Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - Blankets

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mxsunflower's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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thedistortionist's review

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adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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evanlorant's review

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

2.0

beautiful commentary on memory, i found that it read like the experience of looking back into one’s own memories, with unexpected moments interrupting and themes being strangely magnified or caricatured, especially in the first half of the book. but i also found it deeply solipsistic. the way thompson speaks about his loved ones turns them into objects, to the point that his remembrances take on the tone of eulogies.
there were a lot of threads that were dropped and picked back up without much care.

for example, the sexual assault of thompson and his brother

was hinted at in the beginning, made explicit later on, but never discussed outside of its bracketed mentions. Although it echoed throughout the story, its presence in the story merited some reflection. overall it felt like despite its size, the book brought up more themes than it cared to address, let alone resolve.

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chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.5

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atticlovebuzz's review

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

I only read this because I heard how much uproar Fox News has made about it. My mom said they showed entire pages blurred out as they were “too pornographic”. None of it was true. The same situations are described in numerous books on high school bookshelves. I read this in one sitting. Beautiful story! The art is so distinctly unique. The message is personal and familiar to me. I can’t remember the last time I’ve read such a profound graphic novel. This book has really opened a new door for me. :)

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