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claravalente's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
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Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
kfalls's review against another edition
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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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Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
lexiereadsbooks's review against another edition
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4.25
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Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Death of parent
ashleycmms's review against another edition
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5.0
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Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
ehmannky's review against another edition
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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.
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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Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
helendipietro's review against another edition
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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.
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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Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
kmdegarmo's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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sad
medium-paced
3.0
For those who have lost their mom to cancer or some other way, this is a good book to read. The author talks about losing their mom and how they coped with that loss. The author has written the novel 10 years after their mother’s passing. I can relate in the since that my mom post-stroke is not the same person as she was pre-stroke so in a way I did abs still grieve for the person my mom was before her stroke. While the author does talk about being Jewish, it’s not “in your face.” The author focuses on what they did after the death of their mother. There is some advice on things to do to help grieve and things to avoid. Overall I liked this book.
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Moderate: Death of parent
simonamiller's review against another edition
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4.75
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Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent
sydneyj's review against another edition
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medium-paced
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Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, and Medical content
my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition
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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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Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent