Libre Livre's Reviews > Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love

This one was tough—a devastating reality turned into a devastating read. I thought the ending felt too swift, given what we waded through to reach it (and therein lies the most exact(ing) content-to-structure mirroring. Deliberate? Perhaps.) Reading this book means bearing witness to a family’s most difficult year, and for the grant of that honor (and the work put into this art)—5 stars. For the overall sense, 4 stars; only because I would have appreciated a more balanced portrayal of life BEFORE and AFTER (not just during). Without spoiling anything, there is also a component of the story that is left out until too far along to inform our reading (and our empathy for the main personages.)
I can’t say I’d recommend this easily. A pale version of grief will transfer to you, especially if you’ve ever had to watch people close to you waste away. But if you have the stomach for the hard-hitting, give ‘this one’ (and yourself) lots of time. Take it in. Then set it aside.