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Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love
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bookshelves: graphic-novel-or-sequential-art, nonfiction, memoir, this-gets-real, she-wrote-it, short-and-quick, the-inside-story
Mar 14, 2021
bookshelves: graphic-novel-or-sequential-art, nonfiction, memoir, this-gets-real, she-wrote-it, short-and-quick, the-inside-story
Absolutely brutal. This was so beyond heartbreaking that I question my decision to read it--and I'm not someone who goes out of her way to avoid sadness and sad stories. I think this graphic-novel memoir will resonate deeply with anyone who's ever cared for a loved one with ALS (aka Lou Gehrig's disease) and make them feel less alone (though I think it'd be really unwise to read it if currently caring for a sick loved one). For everyone else it feels like punishment. I alternated between trying to power through just to be over with it fast, and reading only a bit at a time to (unsuccessfully) control feeling emotionally overwhelmed. My heart goes out to Marissa Moss and her three sons.
I docked one star not for content but for text that was too often written in a confusing sequence. It's not always obvious which speech bubble is supposed to follow which, and I always read them out of order in these confusing panels.
I docked one star not for content but for text that was too often written in a confusing sequence. It's not always obvious which speech bubble is supposed to follow which, and I always read them out of order in these confusing panels.
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Thank you, Debbie. :}
The book sounds powerful. It's on my list. I'll have to be in the right kind of mood to read it.
The book sounds powerful. It's on my list. I'll have to be in the right kind of mood to read it."
Thanks, Lisa. Yes, the right mood is important for this one.
Thank you, Margie. :}