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The Hospital Suite (2014)

by John Porcellino(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1770461647 (ISBN13: 9781770461642)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Drawn and Quarterly

review 1: Porecellino has a really messed up body and mind and doesn't mind our knowing it. This graphic memoir tells the long story of what would appear to be multiple chemical imbalances that have almost completely devastated his life, creating numerous physical problems, and also mental problems, all of which he fearlessly shares with us in this simple, straightforward, simple, clean-line way. This is long, longer than it needs to be for this reader, though with its simplicity you can read it quickly. That simplicity in the drawing adds to the sense of honesty, of complete self-disclosure. I think anyone who has suffered depression, been crippled by OCD, anxiety AND all the physical ailments Porcellino has had will relate to it very well and gain some comfort from it. After all, ... morehe has gone through all this (and all the job/marriage/other relationship issues that come with all of the above.. and he STILL keeps writing comics… I think that's a service to all of us that he shares his challenges with others who have similar issues. Maybe its the Buddhism and the comics that have most helped him survive.
review 2: It doesn't take many pen strokes for Porcellino to pack an emotional punch in his graphic memoir about various hospital treatments, anxiety and depression he's lived through. It's an intense read. Personally, his visual style doesn't appeal to me, and I wish there had been more comic relief in the book. That said, I could see this memoir resonating strongly for a lot of people coping with physical and mental health concerns. less

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