Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel

6 reviews

therainbowshelf's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

After years of this being on my TBR, my husband discovered it and really connected with it. Bechdel is even more analytical with this book than the one about her dad, bringing in psychology scholarship to examine her life and relationship with mom. In one panel her therapist suggests her childhood diary was a way to distance herself from what was going on, and I felt like that summarized her style with this book as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide and Car accident

Nudity, negative relationship with parent

loverofeels's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

4.25

a lot of the psychology stuff went way over my head, but on the whole a very well-crafted, unflinchingly personal memoir. alison bechdel simply does not miss! i recommend this to people who like their graphic novels wordy and dense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

anniefwrites's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

An interesting deep dive into Bechdel’s relationship with her mother. I think it was a bit too cerebral for me, but I also felt like that was the point; Bechdel attempts to think her way through their relationship rather than feel her way through it, which I think I would have preferred. Still, I always love her art style and raw vulnerability. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Infidelity

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, and Vomit

alyx's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Suicide

alainam's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief and Panic attacks/disorders

jbellomy's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Misogyny

Minor: Grief