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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

65 reviews

mezzoanddolce's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad tense

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Suicide, and Pedophilia

pobi's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.75

It was very good, and relatively thought provoking but I didn't really love it. Then again, memoir are not often my favourite, and neither are sad books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Homophobia, Car accident, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse and Adult/minor relationship

bisexualwentworth's review

5.0

This is a classic for a reason. It's so layered and complex while also so efficient and straightforward. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

bashsbooks's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

I can see why this memoir is so popular and formative. Bechdel has a gift for weaving her father's queer story with her own, rife with literary references to connect them both. I would have probably given this 5 stars, but I am also reading The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For right now, and I think Bechdel is better at writing a fictional comic serial than a memoir. Totally different genres, though. Both worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Car accident, Grief, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Infidelity

raincloudwrites's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

The most well-crafted autobiography I've ever read. It doesn't shy away from harsh realities for a moment. The amount of parallels Bechdel recognizes in her own life to tie events together makes this a unique and clever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Car accident

sammyelliott_'s review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Drug use

There are multiple references to grooming of young boys by older men. There is one chapter which specifically discusses obsessive-compulsive behaviour with very detailed descriptions of the reasons and effects on her.

123aah456's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship

cc24680's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical content, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Car accident

satsumaorange's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

What a unique look into the mind of one of the most influential lesbian artists I know of! I found many of Bechdel's experiences profoundly relatable, and I actually teared up a few times. Essential reading for the sapphics with daddy issues out there (I see you <3)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Grief, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming, Outing, Cursing, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

This is the Lesbian Daddy Issues book, so if that kind of thing is triggery, this isn't the book for you. There are also illustrations of (sometimes naked) dead bodies, and (thankfully unrelated) illustrations of sex. This isn't a book to read in public, probably.

pokewhat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.5

Bechdel's memoir is a gripping retelling of her early life and her relationship with her father as well as herself. The illustrations capture so many details of her past, while her prose captures you and carries you through the pages. 

The way she relates all the things that happened in her life then, with her sexuality, her father's sexuality, her tense home life, her father's death, and her coming to terms with it, all along with occurrences in literature that dominated her life during those times, as well as the greater world, it's honestly impressive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Car accident

Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide