Essex County Vol. 3: The Country Nurse by Jeff Lemire

This book is the conclusion of the Essex County Trilogy. It ties the entire trilogy together and we learn about the loss and regret of some of the farming community’s inhabitants  

It follows the town’s traveling nurse, Anne Quenneville.  As she visits each patient, the story unfolds.  As Anne tends to her patient’s we learn more about the town’s secrets and the secrets of Anne’s ancestors as well.

This didn’t flow as well as the other two.  There were flash backs of Anne’s family but you don’t learn that they are her ancestors until the end.  It made it confusing.  I kept wonder “who are these people that keep popping up.”  However, it finally did make sense and I did enjoy the book as a whole.

As in the other two books, the artistry of Jeff Lemire really shined, with both his sparse writing and drawings.  It is amazing how much of the story is told with just pictures and no captions.  He does an amazing job.

4/5

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