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ashlynjfowler's review
5.0
Reading this book is what I imagine getting stabbed in the belly with a knife feels like. My chest was tight through the whole read. So beautiful. One reviewer called it raw. It is raw and agonizing and surprisingly full of hope.
livreads7's review
5.0
So, I may have cheated a little. I started this graphic novel in the summer but for one reason or another I put it down then picked it up again today.
It truly did take me 2 sessions to finish, but not consecutive sessions.
This book really deals with depression and loss and grief in a very good and healthy way. It’s explained in a graphic way, a visual way that I understood as well. Losing someone is hard and this plot line shows exactly what is going through your mind or heart after the loss. It was a very compelling graphic novel and I liked it a lot.
It truly did take me 2 sessions to finish, but not consecutive sessions.
This book really deals with depression and loss and grief in a very good and healthy way. It’s explained in a graphic way, a visual way that I understood as well. Losing someone is hard and this plot line shows exactly what is going through your mind or heart after the loss. It was a very compelling graphic novel and I liked it a lot.
thisblondeisbooked's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Child death
lalanier's review
4.0
Started reading this one night, and then stopped due mostly to exhaustion. I don't know what to say about it other than it's a very emotional and vulnerable work. I was on the brink of tears by the end of it.
I hope it helps people heal, helps people be more mindful and empathetic to people grieving (an in general) and also encourages us to treat each other with a little more consideration/compassion because you never really know what someone else is going through.
May add more to this later, may not...
I hope it helps people heal, helps people be more mindful and empathetic to people grieving (an in general) and also encourages us to treat each other with a little more consideration/compassion because you never really know what someone else is going through.
May add more to this later, may not...
thunderbolt_kid's review
Ultimately the ending of this book felt like everything I hoped it would be but the reading itself felt somewhat uneven and lost (now that may completely have been a deliberate choice, but I felt lost as a reader and that's not the experience I usually look for so I stand by that comment).
silodear's review
5.0
this book is so beautiful. the writing is vulnerable and tender. it broke me open in an intense way. tw: unexpected death of a child.
(SPL 2018 book bingo: made you cry or laugh out loud)
(SPL 2018 book bingo: made you cry or laugh out loud)
geniodiabolico's review
5.0
This graphic novel is an extremely good memoir. This is up there with the best of American Splendor in my view for a GN that captures the pain and joy of life. I highly recommend this book but be warned if you have raw unprocessed grief in your life, it might be tough sledding. I myself had to take frequent breaks to hug and cuddle with a five year old to help me through it. This might best be something digested over a period of time to let it sit.
I give it my highest rating. It's everything you can hope for from the medium.
I give it my highest rating. It's everything you can hope for from the medium.
kickpleat's review
5.0
A heartbreaking and beautifully told story about the grief and emptiness after losing their 2 year old daughter.