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Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love by Marissa Moss
2 reviews
autismandniamh's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
The world needs more books like this and Roz Chast's Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? So many books about death and dying paint a rosy picture of redemption and courage. Very few of them face the starker reality of terminal illness and advanced age: bedsores and feeding tubes, bankruptcy and caregiver burnout. This isn't a book about how a terrible thing can unexpectedly become a wonderful thing; it's about how a terrible thing keeps being terrible but you find ways to go on anyway.
Marissa and Harvey's constant insistence that they "have to" do everything on their own, even as people are constantly offering to help them, made me want to pull out my hair. Otherwise, a solid and solidly heartbreaking book about death and dying.
Marissa and Harvey's constant insistence that they "have to" do everything on their own, even as people are constantly offering to help them, made me want to pull out my hair. Otherwise, a solid and solidly heartbreaking book about death and dying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Ableism and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
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