Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Cancer Vixen
Marisa Acocella Marchetto · 2014
81/100
👍 Worth It
Cancer Vixen is the rare graphic memoir that earns every award it received — Marchetto's illustration style is inseparable from the storytelling, and the combination of sharp humor and unflinching honesty about what breast cancer actually looks like (medically, financially, emotionally) makes it both accessible and genuinely important. The Sex and the City sensibility and frank adult content mean this isn't for everyone, but for adult women navigating illness or supporting someone who is, it's one of the best books in its genre.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety65
substance84
craft88
originality85
accuracy82
hype78
age-fit75
human-eye86
Penny’s verdict81
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