Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

100 reviews

lindsaybethlyons's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Suicide

mahamsiddiqui's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Pedophilia

tiaroseshang's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Death of parent

lillypad827's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

Well I’m definitely in the minority of readers here who did not enjoy this book. It was certainly well written, but sometimes difficult to follow with all the interjections of literary books that I know nothing about. I did not find this funny at all, did not laugh once. Unsure why it’s even called “Fun Home” as the funeral home is only mentioned a few times. Memoirs are tricky for me - I like them to be in some sort of chronological order - and this one did not do that in the slightest. It jumped all over and I didn’t know where we were sometimes. Also, sure let’s just gloss over the fact that the Dad preyed on minors and also physically abused his children. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Child abuse

rhubarbpi3's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

I quite liked this! I thought it would be way more sad like the play (which I haven't seen but have listened to and heard a ton about) but I didn't find this very sad at all? She talks a lot about her longing for a relationship with her father, but not that she's sad she didn't have a good one... very interesting and I loved all the literary references/extended metaphors all the way through, this is the first graphic novel I've ever read to have done that. The word choice was interesting? I didn't dislike it, but there were more words I had to google than any other book I've read this year, which was interesting to pair with the perceived reading level of a story in pictures and words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Child abuse

kiwibunnz's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Suicide

joensign's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent

elm2091's review

challenging emotional slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Homophobia

pandorasirens's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Pedophilia

blackberryjambaby's review

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Outing, Suicide, Car accident, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Gore