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ajaggers324's review
5.0
The story was moving and real. I felt for the characters. I enjoyed the art. The art does a wonderful job of conveying emotion and what is going through the narrator's head. The parts where the panels stand alone without words are the most powerful. Activity 31: Drawing is, to me, the most powerful. It conveyed so well why people create, especially comics. That chapter is an excellent example of how expressive the medium of comics is. It is an excellent example of graphic medicine.
chelseamartinez's review
4.0
Ok so you can tell from the cover that this book has a lot of machismo going on; the two main characters are burly rhinos; probably 10% of the pages are full-sheet images of one or both of them hulking out in anger about something or the other, and all the women kind of look alike and are colored in red rather than blue. Still, as this is autobiographical about the physically and mentally difficult process of dying under, or helping a loved one die under, hospice, you can understand that underneath this male bravado is pain and fear. I appreciated the time given to the professional caregivers, and the portrait of the dad is one made with love despite spending almost the whole book on his shortcomings.
sandphin's review
5.0
Absolutely stunning, rich artwork and inspired use of visual metaphor.
note: Some scenes of violent fantasies; one scene of abuse. Deals with death and dying.
note: Some scenes of violent fantasies; one scene of abuse. Deals with death and dying.
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