Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

14 reviews

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

I think that only using different shades of blue to tell the story, was an incredible choice. It sets the mood (gloomy, nostalgic, as we reminiscent the life and struggles of the author) but it also shows it's beauty. I shed a few tears with some of the last panels, and could relate a lot to the mental health issues portrayed in the graphic novel. I found myself reflecting in a sad state after finishing it, as I am still recovering from my own experiences too. The other topics discussed here were also poignant and saddening (racism, domestic abuse, self harm, suicide attempts, the weight of other's expectations on us, not feeling like being part of any community, not finding your place in the world, loss of friendships...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

flamesocks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

bethebluebook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

rainbowbrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm

tilder's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Beautiful art, based on a true story, I think that I still have some questions about what happened but because it’s based off of the authors life I think that’s the point!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

jialianyang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Lushly illustrated, a pensive coming of age book that touches on belonging, mental health, friendship, family and art. Read this if you are ready to dive into a memoir that will demand empathy and holding space for swirling emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

Powerful. It's always so heartbreaking to me that I can read a graphic novel in two hours, that took the author/illustrator a FIFTH of their life to create. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

kell_xavi's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

It was interesting thinking about the author’s experiences alongside my own depression, loneliness, and difficulty with friendships and dark emotions in middle and high school; however, some of the scenes near the end of this book felt blunted to me, and the story lost its life and confused it’s narrative. I loved the art style, frequently pausing just to look, and I like that picture takes the place of text in many places, unfolding and moving through image alone. I was mostly disappointed that it didn’t feel enough for me, it didn’t always become real.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Toxic friendship

potatodel's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol

saucy_bookdragon's review

A dark, introspective memoir that tackles racism-specifically microaggressions-suicide, abuse, mental health, and complicated friendships. The art style is beautiful with cartoonish people against realistic detailed backgrounds. The story cuts right to the emotion to help understand what the author went through. 

I also know for a fact a professor I had for a writing class is putting this straight into the syllabus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic friendship