Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

38 reviews

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

There's nothing I can say about Fun Home that hasn't already been said by better, smarter people with better, smarter vocabulary, so I'll just say that I found this book deeply relatable, deeply sad, and deeply hopeful. It's a gorgeous book with gorgeous prose and gorgeous illustrations. I highly recommend it, but it's not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

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

readwithbells's review against another edition

3.75

Oof. A challenging meditation on how Bechdel’s dad overshadowed every aspect of her life and her complicated relationship with him both in spite of and because of what he has done. Can’t say it was enjoyable but it was beautifully done. 

ok but did he actually kill himself?? I’m 50/50 on it tbh. Also wtf is with the child pedophilia. Yikes.

 

Read for Queer Writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

marigoldgem's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

the_easter_faquette's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse

casdelvo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Excrement, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Suicide

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

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

readingpicnic's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Domestic abuse

alexreadsboooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent