Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

37 reviews

mollmccaff's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Outing, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Mental illness

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

 

Written by the creator of the often misunderstood Bechdel Test, Alison Bechdel, Fun Home is a graphic memoir that explores the life of Bechdel, mainly her complicated relationship to her father. Right after she came out to her parents as a lesbian, she learned her father was queer and then he died.

I had to read this for a college class and was glad I got to study something so gay. It was a sad memoir that I’d recommend to people looking for literature that specifically explores queerness, less-than-ideal-familial relationships, and mental health, all in depth. I found the relationship between Bechdel and her father to be fascinating as he wasn’t a good person, but he struggled with a lot of stuff similar to Alison with mental health and homophobia so they had a unique connection. This leads to a complicated grieving process that this memoir explores. It’s also nice to know who Alison Bechdel is when participating in Bechdel Test discourse (the Bechdel Test is a sapphic test, not a feminist one).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

rayannotates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

i don’t think i’ve ever read a book that i’ve so closely related to in regards to my sentiments towards my father.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Cursing

Minor: Child death and Toxic relationship

readandfindout's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

Style/writing: 3 stars
Themes: 4 stars 
Perspective: 2.5 stars (I have really complicated feelings because of how the adult-minor relationships were never really addressed in the narrative?)
Art: 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

cheye13's review against another edition

funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Minor: Pedophilia, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

mimeflower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual content

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Body horror, Cursing, Outing, Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Violence

redddviness's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse

marthadude's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Outing, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship