"Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent... All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with...something." Nonfiction memoir of a diagnosed Sociopath.

Review:
"Really interesting look at an oft ignored diagnosis"
"Honest"
"Eye-opening"
"There's so much stigma; empathy needed"

"Stealing a small arsenal of guns from a neighbor, they take their classmates hostage at a school dance." Told in the aftermath from multiple viewpoints

My Review:
"Emotional gut punch"
"Everyone shoulders some blame here"
"Sad this is still relevant 20+ years later"
"Everyone should read this"

"His brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge." Graphic novel on teenage gun violence.

My review:
"Beautiful art & incredibly evocative writing"
"Dark, yet hopeful"
"Cool to see ghosts who dont want revenge
"Says so much in just 10,000 words"

Set during Nazi Germany: "6 mental patients, the doctor who will kill them, & the man who will burn their corpses"

My review:
"Fucked up"
"This story was not meant to be enjoyed"
"History is full of unspeakable horrors - it's important we speak about them"
"IDL if I'm angry, sad, or horrified"

When you feel frightened, or abandoned, or humiliated, I hope the unshakeable conviction that God loves you can help hold you and enable you to persevere." - Rabbi Shai Held

when your priest, minister, imam, or rabbi tells you that you are an abomination, God loves you; when politicians cater to people’s basest prejudices, God loves you.

No matter how many times and in how many ways people make you feel less than human, God knows otherwise, and God loves you... (3/4)

…worshiping a blown up version of themselves. So let me say it simply: God’s love transcends all of that.

When your parents reject you, God loves you; when your friends or classmates make fun of you, God loves you;

(2/4)