Talking to Strangers
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In 1980, Marianne Boucher felt like a misfit. To the world, she was a high school student with a bright future as a powerhouse figure skater. But she always felt like she was performing - both on the ice and off. And then she found her people. Talking to Strangers is the true story of Marianne Boucher's experiences in a cult that brainwashed her and took over her life. Told in stunning graphic memoir form, with vivid text and art alike, Marianne shares how she fell in with devotees of a frightening spiritual abuser, and how she eventually, painfully, pulled herself out.
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I enjoyed but didn't love this. It feels bad to ask someone to share in depth about traumatic stuff but . . . it felt very surface level. :
lol I think I've read too many books about cults because this one for me was pretty basic.
Also as a graphic novel it was confusing because some of her word bubbles seemed to be going right to left but it wasn't FULLY right to left like a manga, it was just like....sometimes conversations were really weird until I tried again. I don't think it was meant to be a purposeful disorientation (like if it only happened when cult leaders were speaking or something like that....)
I also felt like time was compressed in a weird way here but I'm not sure. Eh!
