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A review by dee_dreams
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
The complexity of the narrative and the breadth of topics that Bechdel breaches in her biography is truly astounding. She demonstrates what my creative nonfiction writing professor meant when she said, "It's a paradox, but being more specific and more personal can help readers relate to your story more."
It is a graphic novel – wonderfully illustrated – but a challenging read due not only to the subject matter, but the allusions and analysis of existing literature.
Fun Home helps you understand not only what it is like to be Alison Bechdel, it reminds you that everybody else is living a reality with as much complication, personal meanings, quirks, desires, and traumas as your own. i.e., "sonder."
"The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person" - Czesław Miłosz
Bechdel's frankness, courage, and creativity in telling her story her way is nothing short of inspiring.
It is a graphic novel – wonderfully illustrated – but a challenging read due not only to the subject matter, but the allusions and analysis of existing literature.
Fun Home helps you understand not only what it is like to be Alison Bechdel, it reminds you that everybody else is living a reality with as much complication, personal meanings, quirks, desires, and traumas as your own. i.e., "sonder."
"The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person" - Czesław Miłosz
Bechdel's frankness, courage, and creativity in telling her story her way is nothing short of inspiring.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault