopy. He was annoying, he felt inconsistent, and I don't know what he added to the story. I get that Bloom needs a companion mechanically as it gives him someone to talk to, helps with his character development, and gives him a foil. But ugh Gloopy.

Loved how ‘they' was used for Bee's pronouns and is asked if they're Bloom's parent.

I also loved at the end the changing of the pronoun I vs we.
The concepts and topics of being an outsider, being lonely/being a friend, community, taking care of others was addressed.

I have mixed feelings about the pacing. After the initial establishment of Bloom and Bee's world and then of Goopy's it becomes a frenetic crash into and out of various settings often in a state of chaos. Part of this is wonderful, it's exciting, but here's the mixed part you, like the characters, don't know what's going on. How/why did they change settings? Was it the necklace, if it was the necklace did it ever do that when Bee had it? It seemed random (even convenient) for their shift into another place.