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A review by tx2its
Living & Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022 by Steve Brodner
4.0
Reading 2023
Book 8: Living Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022 by Steve Brodner
Another graphic novel that I found looking for nonfiction selections. This is a whopper of a book and part of my library haul before it closed for a few months.
Synopsis: Taken as a whole, Living Dying in America is a chronicle of those who died and those who honorably served the living — as well as an indictment of those institutions and political figures who betrayed the public trust. It is a searing and essential moral document, written and drawn on a daily basis with feverish intensity by one of the great forces of American cartooning.
Review: I really enjoyed the parts of this book that chronicled the lives of those lost during the pandemic. The art was amazing and each a unique portrait of those lives. What got a bit redundant and heavy handed was the political side of the book. At 400 pages, I only wanted to read a bit of the political parts. I think it is too close in time to when I had read and heard it all ad nauseum. Maybe in a few years I would be able to enjoy the whole book more. My rating for the art, and touching tributes to those lost 4⭐️.
Book 8: Living Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022 by Steve Brodner
Another graphic novel that I found looking for nonfiction selections. This is a whopper of a book and part of my library haul before it closed for a few months.
Synopsis: Taken as a whole, Living Dying in America is a chronicle of those who died and those who honorably served the living — as well as an indictment of those institutions and political figures who betrayed the public trust. It is a searing and essential moral document, written and drawn on a daily basis with feverish intensity by one of the great forces of American cartooning.
Review: I really enjoyed the parts of this book that chronicled the lives of those lost during the pandemic. The art was amazing and each a unique portrait of those lives. What got a bit redundant and heavy handed was the political side of the book. At 400 pages, I only wanted to read a bit of the political parts. I think it is too close in time to when I had read and heard it all ad nauseum. Maybe in a few years I would be able to enjoy the whole book more. My rating for the art, and touching tributes to those lost 4⭐️.