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Medical Mentions Book Reviews XIV — Genre Fiction Edition
Book Reviews by Matt Peters Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one… Read More
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
by Matt Peters Content advisory: sexual harassment, sexual assault, mass mortality events For Canadian writer and artist Kate Beaton, two things weighed heavily on her mind immediately after college. The first was the unsettling financial implications of her student loan debt. The second was the limited job opportunities that an art degree offered in the Atlantic provinces, where she had grown up and attended college. With few other choices, Beaton decided to head west to Alberta, hoping to find high-paying work in the petroleum industry—work that could help her get a head start on her debt. Beaton recounts… Read More
Becoming Unbecoming
Trigger warning: this book contains violent trauma, serial murderer, gender violence, bullying, offensive language, child abuse, and misogyny. By Saily Marrero Becoming Unbecoming by Una (a pseudonym) is a non-fiction story that is part memoir, part true crime, and part feminist commentary on the sexual violence experienced by women. Using Yorkshire Ripper’s killing spree in 1970s England as the backdrop, it’s used to draw comparisons to Una’s own experiences and commentary on society’s reactions to violent crimes against women. The Yorkshire Ripper evaded the police for years in part thanks to the widespread misogyny at the time. This misogyny… Read More
Medical Mentions Book Review VII
Medical Mentions is a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More