A review by jayisreading
Sunflowers by Keezy Young

informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

This was a far too short graphic memoir (just twenty-four pages!) that draws attention to what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder (specifically bipolar 1). Young approaches being bipolar with great care and honesty, striking a nice balance between the personal and informative to reveal what it means to deal with (hypo)mania in particular. Furthermore, I appreciated that Young dispelled some common misconceptions able-minded people might have about a very stigmatized disability.

I do wish this graphic memoir was much longer and actually had more illustrations. While very much following the comics/graphic novel formatting, I did feel that it was far more text-heavy than expected, and I would have loved to see more of Young’s art style. Aside from these rather minor quibbles, I really enjoyed this nuanced look into being bipolar.
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