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jonmayb's review against another edition
1.0
Nonetheless, soon after Alison comes out to her parents, she learns that her own father was also queer, but that he slept with young boys. Her father was a pedophile. He is hit by a truck and passes away soon after this is revealed to he. All of these particular details are first revealed early on in the story, and the rest of the story jumps around in recounting events Bechdel loosely correlates with them. Much of the story seems to be spent attempting to justify and rationalise her father's actions. Overall, this book was a pain in the ass to get through
Minor: Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide, and Grief
kaimetcalfe's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Stalking
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
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
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
steveatwaywords's review against another edition
4.5
As she reflects on memories uncertain, limited omniscience, her own growing identity and how it biases her narrative agenda, challenges nostalgia and resolves/fails-to-resolve relationships (including with herself), and entangles all of it in thick and layered parallels to the literature she knows and will know, we find that Fun Home is about something far richer and more important than its mere family plot.
This is worth the read to settle in to: I appreciated the genre which comes from her own growing artistic skill, her takes on her readings, and how polarizing ideologies somehow might fuse in unlikely places. The only reason I do not give it 5 stars is that once met, I wishes to stay there longer, that references to other complications and nuance might have been explored still more. She is certainly capable of doing it.
Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Mental illness
Illustrations of sexual situations are at times fairly graphic. Otherwise, the content warnings are verbal reckonings in memory; nearly all propel the major plot of the memoir.literaryinluv's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Car accident
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
ferdie's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Child abuse
readingrainbowroad's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
Minor: Sexual assault, Alcohol, and War
marigoldgem's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent