Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

66 reviews

kfalls's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

This was excellent. You felt Tyler's grief come through the pages, but also her joy and love for her mom. It made me really appreciate my mom and made me think more about our relationship and the things that I want to remember most. It was a quick and easy read, the graphics were delightful, and I really felt as though I could relate to Tyler in numerous ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief

lexiereadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Death of parent, and Death

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.5

This is such a moving and touching memoir on death and the ways that when someone dies, especially unexpectedly and young, it really fucks you up. And that maybe we should find a new way to frame it other than desiring everyone to "heal" completely from grief. 

Reading it made me revisit my own grief from three of my grandparents dying in the past two years, and really face how I also feel like I'm not healing correctly or fast enough because I still miss them so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Medical content

helendipietro's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I’m so glad that I discovered this emotional and beautiful graphic memoir whilst watching book tube! Dancing at the pity party is such a refreshing book about loss, love, family and the process of grieving a mother. Although the topics are devastating, the way that Tyler writes and draws is truly exceptional conveying her true emotions in an honest and humorous way. It is very raw and difficult to read in many places but also so enjoyable to hear the love for her and her mother’s relationship shine through. She sounds like a spectacular woman! 

I really appreciated learning from someone who has been through, what I would consider, one of the worst things to happen to a person. I also enjoyed learning about Jewish funeral traditions and rituals around death. It is quite informative too, specifically the parts explaining the right and wrong things to say to someone who is grieving.

Thank you to Tyler Feder for being so open about her experiences - this will help so many people. Plus the illustrations are super fun and add so much to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

simonamiller's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

sydneyj's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book is it. My grandmother, who I was really close to and have lived with all my life, passed away from cancer just last week. And this small book explained all my emotions so well. I felt understood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Death

emeraldelephant's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content

kaylagetsread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death