‘The Heart That Fed: A Haunting Exploration of War's Legacy’ by Carl Sciacchitano is a biographical graphic of his father’s time in Vietnam and the aftermath.

David Sciacchitano had a complex relationship with his son because of his experiences in the Vietnam War. David dropped out of college in the 1960s and enlisted in the Air Force. Feeling restless, he volunteered to go overseas and work on a base in Vietnam. The things he experienced affected him and his family for years.

This is a compassionate and unflinching look at the aftermath of war. The illustrations are in black and white and convey the emotion of the story. I really liked this graphic novel.

The heart that fed was a really insightful look into PTSD and a father-son relationship. I appreciate the compassion the author brought to the work.

This is an impressive work and a powerful look at the impact of war on countries, individuals, and families over time.

This was - quite literally - difficult to read. I'm not sure why, but the file made the majority of the pages out of focus and not readable. Love the premise, but couldn't get through it.

The memoir of a Vietnam vet and how his time there affected the rest of his life, written and drawn by his son. It's very interesting. I do wish his time after the war was a little more put together. It can be disjointed with large pieces missing. His time in Vietnam though is very thorough.

Oof, I’m not going to review this on goodreads because something happened with the ebook of this where half of the pages were too pixelated to read the dialogue. From what I could read, it seemed fine, but once I got a third of the way through, almost every page became impossible to decode, sadly. I'll check it out when it hits my library and then review it on goodreads. It's a shame because this seemed compelling!

I wish the a story had flowed a bit more smoothly and the son had brought himself into the story less and the current day effects of the war were a little more clear. We know his marriage ended but was there more?
But overall a good look at how trauma from Vietnam stayed with one man and then spread out through his family

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Liked it, fun while I was reading it
I had a really hard time reading this. Some of the pages were too pixelated to read, but what I could, I liked and was interested in. Very emotional and powerful on the effects of war on the people who were ensnared in it. I just wish I could have read it as a whole.