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daniellekat's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
An incredibly powerful and well thought out graphic memoir. I liked the way Bell intermixed personal and public moments that shaped him in big and small ways. I wish there was more about Bell as a parent but overall I thought this was well paced. My major drawback was that I really didn't like the artwork. I thought there was too much text, and coupled with the messy, sketch-like art, I found it hard to focus on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Child death, Violence, Islamophobia, Colonisation, and Antisemitism
l1brarygirl's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I pretty much cried through the last 25% of this book. So poignant & powerful. I think Bell was honest and I loved how this book came full circle in a heart-breaking way: The Talk given to him by his own mother when he was 6 to when he had to have this same talk with his own son at the age of 6.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Bullying, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, Slavery, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Classism, and Gun violence
Moderate: Homophobia, War, Racial slurs, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Blood
Minor: Cursing
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