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In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

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taylizart's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad

4.5

Meditation on adolescence and mental health with beautifully rendered illustrations 

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0


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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0


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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75


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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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_jane4's review

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Thank you, First Second Books and Net Galley for an advanced for copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 
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. 

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roctothorpe's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Reading this memoir is like watching a film photograph develop over time. As Deb grows up, we see the clarity and growth as their perspective evolves and comes into focus. The color palette is lonely, quiet, and melancholy. This memoir gave me a lot to think about on the immigrant experience, how being loved but in parts teaches us that parts of us are not worthy of love, and how we might heal ourselves. A standout scene for me was the conversation Deb has with their therapist about pillars of support - wow I felt so seen and definitely teared up. 

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deathdayparty's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

⭐️5
📚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. 

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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. 

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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