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ivoryebonies's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
marjoleinvanderspoel's review
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Simple gorgeous, both art-wise and story-wise.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
Minor: Alcoholism
indeedithappens's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
livlamentloathe's review
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Fucking gorgeous. The colors and photographs and arrangement of this book was phenomenal. Just beautiful despite it’s depressed subject (depressing?).
I don’t think we talk enough about how incredible graphic novels are as a storytelling medium. Genuinely. Especially as far as Non-Fiction goes. I often find myself bored by biographies and other factual books. But (and this book wasn’t non-fiction so it’s not the perfect example) there is nothing that catches my interest like graphic novels. A book on the dust bowl was the “school read” of my BA freshman year. I never read it—never even wanted to. But while and then after reading Days of Sand, I found myself scouring the internet for information about the Dust Bowl.
I appreciated that this also acknowledged the difference between being the photographer and being the subject. The protagonist started as just a photographer and applied his ideas to his photography but as he lived and learned from the people and land of Oklahoma, he became too biased to just capture photos of their struggles. There if a major difference between sympathy for those struggling and being empathetic to the struggle.
I don’t think we talk enough about how incredible graphic novels are as a storytelling medium. Genuinely. Especially as far as Non-Fiction goes. I often find myself bored by biographies and other factual books. But (and this book wasn’t non-fiction so it’s not the perfect example) there is nothing that catches my interest like graphic novels. A book on the dust bowl was the “school read” of my BA freshman year. I never read it—never even wanted to. But while and then after reading Days of Sand, I found myself scouring the internet for information about the Dust Bowl.
I appreciated that this also acknowledged the difference between being the photographer and being the subject. The protagonist started as just a photographer and applied his ideas to his photography but as he lived and learned from the people and land of Oklahoma, he became too biased to just capture photos of their struggles. There if a major difference between sympathy for those struggling and being empathetic to the struggle.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness and Terminal illness
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, and Death
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