Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by ND Stevenson

9 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death, and Body shaming

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

lily1304's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I already loved Nate Stevenson but this made me love him even more. I'm officially a fangirl.
It's fascinating to read his cheerful little year-in-review letters juxtaposed with disturbing little comics showing how he actually feels. At the end, when it all comes to a head and he decides to be fully honest - it's viscerally cathartic. There's a photo at the end of him and his wife on their wedding day, and they look so joyful that it made me tear up.
At times, the printing quality makes it difficult to read his handwritten captions, but that's the publisher's fault, not Nate's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, and Death

Descriptions of dissociation and gender dysphoria

littlebadgerco's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Death

librarymouse's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

N D Stevenson is a writer I've enjoyed for a few years. I followed them on Twitter for a year before I read and loved Nimona. This illustrated memoir is a raw and beautiful depiction of what it's like to live with the fear of disappointing the people around you always at the forefront of your mind. The pressure of their life and work putting them in the public eye at such a young age, and the pressure of trying to live up to the standards they'd set for themself is conveyed in a way that's relatable. The art is beautiful and the writing is clear and conversational.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Self harm, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings

magicshop's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

toasterposter15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5

I enjoyed it but at times I didn’t know what was going on (mostly because I didn’t know the writer that well). I really good art and it had some emotional moments. It took me two days to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death

There is a little bit of spiraling about death in the beginningish of the book

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Hate crime

papercraftalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Homophobia

samjsantos's review

hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Grief, and Death