Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Blankets by Craig Thompson

8 reviews

crmccleary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Emotional abuse

evanlorant's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

use of the r-slur

atticlovebuzz's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Confinement, and Excrement

icewing15's review

dark reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Excrement, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

millyking's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

I've been on a bit if a graphic novel binge and so decided to give this a go without knowing anything about it other than it was a graphic novel! It wasn't exactly what I was expecting but it was still interesting. I can't say the story was my usual interest but I thought the depiction of childhood trauma and teenage conflict really beautifully done and I can appreciate the significance of a story such as this. I absolutely loved the artwork though and the way everything is set out and how different elements are depicted is very creative and really enhances the story being told. I can't say it was my favourite graphic novel purely because it's not really my genre but I can see why so many people have loved this and I definitely think it's worth a read if personal struggles especially with religion is something that sparks you're interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Mental illness

magis1105's review

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

rashi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.25

Blankets was continuously engaging from beginning to end, read it in just two sittings! Had never really read about someone with personal conflicts with religion and a religious family before, so that dynamic was very interesting to me! Very good writing/storytelling but felt as though I needed a bit more of an arc for the characters, or the ones that were present I think felt a bit rushed. I think if I could have spent more time with the characters and their relationships I could have connected better with it as a whole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

veronicalathroum's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

What a beautifully heartbreaking, yet achingly hopeful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry