Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

47 reviews

vixenreader's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

The great Canadian graphic novel, it is an exploration of what people will put up with when they need to take care of themselves, and how others will take advantage of those because of their lack of resources. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism

Be aware that the novel does explore workplace abuse, hardship, and harassment. If you got out of a bad job, please read with care.

caffeinated_and_confused's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse and Death

chameleonhound's review

emotional

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Colonisation, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

nobirdtennis's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This graphic novel was phenomenal. Really and truly bone-chilling. Beaton paints a vivid picture of the desolate landscape of oil camps in the Canadian plains. As someone who has had family in these big Canadian industries, it was an eerily familiar tale of corporations willing to feed bodies to the machine under the guise of providing economic vitality to an area and financial stability to local families. A devastating portrayal of masculinity under capitalism. Beaton’s full page spread illustrations of massive machinery evoked images of icebergs: towering, awe-inspiring, and yet somehow deeply unnerving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Racism

l1brarygirl's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Drug use

bookmaddie's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

One of the best graphic novels I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Death

hayleymunro's review

reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Cancer, Drug abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Misogyny, Addiction, Death, and Colonisation

carlar's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a really tough read due to the subject matter and the fact that it happened to one of my favorite webcomic artists back in high school. I already knew about her sister passing away when she published an article about how her sister's death could have been prevented, but to know that she also struggled with all this was heartbreaking, especially since her sister never got to read it. 

It took me longer than I expected to finish it because the casual misogyny, although interspersed with humor, was relentless and you end up feeling like this could have easily happened to you (if you're a woman and haven't already dealt with it before). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Racism, and Genocide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

lmy612's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Honestly, a very upsetting recount of one woman’s experiences while working in the oil sands of Alberta. Having lived in Alberta myself, the sexism and objectification of women is prevalent everywhere. Even in town, where most of the women live with their young children, it’s there. It’s everywhere. Men get lonely and that is supposed to excuse disgusting and illegal behaviour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Deadnaming, Infidelity, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Car accident, Colonisation, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Animal death

kasssidyy's review

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

A bleak, tragic and monotonous story full of beauty and grace. This was so hard to read but an absolute page turned. As someone who grew up in the maritimes and moved to Alberta, this was a taste of home in a way but I have so much empathy for the author. This really did deserve the Canada reads title 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death