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meghan111's review
3.0
Her husband had just started a new job at the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001. This book tells about the aftermath of his death and the way she kept getting jerked around by charities and the Red Cross. A bit hard to read.
gremlin_snacks's review
2.0
i guess i expected more possibly? some parts were really touching. the beginning though was really cheesy. i kept asking myself is this for real? it sounded like something a 13 year old girl would write in her diary. the two pages that were covered with pictures of her late husband really got to me. the thing is i wanted to feel bad for this woman and parts of me did, but overall i felt bad for her husband more than anything. and the fact that she spent most of the time bitching about the red cross and crap sort of annoyed me. i'm not saying she shouldn't have i'm just saying that i rarely got the impression that she really missed her husband or that she was destroyed by what happened. i'm not saying she wasn't. i'm just saying that it didn't come across that way. i don't even know what the point she was trying to make was. and when she complained about friends being jealous of her and saying awful things? i'm not exactly a fan of humans, but honestly what real friends would EVER say such horrible shit in a situation like this? either she exaggerated or her friends really did sense that she mostly cared about the financial assistance which is the same impression i got from reading this.
saidtheraina's review
3.0
Nonfiction depicting the tragedy of one 9-11 widowhood. Appreciated photographs of the real people near the end. Great study on perspective, I thought, as the aftermath of such an awful event is so subjective for the people in it.
Great illustrations - seems like the author/widow should have credited the artist more as Choi did a really nice job.
Great illustrations - seems like the author/widow should have credited the artist more as Choi did a really nice job.
untitledlullaby's review
3.0
I think the pacing of the story could have been better but it was very insightful to see the aftermath of a time I don’t remember and what it was like to be left behind in tragedy
elysareadsitall's review
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Alissa's perspective as a widow dealing with inept charity and government employees was eye-opening and creates empathy. The rest of the book just confused me. If it weren't for the artwork, I genuinely wouldn't have understood what she was talking about. The switch between past and present didn't make sense, and I would rather have read the linear story of their love and tragedy in a more traditional memoir. The book shared some beautiful moments, but it didn't work as a cohesive story.
kricketa's review
3.0
the story of alissa torres, whose husband died on september 11 when she was pregnant with their son. i love the artwork and the story was riveting. there's a lot in here about the bullshit torres had to put up with afterward: claims to file, unwelcome media attention, the disorganization of the agencies who were supposed to be helping her...and that's a story that needed to be told. however, i kept expecting a little more: more about her husband, more about their son. i wanted to know the reason they were having a fight the night before he died. overall a worthwhile read.