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cc24680's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
satsumaorange's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Grief, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Outing
This is the Lesbian Daddy Issues book, so if that kind of thing is triggery, this isn't the book for you. There are also illustrations of (sometimes naked) dead bodies, and (thankfully unrelated) illustrations of sex. This isn't a book to read in public, probably.pokewhat's review against another edition
4.5
The way she relates all the things that happened in her life then, with her sexuality, her father's sexuality, her tense home life, her father's death, and her coming to terms with it, all along with occurrences in literature that dominated her life during those times, as well as the greater world, it's honestly impressive.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Car accident
Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide
kaetheluise_nckl's review
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Grief
Minor: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
OCD (mentioned briefly, undiagnosed)tiernanhunter's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
krivas91's review against another edition
3.5
However, there were so many times that the text was just so heavy (in the emotional sense, but also the literal-literature sense), and I found myself asking if we were even intended to read the images when she would picture mostly illegible letters by her father.
Also, one review here noted the “references to classic literature that are carefully, artfully implemented and never daunting,” but I’d have to disagree; I understand that she connected to her father through literature and that’s why she included so much of it in her recollection, but I do think I felt like I was really missing something when I didn’t understand references or a few high-vocabulary words. I don’t think she could have written her way totally around that (or that she should have), but I do fear that some readers who could really use exposure to the coming out + family relationships content might be turned off of this book earlier on because of the dense presence of classic literature references.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
jaywithwhiskey's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
beata's review against another edition
The story is messed up on many many levels. First, her father was himself sexually abused as a child. Then he went on to do this to others. Then we learn that his psychiatrist very possibly had an affair with him during court mandated appointments?! Of course I also can't forget physical abuse of his own children. And last but not least was the author glossing over the abuse her father inflicted on others.
I'll be honest with you, I've read graphic novels a lot longer than this one, and they felt shorter.
I will not rate it, lately I'm more reluctant to rate non-fiction, especially of the memoir kind. Who am I to say if someone's life story is a 3 or 5 star?
This will definitely stay with me, though not necessarily in a good way.
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault
waytoomanybooks's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
thesuperkim's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Body horror, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship