Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

11 reviews

hayleyvem's review

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, and Body shaming

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Hate crime

vezreads's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

An interesting memoir about mental health. It has some really beautifu  imagery and the format is a really powerful way to show personal growth across years. However the first half of the book reads like a resume and although I understood why it's like that, it's still quite boring to read. The second half was much more interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 The Fire Never Goes Out is a beautiful, raw and honest memoir style graphic novel in which Stevenson reflects back on a period of time in their life when their work was becoming popular.

The format is great fun, a series of comics, bookended with a reflection from the end of the relevant year. The graphics are gorgeous and it was really interesting to see their style morph and grow.

I really loved this sincere look at many of the struggles they were going through at the time and there are many stand out quotes and images throughout the book. We get snippets of insight into so many topics such as gender, identity, sexuality, depression and anxiety without being overloaded.
There is a real sense of hope and possibility throughout the book while also a sense of honesty that times can be tough.

A beautiful graphic novel that I would definitely recommend to graphic novel newbies and fanatics alike

“To everyone harboring their own fire and to everyone lost in the dark. May you see the sun again.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Blood

kathleencoughlin's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

ND Stevenson's exploration of their career, sexuality, and gender as well as the frank discussion of the impact of their mental illness, was really interesting to read. I've been a casual enjoyer of their work, but I haven't followed them particularly closely or been with them since the beginning. I think if you had been, you might enjoy this book even more. Because it was made up largely of their Year in Review posts, there were times that The Fire Never Goes Out was a bit disjointed However, once I got to the end, I felt like that actually made sense considering the overall narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Self harm, and Dysphoria

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

tinyelfarcanist's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Great compilation of Noelle Stevenson’s yearly blog posts and a couple extras. Her art style is beautiful and I enjoyed getting these snippets from her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness and Infidelity

Minor: Lesbophobia and Toxic relationship

beloved999's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I've admired Noelle Stevenson for many years, now, and looked forward to reading this little memoir. 

While much of it is old territory for those of us lucky enough to have followed them while they were still pursuing their art degree, I do understand the somewhat spartan way they chose to present the pieces of their story so far. So although I wish there had been a little more to the book as a whole, because the best memoirs bring you close rather than holding the reader at arm's length, I believe that to someone unfamiliar with Stevenson's art and storytelling prior to their latest successes, this book is an intimate look into how the author's personal struggles morphed into such popular and critically-lauded stories.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia

words_and_coffee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

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