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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

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bookmarkedbybritt's review

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5


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theprinceofdenmark's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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uranaishi's review

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challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0


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kyrki's review

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0


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krobart's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0


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devynreadsnovels's review

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0


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drbex's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75


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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0


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thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

3.25

ducks was a darker-than-expected read, w/ beaton's graphic memoir focusing on her 2 yrs working in canada's oil sands, which proved to be a complex, nuanced experience w/ negative repercussions nevertheless.

the book dealt w/ human behavior when situated in an unusual microcosm thats focused on the wrong things, demonstrating the oil companies' flaws and policies that enabled a culture of silence and harassment. im disturbed to learn that beaton's experience was a daily struggle of living in a man's world, encountering sexist and misogynistic behavior both glaringly alarming and casually subtle.

tho i cant fully say the reading experience as a whole was enjoyable due to my detached distance from the stable, wearying tone of the story, the art was great - never an awkward panel to be found - w/ both fluid characters and more realistic illustrations of the setting, many of which were notable. i also appreciated beaton touching on the oil industry's culpability in wreaking destruction to the local communities, and the awareness of her own positionality.

id recommend this book to ppl who wouldnt be disturbed by the book's triggering content, and those interested in learning abt sth rarely explored esp in visual form.

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chaoticweevil's review

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5


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