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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
Heartbreaking, heartwarming, a no-holds-barred view of grief and grieving. I definitely would have cried often while reading this book before becoming a parent, but since my child was only a little older than his when she died at the time of my reading this, I lost it every two pages or so. Beautiful in every way possible. This is one of the few graphic novels I have read that made me feel like THIS IS WHAT THE MEDIUM WAS MADE FOR. I really want him to write more.
(SPOILER?) I understand Hart's creative decision to show/not show Rosalie's death the way he did, but the way it's drawn in the book, her death could be mistaken for an accident rather than an unexplained medical issue. A door opens, an unidentified scream, and knowing that she needed a blood transfusion--at first I thought Rosalie had an accident, and it was only through the fact that Hart mentioned it was mysterious or something that made me research online later to find out that they didn't know how or why she died. Not knowing that the parents didn't know why/how she died had a different emotional impact than if he had been able to be a bit clearer.
(SPOILER?) I understand Hart's creative decision to show/not show Rosalie's death the way he did, but the way it's drawn in the book, her death could be mistaken for an accident rather than an unexplained medical issue. A door opens, an unidentified scream, and knowing that she needed a blood transfusion--at first I thought Rosalie had an accident, and it was only through the fact that Hart mentioned it was mysterious or something that made me research online later to find out that they didn't know how or why she died. Not knowing that the parents didn't know why/how she died had a different emotional impact than if he had been able to be a bit clearer.
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Absolutely beautiful. Perhaps it's just my interpretation but I found this to be so much more about love than about grief.
A graphic memoir about losing a child. This book is heart-wrenching. It hurts. It's raw. It's beautiful.
This book is just nononononono running through my head. That Hart and Corman, that anyone at all, can function after the death of a child much less make art about it, is astounding. I originally read an exceprt of this in a Best Comics of 2014 compilation & I knew I would read that whole book when it came out & I knew it would make me cry & I was right.
this book is brutally honest and devastatingly sad. I cried many times remembering friends who have gone through something similar and was reminded of the best ways to help friends through grief (be there, care for people, and do what they need). It's not easy to read, but it is valuable, we don't talk about grief in our society or really provide support for the devastating pain of parents who have lost children, we look sad, leave them alone and stay quiet. I admire the author's bravery in writing this book.
Graphic novels are my absolute favourite form of Non-Fiction for auto biographies, biographies, amd memoirs. In order to see a true story through someone else's eyes you really need to see it.
This book captures the authors feelings in a heart-touching way and was beautiful.
This book captures the authors feelings in a heart-touching way and was beautiful.
Getting interested in grief memoirs, this is a good one. I didn't follow it 100%, but I don't think anyone could, it's so personal.