A review by goosemixtapes
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

books you have to read three times. books you have to read three times and then sit and stare at the last page in silence. the detail in bechdel's art and writing. the way the emotional distance from her own and her father's story mirrors the emotional coldness of their house and also means the rare moments of raw honesty are invariably sucker-punching. the masterful way she controls timelines as she fills in the space between her childhood and her father's suicide. the . when. the . w. honestly and truly one of the best books ever written
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