Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Hautuukoti – Tragikoominen perheeni by Alison Bechdel

106 reviews

ferdie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Fun House is intellectual and vulnerable. The cartoon style really helps show the emotion behind the complex thoughts. I was not familiar with all the literature references so I feel like I missed some points of the book :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Suicide, Grief, and Pedophilia

Minor: Child abuse

kcbatts's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Suicide

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Homophobia

readingrainbowroad's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual assault, War, and Alcohol

jesika's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Death of parent, Car accident, Homophobia, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Outing, and Pedophilia

h0lland's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Not sure how to review this without creating my own diary entry. I will say that it was painfully relatable in some parts. Bechdel perfectly captured intensely complex and imperfect relationships with parents, and the difficulty of both wanting to and being terrified of finding common ground with people you want to be nothing like. 

Side note, I felt wildly uncultured while reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia and Homophobia

honorablemmmention's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

Bechdel simultaneously draws you in to punch you in the gut with beautiful chapter endings, and seems to be satisfied with keeping you at arms length during unnecessarily complex contemplations that leave you utterly confused. Especially if you aren't familiar with Greek mythology or the works of James Joyce. But definetly worth trying to grasp.

Reading full chapters in one go is an absolute must (if you are a slow reader like me and usually take lots of breaks - and thus need this kind of a note).

Also knowing that this is a think-piece memoir and not a who-done-it with a satisfying answer is key to setting your expectations.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

abbyj_04's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

it was a little hard to understand at times, but overall i enjoyed it a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Outing, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

m0_x13's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Homophobia

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

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