paigicus's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia
Minor: Vomit
emdowd's review against another edition
4.0
Difficult, beautiful, touching. I wish my paternal grandparents had lived into my own adulthood. I wonder what sort of relationship we'd have had.
theinkwyrm's review against another edition
3.0
Having watched my grandmother suffer with dementia and my aunt with Alzheimer’s, I connected a great deal with what the author was going through with her grandparents. It can be difficult to maintain that relationship when it can be frustrating and painful. But, as the author pointed out, it’s worth it because connection helps give us love and meaning.
haia_929's review against another edition
5.0
This is a trimmed down version of my review, to view the full review visit The Book Ramble.
In this graphic memoir, a follow-up to her previous travelogue An Age of License, Knisley goes on another trip - this time with her elderly grandparents. The trio go on a Caribbean cruise, and Knisley's trip is less vacation than caretaking job. While she travels she also re-reads her grandfather's memoir about his time during World War II. Ruminating on subjects like familial love, mortality, and youth, Knisley depicts the weeklong trip from start to finish hiding none of the upsetting details.
Displacement, much like An Age of License, really hit me hard. The subject matter of this particular memoir/travelogue is very relatable to anyone, and that's what was so impactful. Everyone will grow old, has known elderly people, and has struggled in their own youth. To be honest I cried through quite a lot of this. I, as always, loved Knisley art as well, and thought her illustrations paired with excerpts from her grandfather's memoir were also very touching.
Knisley's writing is often very introspective and relies less on a narrative of actions and more on the emotional journey that she's experiencing. I really love that about her work. There are these tender moments between her and her grandfather that are so perfectly illustrated. I think pairing her own story with her grandfather's war memoir was a really excellent choice. I don't know that they stories really share any similarities in theme on the surface level. But they explore the same parts of Knisley and her grandfather's lives and deal very directly with the idea of mortality. I think it worked well, and it was especially these bits that made me cry.
I don't quite know how to put it all in words, but this book is really excellent and everyone should read it. It explores really important family relationships, and the personal journey we all eventually go on in facing death, growing up, being alone, and finding love.
In this graphic memoir, a follow-up to her previous travelogue An Age of License, Knisley goes on another trip - this time with her elderly grandparents. The trio go on a Caribbean cruise, and Knisley's trip is less vacation than caretaking job. While she travels she also re-reads her grandfather's memoir about his time during World War II. Ruminating on subjects like familial love, mortality, and youth, Knisley depicts the weeklong trip from start to finish hiding none of the upsetting details.
Displacement, much like An Age of License, really hit me hard. The subject matter of this particular memoir/travelogue is very relatable to anyone, and that's what was so impactful. Everyone will grow old, has known elderly people, and has struggled in their own youth. To be honest I cried through quite a lot of this. I, as always, loved Knisley art as well, and thought her illustrations paired with excerpts from her grandfather's memoir were also very touching.
Knisley's writing is often very introspective and relies less on a narrative of actions and more on the emotional journey that she's experiencing. I really love that about her work. There are these tender moments between her and her grandfather that are so perfectly illustrated. I think pairing her own story with her grandfather's war memoir was a really excellent choice. I don't know that they stories really share any similarities in theme on the surface level. But they explore the same parts of Knisley and her grandfather's lives and deal very directly with the idea of mortality. I think it worked well, and it was especially these bits that made me cry.
I don't quite know how to put it all in words, but this book is really excellent and everyone should read it. It explores really important family relationships, and the personal journey we all eventually go on in facing death, growing up, being alone, and finding love.
kailawil's review against another edition
3.0
What's not to like about Knisley novel? I just wish it had been longer.
sizrobe's review against another edition
5.0
Phenomenal graphic nonfiction about taking grandparents with advanced dementia on a Caribbean cruise. A little funny, but mostly heartbreaking. My own grandmother died not all that long ago and she was pretty far gone before she died, so I can really empathize. I can't imagine having to wrangle two grandparents in such a state for that long all by myself. I fear that my own mother might go that same route. Aging can be such a tragedy.
lovegirl30's review against another edition
4.0
This was previously posted on The Young Girl Who Loved Books
This book reminded me of the last few years with my grandma and grandpa. It was really bittersweet to see another declining situation. My grandmother had dementia that turned into Alzheimer's so seeing here grandmothers reactions brought back some painful times. With all that said I am happy I read this comic.
Displacement follows a cruise she agrees to take with her ninety-year-old parents, which are slowly declining in their health. I thought it was such an incredibly selfless act to do so. Unfortunately, she misunderstood how much work caring for them was, and the whole time she just seems miserable and tired. She reflects on mortality, aging, grumpiness, and also family in this comic collection.
What I loved about this is that Knisley brings along her Grandfathers World War II memoir that he wrote about his service. This is something I wish I had from my grandfather's service so this part was the most interesting to me. Some of these pieces were hard to read but gave you a reason for his grouchiness and strong personality. He was a very good man according to the pages of that memoir.
The art in this book is so well done. It is so vibrant and beautiful. You can tell great craft and time was taken in creating this book and it really shows. I would describe the art as illustrated comic-book style. It was light and fun!
I picked this up on a quim from the library and I am so glad I did. I hope you like it as much as I did.
This book reminded me of the last few years with my grandma and grandpa. It was really bittersweet to see another declining situation. My grandmother had dementia that turned into Alzheimer's so seeing here grandmothers reactions brought back some painful times. With all that said I am happy I read this comic.
Displacement follows a cruise she agrees to take with her ninety-year-old parents, which are slowly declining in their health. I thought it was such an incredibly selfless act to do so. Unfortunately, she misunderstood how much work caring for them was, and the whole time she just seems miserable and tired. She reflects on mortality, aging, grumpiness, and also family in this comic collection.
What I loved about this is that Knisley brings along her Grandfathers World War II memoir that he wrote about his service. This is something I wish I had from my grandfather's service so this part was the most interesting to me. Some of these pieces were hard to read but gave you a reason for his grouchiness and strong personality. He was a very good man according to the pages of that memoir.
The art in this book is so well done. It is so vibrant and beautiful. You can tell great craft and time was taken in creating this book and it really shows. I would describe the art as illustrated comic-book style. It was light and fun!
I picked this up on a quim from the library and I am so glad I did. I hope you like it as much as I did.