This was a beautiful story about someone going through cancer.
The feelings they have during treatments, and how people react when they see someone has cancer.
I thought the illustrations fit perfectly with the story.
I loved the tones from the colours as they go from dark to light.
All in all it was a good read

A sad but also happy story about a teen girl with cancer. This would be good for someone who is struggling in the same situation or who has a loved one in the same situation.

I received from NetGallery in exchange for an honest review

When I request it I have not idea that this was such a short book, in this digital edition it has no more than 50 pages, but despite of this, in each of them the autor presents us a moving story that isn't only touching, almost a pleasure to read.

In this short story, we go to the hand of a 15-year-old girl, diagnosed with leukemia, while she and her parents go to an important consultation: it will be the day they say if she will live or their hopes are over. The thing with this is than even if it does not go deep, the words are the indicated to show a bit of the reality that so many people live in the world, suffering from this type of diseases, and everything that is on the way, especially from the perspective of someone young.

The illustrations are the highlights in the book, they are delicate and truly taken care of in the details, I am really delighted with the work of Marianne Ferrer, especially when I found out with greater enthusiasm that the illustrator is a Venezuelan than has grown up in Canada, I can assure you that the pride did not wait. I love who the colors of the images change as the story is going to the end and the pallete of this ones just start to be more bright, I'm completly delighted with the watercolor effect, please all the drawing in this book, deserves all.

I highly recommend it, it has really left me pleased, and in love with the "happy ending".

Review to be posted at all sources mentioned on my profile on 29th of January.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

Wow, I am so happy I have a chance to read this book. I just had to read this book, for personal reasons. I was steeling myself for the inevitable tears that would be falling from my eyes, whether it gets a happy ending or a sad ending both will make me cry. One because they survived, the other because they didn't. A life lost due to cancer. :(

I agree fully with her on hospitals and their colour schemes. Indeed, they are done to make people calm, but if I am sick at a hospital I would rather see happy colours. Colours that warm me. Colours that make me smile and maybe forget being sick for just a tiny bit of time.

We see how our MC was diagnosed for leukemia after being very tired and having headaches. We see her stuck to machines as she is being tested.

We read about how she felt throughout treatment, how people looked at her with sad eyes, how they tried to encourage her and tell her happy words, while all she wanted was to be treated normally. Yes, she is sick but she is still herself. It was quite nice how they illustrated this scene. You saw dark text bubbles coming out of people, and scribblies land on our MC's body. I do wonder why she thought that people would be disappointed in her if she didn't get better. Why do you think that? That is not how that works. Sorry. At least not for me, so I was kind of shocked that she thought that. :(

We read about the parents, how her mom tried to make her room so much more homely, how her dad tried to ward away the sadness by bad humour (and loved how she eventually understood her dad's bad humour was just a way to protect himself).

Wow, she didn't even recognise that she was in love with Victor, instead thinking she was just getting new symptoms. Oh my goodness. Well, that is a nice surprise for her. No you are not getting new symptoms, congrats this is your first love (at least I am guessing it is as otherwise she would have recognised the symptoms). I loved reading on how Victor and see got closer and closer, and then had a laugh that when he visited her in the hospital he saw her bum through the nightgown and is now bragging about it. :P

I did think the story was a bit all over the place. I am sure people will be angry I said this, but we jump so much around. Like how we went from hey meet Maxine to Maxine is dead to Maxine is still alive to oh now we are burying her and back to finding out what is going on with our MC (will she get better or not). Same goes for Victor, he was suddenly introduced and then we head over to other things and then back to Victor. At times it really threw me out of the story, and that is a shame.

The waiting, oh boy, I was almost chewing my nails, would she get good news or not? And then they are called and my nerves intensified. And yes, I cried at the moment she walked to the door with her parents, her family, Victor, Maxine behind her. How she said she would miss all those things and ended on Victor. :( Oh, man I was for sure she was sick due to how everything was said, but then that ending came, and yes, I was fully crying. OMG, congrats! That is fantastic news.

The art was really pretty, and I love the style, it captures everything, the emotions, perfectly.

All in all, even with the story kind of jumbled, I still loved reading it, and as I predicted, it made me cry. I would recommend this one.

Although this is incredibly short, it packs a punch. Got a lot of feelings right now and I’m gonna try my best to make sense of them.

Synopsis: A teenage girl who was diagnosed with cancer is about to find out if she has been cured. Along the way, we find out how it is to live with cancer and how it is to love with cancer.

I’m gonna start off by saying that the art style is absolutely incredible. It’s immersive and beautiful in a way that words can’t even begin to [Mild spoiler alert] The end where she sheds off her gray clothes? Iconic.

