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I was hesitant to read this graphic novel thinking it might have a lot of horrible things happening to animals in the oil sands.

Thankfully, there is just one incident mentioned, and it's not very graphic (pun intended). Otherwise, I would have had to DNF this.

I'm glad that wasn't the case. I enjoyed reading it and seeing the drawings. It's about the author's time spent working for the oil company as a young woman, in order to pay off her student loans.

In this "man's world", she put up with a whole lot of crap. It was terrible. At the same time, I appreciate how she points out that it was the place they were in and the circumstances that made the men act this way.

Not an excuse, no. But it shows that people are shaped by their environment and, in a less than stellar one, might act in ways they normally wouldn't. She didn't demonize all men because of her experience there but at the same time she showed how women suffer in toxic male environments - and are expected to just "deal with it" and not complain.

I couldn't help but notice how concerned the uppers were about employees wearing the proper PPE in order to avoid physical injury while turning a blind eye to people suffering emotionally - both their employees and the First Nations people whose land, water, and air they were destroying.

This is well worth reading if you enjoy graphic novels, though not a lot happens so if you want action, it might not be the one for you.