Book Review: Fun Home
April 20, 2025
A quirky, tragic examination of a real-life father and daughter relationship. Funny, sad and wonderfully real.
Isabelle’s English Lit degree and Masters in Creative Writing has led her to read widely, taking an interest in an eclectic mix of genres: queer books of every flavour, Young Adult Horror, short story collections, Adult Romantasy, and the occasional biography, contemporary romance, chick-lit and historical fiction.
A quirky, tragic examination of a real-life father and daughter relationship. Funny, sad and wonderfully real.
A truly fun, heartwarming romp with some low-key body horror thrown in for flavor. Perfect for anybody feeling a little lost in life.
This little book is so atmospheric and vivid you can practically taste the sweat and smoke of all the blood-soaked dive bars.
Eerie, atmospheric and lyrical. An intense romance and an endless stream of horrifying creatures coming from the forest every night.
You’ll find characters you’ll either deeply love or deeply hate (I had the experience of wanting to slap everyone but also hug them tenderly)
Timelines and characters are bound together through an ancient text that changes their lives in incredible and unexpected ways.
A second-chance romance between the teenage leaders of two rival gangs, plus an interesting cast of side characters you’ll fall in love with.
A charming, gory sapphic Young Adult book about 2 girls falling in love during a horrifying road trip which starts after a monster attack.
A must-read for fans of dark, angry, violent Young Adult books about a MC slowly and graphically turning into a monster.
Fragmented, poetic and experimental – the kind of book you’ll want to pore over multiple times to sink back into.
It’s fun, it’s compulsive, it has a plot that is both dramatic and easy to follow and makes it all too easy to turn that next page.
In The Ring is an uplifting novel about a bisexual girl with anxiety who starts boxing to cope. This book made me sign up for a boxing class!
A fun, deeply bizarre, gory read. This wild ride will keep you guessing and giggling the whole way through – I loved it!
A deeply moving story about beauty, horror, trauma and family that is sure to stay with you long after you turn the last page.
A chilling, twisted Young Adult fairy tale about 3 strange sisters uncovering the mystery of their past which might be best left forgotten.
This sounded great to me! And it was. A must-read if you like historical queer books with lyrical writing.
When ghosts go missing, Charlie is forced to team up with a ragtag band of ghosts and the mysterious (and dreamy!) Sam Harrow.
A heartwarming yet realistic novel about devotion, war, and the lengths people go to for love. Based on a true story.
This chic collection is full of charm and laughter. A definite read if you’re into strange and sensual things going down in Wellington!
A dark and delicious retelling of Dracula’s wives. Constanta’s undead life revolves around her mysterious saviour.