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The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by ND Stevenson

15 reviews

lavenderbtcpodcast's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed the journey this authors life story took me on. I saw myself in some parts. I hope my future is brighter than what I can see right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Transphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

betweentheshelves's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

A wonderful memoir about ND Stevenson's journey in life and in art, creating comics and being an artist. I think a lot of this was originally published on Tumblr, but I hadn't read it before, so I thoroughly enjoyed it! Especially with all of the success Nimona saw in the last year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings

cartermon4's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

droggelbecher42's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

I've been following Nate's substack for years. After I found out that this book exists I was curious to see if his old personal comics would also strike a chord with me and they did. 
I think for any fan of Nate's work who is struggling with their mental health this book will have at least some relatable comics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Death

Minor: Lesbophobia

hayleyvem's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, and Body shaming

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Hate crime

vezreads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

An interesting memoir about mental health. It has some really beautifu  imagery and the format is a really powerful way to show personal growth across years. However the first half of the book reads like a resume and although I understood why it's like that, it's still quite boring to read. The second half was much more interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 The Fire Never Goes Out is a beautiful, raw and honest memoir style graphic novel in which Stevenson reflects back on a period of time in their life when their work was becoming popular.

The format is great fun, a series of comics, bookended with a reflection from the end of the relevant year. The graphics are gorgeous and it was really interesting to see their style morph and grow.

I really loved this sincere look at many of the struggles they were going through at the time and there are many stand out quotes and images throughout the book. We get snippets of insight into so many topics such as gender, identity, sexuality, depression and anxiety without being overloaded.
There is a real sense of hope and possibility throughout the book while also a sense of honesty that times can be tough.

A beautiful graphic novel that I would definitely recommend to graphic novel newbies and fanatics alike

“To everyone harboring their own fire and to everyone lost in the dark. May you see the sun again.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

peachani's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Blood

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

ND Stevenson's exploration of their career, sexuality, and gender as well as the frank discussion of the impact of their mental illness, was really interesting to read. I've been a casual enjoyer of their work, but I haven't followed them particularly closely or been with them since the beginning. I think if you had been, you might enjoy this book even more. Because it was made up largely of their Year in Review posts, there were times that The Fire Never Goes Out was a bit disjointed However, once I got to the end, I felt like that actually made sense considering the overall narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Self harm, and Dysphoria

magicshop's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Self harm