A review by catcherinthepi
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

This was an interesting perspective on the pre-serial killer days for Dahmer: how he was in high school, from the perspective of a sort-of friend. A chilling thing was that, even as teens, it was apparent this guy had a lot of weird stuff going on in his head...and pretty much everyone could tell. The art was unsettling and exaggerated, which suited the story. I really wanted more reflection from the author, though: while no teen wanted to narc on their friends, looking back, would you have done it anyway, based on what you sensed? Why the HELL did you need to tell all those really ableist jokes and NOT think about how that was wrong? 
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