321 reviews for:

The Third Person

Emma Grove

4.28 AVERAGE

kenrya's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent

wanderingfeminist's review

3.75

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

ajaggers324's review

5.0

challenging informative mysterious fast-paced

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction

palmer1980's review

5.0

---

I don’t often read graphic novels, so I don’t feel educated enough on the genre to comment on its place there. However this is one of the most powerful reads I can remember. It’s a haunting, heartbreaking, educational memoir about how we deal with trauma and a world that doesn’t always allow people to be their authentic selves. Recommend highly but it’s not a light read.

tangleroot_eli's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

---

A young trans woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder heals a lot of her childhood trauma basically in spite of her therapist, who’s pretty much the worst. Seriously, all new therapists should have to read this book as a handbook for how NOT to therapist.

The art style is simple and highly effective. The repetitive conversations, which might otherwise bug me, here feel necessary to emphasize how much bs Grove’s therapist put her through, and how often. I rooted for Grove the whole way through.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Transphobia, Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Toxic masculinity

misskiwi's review

3.0

sad fast-paced

shea_proulx's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

---

One of the most gripping, mindbending books I have ever read - an autobiographical triumph only possible in the medium of comics. In the world of graphic medicine, this is a legendary accomplishment. 

theangrystackrat's review

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

alyssanm12's review

4.5

emotional fast-paced

pillravi's review

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Transphobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts