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Girl Plus Book Megan Lord
Slip.
BY MARIKA MCCOOLA
An Emotional Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel
This book hits on a lot of very deep and heavy topics including attempted suicide and the ripple effects, relationship dynamics, insecurities, mental health and stress over the future. If you are easily triggered on the mental health front, this book is not for you.
Overall, I think the story was good and had a strong foundation, but I think some of the full emotion was missing. I truly felt more like I was reading a comic, and didn’t really get the emotional engagement you would expect from a story like this.
Jade pours her feelings and fears for her friend that attempted suicide, Phoebe (also the friend who had initially found the art retreat for her), into her art as a way to vent. She also meets a very confident new friend, Mary, whom she begins to fall in love with. This brings her new feelings of guilt as she feels she could be letting Phoebe down by letting someone new in. She has to navigate all these different situations and life happenings, while stressing about her future and it’s a bit of a roller coaster - as life typically is.
The art was great - predominantly black and white with some red but well done. Relatable situations, a very quick and easy read.
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SLIP
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