First response to "Fun Home"

When I first got this book I was intrigued by the format that it was in. The way its set up like a comic book and pictures really caught me off guard. Growing up I was never really into comic books and as far as I can remember, I don't think that I had ever read one. This book is bringing on a new experience of reading for me because not only can I capture an image in my head through the text, but the pictures that are illustrated through out the entire book help paint a better picture in ones head through facial expressions, scenes, etc. when you might not know exactly whats going on the pictures clear up the confusion if any at all. When I found out that Alison was in fact gay, it was kind of like a go figure because of the pictures in the book when she was little she dressed like a little boy with a boy haircut. This isn't to say that any young girl that dresses like this will in fact turn out to be gay but had the pictures in the book not been there.