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

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful book—but it genuinely felt like swallowing a blackhole. It saw right through me, and so after finishing it, I felt strangely hollow, like the protective layer and cynicism and I keep around me was stripped away. It felt like waking up, alone, and naked, and realizing the last 3 years of my life had been a dream. I can't say it was a pleasurable read, but it moved things within me, at times violently, and that is all I ever really want from a book.
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