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Ystäväni Dahmer by Derf Backderf

12 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Death, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Antisemitism

nicmedia123's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Review:
This was a disturbing portrait of the notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer as a middle and high school kid in the 70s. He lived with combative parents, and his mother also suffered from mental illness. There was no intervention made by any adult at either school Dahmer attended, but it was also a different time. 
Dahmer had few friends, and he lived a very isolated life. He became an alcoholic in high school. 

The drawings evoke his robotic and wooden personality as well as his dark inner thoughts.

This is an important read, especially for adults who work with kids, so that we can recognize the signs of mental illness, depression and alcoholism so interventions can happen, but there is no guarantee that these may have helped. This might also help kids to say something when they see something.

Read this if you enjoy true crime, criminal psychology, work with teens or tweens. See content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

evelynleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Abandonment, Rape, Murder, Bullying, Violence, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Violence and Cannibalism

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

3.25

I don’t know something about this doesn’t sit right with me. I know the author did his research but it feels like all of this is not his information like he only hung up with him like once. That being said I did learn some things because I’ve never really watched any of the TV shows or movies about it because it’s kind of weird to me. I don’t know the other style I also really don’t like at all to be honest. I would say if you wanna learn more maybe but I don’t know it just felt weird to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Murder, Sexual violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

lilybearillini3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I appreciate the way Backderf tells this story and how his visuals help express the heavy emotions.  If you read the ebook, there are some deleted scenes and sketches that I found interesting.  I was also engrossed in the notes and notes on the Dahmer family in the back of the book.  I am interested in the 2017 movie adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.5

The graphic novel didn't trivialize the terrible things Jeffrey Dahmer did, and it did give insight into the circumstances through which he was created, or at least not stopped. It felt weird to read about him in a positive light. The author specified that Dahmer's actions were unforgivable and that his sympathy for Dahmer ended at his first murder, but the narrative can be disconcerting at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, and Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment

msradiosilence's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

1.5

I was really expecting more. An insight into his background would’ve been interesting, but not this apologetic work. I understand it’s a memoir, and cheers to Backderf for finding it in his heart to feel sympathy for Dahmer, but you won’t find any from me, and it makes me a little sick that Backderf tried to explain that Dahmer’s issues were a result of a bad home life, intrusive thoughts, bullying, and the like. Plenty of other people have had one of more of those things happen and didn’t stalk and murder other people. This books reads a lot like the news reports of (TW!!)

school shootings,

where they try to make it out like the perpetrator was also a victim, but like I said, there are people who are going through the same things, or worse, and aren’t unaliving other people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

juniorclassroom's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, and Rape

booksborrowed's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

A former classmate of Jeffery Dahmer shares his personal experiences and collective research of others to show a speculative story into Dahmer's childhood. 

This graphic novel was easy enough to follow and kept my dark interest into the human psyche entertained. There is a lot of added materials and notes to get even more information from at the end. 

It could have been interesting if there was less explanation in writing and the author used the drawings for more of an emotional impact. 

Overall, this was a quick on sitting read, and held a lot of opinions reading as a memoir. I wouldn't say don't try it, but it didn't "wow" me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, and Violence

clockworkprincess's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Violence