This is a very short book. This is important because it makes you have a certain kind of expectation. Go into it like that. It makes it so much better. I thought this was gonna be a cute lil’ love story with a guaranteed happy end. It was so much more than that. For one, even though the happy end is literally in the title, I found myself doubting, found myself hoping and wishing for a happy end.

And as for the cute lil’ love story aspect? That’s definitely there but it’s not really the focus. So don’t worry, you can still enjoy this book if you don’t care about love stories.

A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending is so much darker than I’d expected. That isn’t to say it’s not a hopeful book, if anything even more so. I don’t have cancer. But I could still relate to the emotions the main character was feeling. And for me, that’s what really makes a great book. The ability to make a situation interesting and relatable by focusing on the aspect of human emotion.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone, no matter your usual preferred genre. And even if you only do it for the art, do yourself a favor and read this book.

This is a graphic novel about a girl who has cancer and tries to deal with it. It does have a happy ending, as the title says so.
I really enjoyed reading this. I felt emotionally attached to this story, even though it is extremely short. Also, the illustrations are simple, but really beautiful and gives a good representation of the girl's battle with cancer.
Really loved reading this!

I was a bit dubious about reading this so soon as I lost my Nan to cancer in September. However, this was so beautiful! I haven't read, in fact I don't think I've ever seen a book quite like this. It's definitely something that should be talked about more. It created a lot of emotions while reading it as it brought back a lot of memories, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it! And reading the last page... wow. Goosebumps all over and a big smile on my face! It's a feelgood story (although, of course, along the way, there is a great deal of sadness to be felt). The author provided a true and honest story of how someone going through this would feel (I imagine). The artwork was absolutely stunning!

Cute little quick read to tell the story of a cancer patient who has a happy ending.
This would be a good book for young cancer patients to show that there can be light at the end of the tunnel.

A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending is such an important book.

This story tells the tale of a 15 year old girl with cancer, waiting to find out the results from her treatments. Though this is a short story, it explores complex topics such as anxiety and how others' words can impact someone with an illness.

I think this is a very important read for younger readers, especially those who have experience with cancer to some capacity. The illustrations are unique and lovely, and truly capture the essence of the story.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to experience this gorgeous book!

This book truly hit home for me. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer when I was in 7th grade. If you know any immediate family, close friends, or if you have even experienced cancer, this book will become very important. I was crying at the end.

This book is perfect for all ages because of the happy ending. While adults may take more from it than children, it is still something to be taught to younger generations. I will be passing along this book to my mother and possibly buying her a copy of the physical version. I will never forget reading this book and how thought provoking it is. Bravo, truly.

I'm not sure whether this is my mistaken preconceived notions regarding how the story would go, but <i>A Story About Cancer (with a Happy Ending)</i> by India Desjardins and illustrated by Marianne Ferrer was a <i>lot</i> darker than I thought it would be. I guess the inclusion of a happy ending didn't mean that the story would follow a less dejecting tale in the beginning. And yet, I still can't help feeling as though I expected quite a bit more optimism, hope, and happiness peppered throughout the book. That is not to say, of course, that this isn't a good story. It is. The book follows the tale of a young girl, diagnosed and receiving treatment as she navigates the world of living as a cancer patient with the potential of an early death looming over her.

I'll be honest, some parts of the story were difficult to read through, leaving me feeling rather upset for a while afterward. It really does, at times, break your heart. And I think that's to be expected from a story like this. The account of the girl's experiences, the near entirety of her life, is one you follow through with her. You empathize and can almost feel a lot of the pain yourself.

And, of course, you expect a happy ending. This isn't a book where you get blindsided by a lack of happy ending, which is incredibly nice. Any reader can figure out how it will end, of course. I do feel that the ending came a bit too quickly and went by faster than I'd have liked, especially after the grey feeling you get from the majority of the book.

While I wasn't a huge fan of the artwork, it definitely added to the story in a unique way. I can be pretty picky when it comes to illustrations of people and it can tend to take away from the story for me. But all in all, <i>A Story About Cancer (with a Happy Ending)</i> is definitely a book worth reading, especially if a person feels it would help them navigate their own story.

<i>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. </i>

A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending was touching. It gave me a glance of what a young child in a tough situation goes through and how she accepts or deals with it. Her journey, her perception of how others treated her and her experience with the hospital. It was all an emotional journey that I went on with the main character. There is so much more to this story, and you should experience it for yourself.

I couldn't read it, because the file could not be open...
I think that it might be a good book, but sadly I wasn't able to read it.

