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geetanshtea's Reviews (361)
“If there are really so many of us, I wonder why we never talk about it. And why I’m still a bit ashamed.”
PARENTHESIS by Elodie Durand is a graphic memoir translated from French that narrates the author's experience with tumor-related epilepsy. It is actually my introduction to the field of graphic medicine, a unique form of sharing stories about chronic illness and disability that I find incredibly engaging, if not personally the most accessible. I thought this memoir was so effective in capturing the confusion, anger, embarrassment, and grief the author felt experiencing disability, memory loss, and chronic illness as a young adult, and I especially loved that she interspersed it with images that she had drawn during these periods.
It reminded me a bit of Tara Sidhoo Fraser's WHEN MY GHOST SINGS in that sometimes we need to create a new form of writing to share our experience. Both memoirs create their own forms to share the experience of memory loss, in Fraser's case a new character called "Ghost," and in Durand's case, visuals that she created during her illness and the at times dramatically different art styles throughout the memoir.
PARENTHESIS by Elodie Durand is a graphic memoir translated from French that narrates the author's experience with tumor-related epilepsy. It is actually my introduction to the field of graphic medicine, a unique form of sharing stories about chronic illness and disability that I find incredibly engaging, if not personally the most accessible. I thought this memoir was so effective in capturing the confusion, anger, embarrassment, and grief the author felt experiencing disability, memory loss, and chronic illness as a young adult, and I especially loved that she interspersed it with images that she had drawn during these periods.
It reminded me a bit of Tara Sidhoo Fraser's WHEN MY GHOST SINGS in that sometimes we need to create a new form of writing to share our experience. Both memoirs create their own forms to share the experience of memory loss, in Fraser's case a new character called "Ghost," and in Durand's case, visuals that she created during her illness and the at times dramatically different art styles throughout the memoir.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
honestly, this read like PJO fanfic to me, couldn't get into it
Didn't particularly enjoy the writing style and didn't feel connected enough to the characters to continue -- the pace was too quick for me.