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The Third Person

Emma Grove

4.28 AVERAGE

dakotadanger's review

fast-paced

Absolutely incredible work. I've never read a book like it.

jlamb0718's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

polychromatic_hedgehog_parable's review

challenging funny sad tense fast-paced

really good! incredible art! the page count caught be by surprise but I read it in one day, like Maia Kobabe claimed on the back of the book lol ^^;

language used by therapist and eventually by main character: alter, core self

I was really sad that the main character ended up capitulating a bit to the therapist's wrong idea of her! he was on this fucking quest to find the "core self" and make sure that person would be ok with transitioning/figuring out whether that person was "truly a woman" absolute bullshit. I just had this palpable sense that everyone in their system was working well together and trying to work towards self-improvement, and the therapist was blocking them at every turn lmao. TTuTT

actually now that I think about it, I'd be curious to know whether everyone has the same reaction to reading this book (i.e. this therapist is emotionally abusive _and_ is employing harmful and outdated ideas about DID). ...The idea of someone empathizing with the therapist is deeply concerning to me lmao. pls read this maybe https://www.them.us/story/emma-grove-third-person-graphic-memoir-q-and-a

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enbybooklove's review

4.5

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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lunmione's review

4.25

emotional

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maiakobabe's review

4.0

challenging dark hopeful informative

Don't be intimidated by this book's page count- I read the entire thing in one evening. The simple yet expressive art, the well-paced dialogue and emotional journey of the lead character drew me in. Grove writes of her experience seeking therapy to advance her gender transition, only to uncover a Dissociative Identity Disorder and a deep well of unprocessed childhood trauma. The majority of the story takes place in a therapist's office, in which a questionable medical professional out of his depth tries to sort through the truth of Grove's three distinct alters. Misunderstandings and deliberate concealments on the part of both the therapist and the patient lead them to distrust each other, accuse each other of lying, and at various points storm out of therapy sessions on each other. Yet, these sessions continued for over six months and did begin to chip away at some of the blocked memories Grove was hiding from herself. I left this narrative with a much better understanding of how Dissociative Identity Disorder manifests and the struggle it is to live with. I have so much empathy for the author, and I'm extremely glad she was able to heal to the point where writing this book was possible. I had the pleasure of reading an advanced copy and writing a blurb for this book!

jainabee's review

5.0

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

It was impossible for me to put this book down, even though it was very uncomfortable to read. Emma manages to convey nuanced emotions and the wordless experience of dissociation into the lines of her drawings. Maybe it's her animation background that adds to the fast-paced feeling of a flip book?

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colin_lavery's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

jelleep's review

5.0

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

holy shit

pizzasprite's review

4.5

emotional informative fast-paced

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