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Forgiveness is Really Strange

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An insightful book about an often misunderstood subject. The narrative can be a bit tough to follow, but it does a good job of highlighting both the potential benefits and disadvantages of forgiveness on the human condition. Accompanying graphics help things from getting to heavy, without distracting from the matter at hand. A concise, if not complete, look at forgiveness for those who need an overview.

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Forgiveness is really strange is a graphic novel that goes into the process of forgiveness and illustrates it really well. I feel like this format makes the subject less boring and less scary, because I find the subject to a little intimidating. But this was really great! I loved how it explained the process but made it interesting. I liked the quotes from people's experiences. I think it made it feel like forgiveness was actually attainable coming from people who had been through all these terrible things. I enjoyed the artwork and the coloring was really pretty. I highly recommend this is you don't know much about the subject/process (LIKE ME) and want a book that doesn't feel like a self-help book.

Forgiveness is really strange by Marina Cantacuzino comes out on February 18th!

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Forgiveness is Really Strange is a lovely book. I was rather fond of the art as it fit well with the text and topic. For me, forgiveness is always hard sand loved reading the personal stories included with in the pages. I always loved that the book included a quote about how forgiveness happens over and; too many time we forgive once and are done or we have the need to forgive the same people/things each day.
This is a neat look and a great way to get people on the track to forgiveness!

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A very good fully-illustrated guide to the sometimes testy subject of forgiveness - what is the right time and place for it, how to affect it without it also effecting you incorrectly, and so on. Should be a valuable guide for many people, from teens and up. It's a lot clearer, and therefore much easier to learn from, than the sister edition regarding anxiety from the same publishers - if only it wasn't so blatantly anti-Israeli, it would be pretty fine.

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This is a really interesting way to approach the subject of Forgiveness. Not quite what I was expecting, but I liked it.

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This engaging graphic novel insightfully explored how forgiveness operates in a variety of meaningful ways, as influenced by different factors, based on research from the Forgiveness Project.

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This was a really interesting book to read because it makes you think about what forgiveness really implies and who it is truly meant for. The drawings were nice and it is an interesting subject.

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