Reviews with content warning for Suicide - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

I think I may have given this 5 stars when I first read it 7 years ago with one foot still in the closet. I still love the book and would recommend it, but it hit differently this time around. It’s pensive and measured. It captures the love-hate feelings we can feel towards family in a very matter-of-fact way.

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jamiee_f's review

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

I had heard of Alison Bechdel and Fun Home but had never read this. It was a shocking delight. It's beautifully written and constructed, and I wish there was more. The way she moves through time and reveals the story and the truth of her life and family piece by piece is incredible and compelling.

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lillypad827's review

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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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