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taylizart's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Physical abuse
Minor: Racism and Self harm
krys_kilz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Racism and Bullying
camilleberedjick's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Physical abuse
nlreader's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
swordjas's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Bullying, and Racism
Moderate: Drug abuse and Physical abuse
_jane4's review
5.0
This beautiful memoir follows Deborah/ Jung-Jin on her path of struggling to adapt in new places as a person of colour, to find and express herself, miscommunication and her coping with it.
This book belongs to my most anticipating ones which are releasing this year and it exceeded my expectations. I love how the author portrayed grief, mental illness and other heavy topics. The side characters had their own role and complexity. The art was stunning, and I could not help but catch myself many times just admiring the panels. I still cannot believe this is a debut book and that makes me even more excited for new upcoming releases by them!
Especially because this graphic novel deals with topics that are hard to swallow, I do recommend checking the trigger warnings.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Eating disorder
roctothorpe's review
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt and Self harm
Moderate: Racism, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
ness's review
Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
deathdayparty's review against another edition
5.0
📚Reminds me of This One Summer or Bloom.
🛍️ ARC from NetGalley
Pros:
- There are a lot of coming of age stories that gloss over how messy and painful growing out of interests and friends can be. This story does such a beautiful job of both.
- In the Fifth Act having both Deb and Kate acknowledge and multiple things can be hard to cope with and sometimes you're just a shitty friend is very sweet.
- The language through line is really beautiful especially introducing another character that is learning a language as more of a hobby than a sense of self.
- This is a book a wish I had in the transition from middle-high school and into school. Lee does such a wonderful job describing all of these stages of life.
Cons:
Other:
- I actually learned that the term Bildungsroman means a novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character.
- I will absolutely be buying this book as a physical copy to add to my shelf of First Second books and for my niece and nephew.
Minor: Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse
paiges_on_pages's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts