A review by tfaydoyle
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

"I was nothing in his life but a short release from the boredom and loneliness endemic in camp life, but he was a major trauma in mine"

Beautifully written and illustrated. Impactful and illuminating story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism