[Subdue] A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings (graphic novel) - 3.5 stars

[Pam]

3.5 stars rounded up

Why did I do this to myself?! This autobiographical graphic novel is about the author coming home from college to spend time with their mother after her Stage IV cancer diagnosis, mixed in with snippets from their childhood so you get a full sense for who she was as a mom.

It's not as brutal as it sounds, mostly because she was clearly an amazing mother. I can't imagine a more well-adjusted way to go through something like this, and yet that almost makes it more devastating in the end.

This was a loving, lovely tribute to the kind of mother I would aspire to be if I aspired to be a mom. I imagine it was very cathartic to make.