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drbex's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual violence, and Sexism
abbie_tratch's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape
melbotics's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment
jana_ro's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexism
thewordsdevourer's review
3.25
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.
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
eventual_ghost's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Addiction
jbosio's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Rape
elliya's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Beaton is a gifted storyteller and her precise way of dipping in and out of narrative moments gives just enough insight into poignant and unsettling moments at the oil camps. She is somehow able to build complex characters through only a handful of frames, and to navigate incredibly heavy topics (environmental destruction! Generational unemployment! The destitution of poverty in rural Canada!) in a way that does not overwhelm the narrative. I am in awe of this powerful memoir.
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Rape, Colonisation, and Addiction
Minor: Car accident
deanlockiradall's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Rape and Sexism
birdie_is_here's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexism