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janada59's review against another edition
4.0
It had been on my periphery for so long, I felt like it was time to read it. I'm glad I did. Family relationships are complicated, and this one is only exacerbated by the secrets.
fionacashell's review against another edition
5.0
TPL Reading Challenge 2023: A nonfiction graphic novel
congressbaby143's review against another edition
4.0
I give it a 3.5/5 stars. It took me a while to finish because some of it was difficult for me to understand. I got lost in the sequence and all that so I finished this novel without quite understanding the bigger arch. I did find myself enjoying the episodic parts where I got it and it clicked. I like the use of language, it's brutally honest but also intricately flourished. What language! I had mixed feelings about this being a story about Bechdel's dad, I am compelled by this seemingly flat but close relationship they had. It was too real and it just hit me right in the gut how Alison Bechdel was able to translate that scene perfectly with all its covert emotions which almost felt like there was a lack thereof. Fun and tragic indeed....
abbyk505's review against another edition
3.0
hm. two stars bc of the way that bechdel writes and illustrates the process of discovering one’s sexuality. and another star for her depiction of a childhood where you know but you don’t really know, yknow? but i also couldn’t get fully into it bc of the constant obscure literary references that lowk made no sense to me