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Stitches by David Small

19 reviews

f18's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

krhe's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

Hostia. Qué jodido. Y qué buen dibujo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

breanneisdeadinside's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

jade_moonlight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Medical trauma

lgtl's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Gorgeous illustrations and poignant story, seen through the eyes of the author/illustrator young self. The Silent generation gave him a voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

mcfox5455's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

This memoir is almost surreal in how dysfunctional the authors family is. Such a horrific, traumatic experience and the way small depicts it is deeply moving. The shift between more cartoony and grotesque images help shift the tone for the few more light-hearted moments. Im surprised at the ending both in how small maintains contact with his family and also how quickly he goes through the later years. Theres so much left out from his later teen years that we’ll never get to know. It sounds like he broke the cycle of bad parenting, or at least i hope so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

melancholymegs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

lazydazey's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Child abuse

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

seethinglloron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

Methodical in its examination, relentless in its retelling, and thunderous in visual style, I picked Stitches up on a whim at a book sale yesterday afternoon, began reading it a few hours ago, and finished it in one fell swoop. Stunning work, and visually arresting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Medical content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gore