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dandeliongirl's review against another edition
4.0
I don’t usually like or read graphic novels, but this books is an exception. What a unique way to write a memoir. The way Bechdel reflects on how she connects her queerness with her father’s in the last chapter is particularly poignant.
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Suicide
kaimetcalfe's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, and Drug use
Minor: Pedophilia, Stalking, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism
tiernanhunter's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
dee_dreams's review against another edition
5.0
It is a graphic novel – wonderfully illustrated – but a challenging read due not only to the subject matter, but the allusions and analysis of existing literature.
Fun Home helps you understand not only what it is like to be Alison Bechdel, it reminds you that everybody else is living a reality with as much complication, personal meanings, quirks, desires, and traumas as your own. i.e., "sonder."
"The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person" - Czesław Miłosz
Bechdel's frankness, courage, and creativity in telling her story her way is nothing short of inspiring.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
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: Sexual content, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Death
hendrixpants's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Suicide and Death
Moderate: Homophobia
mommybookwyrmm's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Suicide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
jaywithwhiskey's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Car accident, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Death, Infidelity, Rape, and Grief
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: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship
waytoomanybooks's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Car accident, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Suicide