by Anonymous After reading the book My Body in Pieces, written by Marie-Noëlle Hébert and translated from the French by Shelley Tanaka, here are my thoughts. The book is written from a personal point of view from a woman describing how Marie-Noelle feels about herself due to having some extra weight on her body. The words from her dad and other family members about her size and eating habits have caused her to view herself with hatred. She cannot see anything good in herself due to her body weight and due to not being in a significant relationship. She… Read More
I Thought You Loved Me
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Dear Mini – A Graphic Memoir
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
By M. T. Bennett From “A Walk to Remember” to “The Fault in Our Stars”, teen romance stories are awash in the cliché of falling in love with someone who has a terminal illness. Author Yoru Sumino and artist Idumi Kirihara (translation by Beni Axia Conrad) give their perspective on it in the manga novel, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas which also has an anime and live-action adaptation. As is often the case, in these kinds of stories a troubled young boy falls for a slowly dying girl. We will call the main character “MC” for this review because… Read More