A story about cancer with a happy ending is about a young girl who deals with the challenges of facing and dealing with cancer. Learning to go through life with sadness, life death and even learning to love when it seems there is no chance. A beautiful and compelling story that packs a lot of meaning and a lot of truth, with beautiful illustrations it definitely will give you a tear in your eyes and a hope in your heart.
I enjoyed this quick story, the illustrations where done very well it captured the moment that the author was projecting and thankfully it does have a happy ending...

A graphic novel that shares the experiences of a 15 year old girl who has been battling leukemia for years. She and her parents are at the hospital about to hear from the doctor her life expectancy after the latest treatments. She reflects on what it has been like to go through cancer treatments and everything she’ll miss if she is about to die, especially her family and boyfriend.

As someone who has walked through cancer with an immediate family member, I can definitely say that even though this is fictional it comes across as very authentic and realistic. (In fact, I wondered if it was an autobiography reading it.) From the variety of physical feelings and emotions the girl shares she is going through, to what her family is going through, to the way strangers treat her, the author nails it. The color palette also does a lot to convey the tone of the story. It’s a very quick read, and the title gives away that it ends well, but it is still powerful and would be a great read especially for classmates of someone going through cancer or just for readers who like emotional, realistic stories.

Notes on content [Based on ARC]: No language issues. One partial butt depicted and a joke about the boyfriend first seeing his girlfriend’s butt thanks to a hospital gown. No sexual content. The death of another cancer patient is mentioned. Symptoms of the disease and side-effects of the treatments are mentioned, but nothing gross depicted.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A Story About Cancer (With a Happy Ending) is exactly what the title suggests. Through simple but lovely illustrations, it tells the story of a teenager who was diagnosed with cancer. The graphic novel is short, less than 50 pages, but surprisingly, it still manages to tell a story and dive into the narrator's relationships with her family, friends, and boyfriend. I wish that it had been longer, but I think that the short length will help it appeal to adults, young adults, and children alike. It's told in a simplistic style with a relatively young voice, which I think makes it accessible for all.

The art is quite lovely. The colors (or lack of color) are quite simplistic, but also symbolic. The art style is hand drawn in what seems to be watercolor or ink. It's appealing to look at and compliments the writing quite well.

I'm rating this at a 3.5/5, which I'll round up to a 4/5 on review sites. While it effectively told a story through text and illustrations, I didn't connect with it completely. Emotional subjects like familial relationships were touched upon, but not elaborated on. I just wish that the story had been longer. I probably won't remember this graphic novel in a few months time, and I don't feel a need to own this book for myself when it comes out. Still, I really appreciated the happy ending, and the fact that I knew going into the story that their would be a happy ending. I've read way too many cancer stories that left me broken at the end, so this was a refreshing addition to the genre that anyone can enjoy.

This was a brief, beautiful look at a young girl's cancer journey--from discovery at age 10 to the "is it gone or not" moment at age 15 and everything in between. The illustrations are stark, simple, and powerful--sometimes realistic and sometimes bordering on surreal. Our narrator tells a heartbreaking story with frank honesty--how she hates people telling her she's strong and she'll beat this, how she sometimes wonders if it would be easier to just die.

I wish there had been more...it's almost too brief to form any connections. However, I did find myself invested and become more and more anxious as the story went on. I knew that even though it says "Happy Ending" in the title, that doesn't always mean the same thing for everyone--so I was nervous for our brave narrator and her family.

This is a thought provoking reflection on what it is like to be treated for cancer. The speaker is a teenager, who has been, as the title tells us, a happy ending, so I'm not giving anything away here.

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But it isn't so much that the ending is given away, since it is, but her reflections on what her life has been like while she's been treated. How her hospital companion died, no matter how hard she fought to live.

How telling someone to be strong is not the best thing to tell someone.

How cancer doesn't care if you are strong or not.

A lot is packed into this graphic novel like picture book.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

I have yet to experience a graphic novel in this style and I absolutely adored the illustration and cute, upbeat story. This was a real winner.

A Story About Cancer (With A Happy Ending) is about a 15-year-old girl with leukaemia. It is a very short story, forming 49 pages in total. It is a beautifully illustrated book with a very symbolic colour scheme that related very much to how the girl was feeling.
It started off as her going into the hospital to find out if the treatments that she was talking were working; before diving into when she got it 5 years ago, and how she felt regarding how people treated her once they found out she had cancer, to other significant factors that have affected her over the past 5 years, including finding her first love. As the title suggests, this story ends with a happy ending which is a nice factor considering how emotional this book gets.
I highly enjoyed reading it with all the lovely illustrations it accompanied.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers of this book for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.