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In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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readingwithcats's review

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

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cryscries's review

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5.0

I felt it was a very relatable experience that I appreciate reading at this time of my life. The struggles of their mental health reminded me of my own experiences during the same time during high school years. The feelings of change and familial pressures and even cultural shock was expressed very well. Also the art is stunning!
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ninebookishlives's review

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3.5

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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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kbbru's review

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dark emotional reflective sad

4.25

This graphic memoir was very well done! The art was evocative of mood and place and emotions. Occasionally I had a little trouble tracking the text, but that's more a me thing than the author; the format in general can be a struggle for me. 

I found myself thinking about Stephanie Foo's book, What My Bones Know, off and on when Deb's encounters with her mother grow more intense, wondering what her mother's story is and how that braids in with Deb's experience of her. 

I think this memoir is going to stay with me for awhile. Recommended.

TW: for non graphic suicide attempts and mention of methods; parental violence.


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