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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

39 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Grief, Stalking, Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

TWO fade-to-black rape scenes.

thewordsdevourer's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.25

ducks was a darker-than-expected read, w/ beaton's graphic memoir focusing on her 2 yrs working in canada's oil sands, which proved to be a complex, nuanced experience w/ negative repercussions nevertheless.

the book dealt w/ human behavior when situated in an unusual microcosm thats focused on the wrong things, demonstrating the oil companies' flaws and policies that enabled a culture of silence and harassment. im disturbed to learn that beaton's experience was a daily struggle of living in a man's world, encountering sexist and misogynistic behavior both glaringly alarming and casually subtle.

tho i cant fully say the reading experience as a whole was enjoyable due to my detached distance from the stable, wearying tone of the story, the art was great - never an awkward panel to be found - w/ both fluid characters and more realistic illustrations of the setting, many of which were notable. i also appreciated beaton touching on the oil industry's culpability in wreaking destruction to the local communities, and the awareness of her own positionality.

id recommend this book to ppl who wouldnt be disturbed by the book's triggering content, and those interested in learning abt sth rarely explored esp in visual form.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Infidelity, Drug use, Mental illness, and Stalking

Minor: Racism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

te_ss_i's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Drug abuse, Racism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs

clarabooksit's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Stalking, and Suicide

janenilsson24's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Car accident

innocentce's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Migration of people from East Coast to other provinces, is not a new thing  and Kate Beaton shows in her graphic memeoir that is not a simple answer. She writes and shows something most people with debt can relate to being able to pay off debt they will tolerate things that they would not normally do, but everyone has their breaking point.  She shows how circumstances and situations can change people both for the goos and bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death, Colonisation, Car accident, and Addiction

ajaggers324's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Bullying, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Excrement, Alcoholism, Stalking, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Drug use

borrowmybookjacket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is my second reading of Ducks. I'm a long time fan of Beaton and the comics about her life were always interesting. It's fascinating to look into someone else's life. It's not just another world, it's their view of an entirely different world. But tragically many things are still the same 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cancer, Rape, Alcohol, Cursing, Body shaming, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

thebruce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Misogyny, and Bullying

Moderate: Stalking, Car accident, Drug use, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, Excrement, Animal death, Alcohol, and Grief

hanz's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Drug use