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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 against another edition
Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Outing, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Car accident
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Grief
Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail
OCD (mentioned briefly, undiagnosed)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
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
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
thesuperkim's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, and Death
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, and Infidelity
Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Body horror
maggiegirouard's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, Infidelity, Violence, Mental illness, and Cursing
literaryinluv's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent and Death
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Suicide
Minor: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Homophobia, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Biphobia