Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

9 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

lily1304's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I already loved Nate Stevenson but this made me love him even more. I'm officially a fangirl.
It's fascinating to read his cheerful little year-in-review letters juxtaposed with disturbing little comics showing how he actually feels. At the end, when it all comes to a head and he decides to be fully honest - it's viscerally cathartic. There's a photo at the end of him and his wife on their wedding day, and they look so joyful that it made me tear up.
At times, the printing quality makes it difficult to read his handwritten captions, but that's the publisher's fault, not Nate's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, and Death

Descriptions of dissociation and gender dysphoria

spooderman's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Mental illness, Body horror, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Dementia, and Hate crime

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

N D Stevenson is a writer I've enjoyed for a few years. I followed them on Twitter for a year before I read and loved Nimona. This illustrated memoir is a raw and beautiful depiction of what it's like to live with the fear of disappointing the people around you always at the forefront of your mind. The pressure of their life and work putting them in the public eye at such a young age, and the pressure of trying to live up to the standards they'd set for themself is conveyed in a way that's relatable. The art is beautiful and the writing is clear and conversational.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Self harm, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings

elke_go_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Though in graphic format, this is a very personal, emotional book of Stevenson’s young adulthood and the ups-and-downs of coming out, coming into her own, and dealing with depression. Her struggles with feeling rejected by her family church are very moving. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dysphoria, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Self harm

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

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Hate crime

words_and_coffee's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

samjsantos's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Grief, and Death