A review by nolansmock
Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish

4.0

Well, first of all, the title is hilarious considering what's actually in the book. The three or four men that show up are almost apparitions, hardly there at all and baring no weight on the story. There's a conversation between a mother and daughter, composed carefully to bury the lede that her father was in the room the whole time. He says a word or two. Another funny thing about this mostly unfunny book are how tiny everyone's heads are. Everything else is rather depressing though, not in a negative way, but we navigate through disorganized addictions, attachements, ways to cope, and how hard it can be to just get by when we're alone. The way the story unfolds hurts. I feel the betrayal of trust viscerally. There's a cool technique where the color drains from the characters. I think it sort of represents when the characters' hidden motives become transparent to the reader, but it could be up to more interpretation. The panels are painted and really beautiful, just a small, sad story about how we can keep going, even if we keep failing.