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I recommend BINGO and this book

The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Jesse Mechanic

July 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr17bingo Rec’d: Grief stories are not new, but each is unique to that person. The main thing I came away with from reading The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss, is that the author (Jesse Mechanic) is human: selfish, loving, scared, fearless, angry and hopeful. They are both a reliable and unreliable narrator as they are telling the story from their eyes and over a 20 year period. The art is tone setting and allows us a peek into the mind of someone […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cancer, cbr17bingo, coming-of-age, Death, family, grief, Illness, Jesse Mechanic, Mental Health, mothers, mothers & sons, parents, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:322 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cancer, cbr17bingo, coming-of-age, Death, family, grief, Illness, Jesse Mechanic, Mental Health, mothers, mothers & sons, parents, Social Themes ·
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Corey’s faith

Visitations by Corey Egbert

October 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Visitations by Corey Egbert is more of a rating of 3.5 than a pure 4 as there were areas I would have liked to have seen “more” of the story (I like that we don’t have a lot of “before divorce” (just enough to let you know what has happened) but seeing more of the Visitations (what their mother calls the time Corey and his sister, Sarah, have with their father) would be interesting. Afterall, this is part of the title. And I would have […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Corey Egbert, faith, fathers & sons, Mental Health, mental illness, Mormon, mothers & sons, parents, Social Topics

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:471 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Corey Egbert, faith, fathers & sons, Mental Health, mental illness, Mormon, mothers & sons, parents, Social Topics ·
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