A review by rothsreviews
Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill

4.0

The book's thesis statement (to the extent that there is one) has stuck with me since I finished it a couple days ago: "Grief washes over a person. Overwhelming. Although you can throw them a line, you should never jump in. They have to either use the line you throw them, or swim their way out. At five, I guess no one thought to throw me a line. I mostly had to get myself together. But I didn't know how to swim."

Heartbreaking and touching graphic novel about growing up around violence with little external support and trying to break those cycles.