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hazelnuthaze's review
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit
tonimmc's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Addiction
geekwayne's review
2.0
'Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame' written and drawn by Erin Williams is about a woman going to work and the feelings she perceives in those around her.
The book spends a long time on the author's morning routine. She catalogs the various people on the bus and the things she sees. It is interspersed with stories of abuse and alcoholism.
I liked the idea of this book more than the execution. The work feels so dire and monotonous. There is probably a tighter story in here, but this one rambles too much. I did like the author's art style, though.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel ABRAMS and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
The book spends a long time on the author's morning routine. She catalogs the various people on the bus and the things she sees. It is interspersed with stories of abuse and alcoholism.
I liked the idea of this book more than the execution. The work feels so dire and monotonous. There is probably a tighter story in here, but this one rambles too much. I did like the author's art style, though.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel ABRAMS and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
lucysmom17's review
4.0
At first, I wasn’t into this graphic novel, it seemed like your typical white cisgender millennial feminist rant.
By the last 50 pages, I was crying.
What Williams pens cuts deep; thoughts, doubts, actions that society so often sweeps under the rug. She talks so bravely about her experiences— and should be championed for it.
Go call your girl friends. Hug them. Support them. Believe them.
“There is no greater obstacle than vulnerability.”
By the last 50 pages, I was crying.
What Williams pens cuts deep; thoughts, doubts, actions that society so often sweeps under the rug. She talks so bravely about her experiences— and should be championed for it.
Go call your girl friends. Hug them. Support them. Believe them.
“There is no greater obstacle than vulnerability.”
yayarose's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Amazing memories. It was written so well and paired with beautiful images. It spoke to what its like growing up as a woman in this present time - being viewed as a sexual object and sadly being abused. She wrote her story well without it being too graphic. I really enjoyed this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Medical content and Adult/minor relationship
rhiannatherad's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism and Rape
svnz's review against another edition
2.0
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
This was an okay read. The art style was too simplistic for my taste but it was functional for what it was trying to convey. I didn't much care for the flow of the book with all the going back and forth; I understand that this is a storytelling style and this can be well done but I didn't care much for this particular style of execution. There were some stuff I don't agree with (like, boycotting all male authors as if they are all somehow equally privileged and recount the exact same experience, or the implication that all women want to be desired as if the ace spectrum is not a thing at all) but then I suppose her views are shaped by what she has gone through in life. The last half of the book was much better where the author makes several observations and critiques regarding sexism, rape culture and female shame in light of it.
This was an okay read. The art style was too simplistic for my taste but it was functional for what it was trying to convey. I didn't much care for the flow of the book with all the going back and forth; I understand that this is a storytelling style and this can be well done but I didn't care much for this particular style of execution. There were some stuff I don't agree with (like, boycotting all male authors as if they are all somehow equally privileged and recount the exact same experience, or the implication that all women want to be desired as if the ace spectrum is not a thing at all) but then I suppose her views are shaped by what she has gone through in life. The last half of the book was much better where the author makes several observations and critiques regarding sexism, rape culture and female shame in light of it.