Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Watchmen by Alan Moore

25 reviews

zone_a3's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Rape, and Genocide

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Sexism, Blood, and Homophobia

emilo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Genocide, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

luca_284_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Genocide, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child death

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

 Finally got around to reading the incredible graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore. First off, I want to also give credit to the Illustrator/letterer, Dave Gibbons and the colorist John Higgins for their incredible ability to bring these story graphics to life. This story was published in 1986, so it does have some dated language, but if you can get past that, this is a great story overall. I found a lot of influence that was pulled from this in other content I’ve been consuming, most notably “The Boys” on Amazon Prime. I think the concepts here are interesting, and it takes a really scary time in American history, and explains the feelings of fear and uncertainty. I loved the characters, and while I think more could have been done with the female characters, I’ll let it slide knowing the historical context of women in comics. If you’re looking for a complete graphic novel that deals with superhero’s, violence, war, mortality, morality, death, and trauma, this is a great read for you. It’s the first graphic novel I’ve competed cover and I honestly liked it a lot more than I anticipated. This makes you question what is and isn’t moral, and I think literature that pushes us to think about such uncomfortable topics is extremely important to read. If you’re looking to jump into the comic/graphic novel world, I would definitely recommend Watchmen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, War, Murder, and Violence

a_alves00's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, Body horror, Infidelity, Genocide, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, and Rape

hannahbailey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was fine. I can see why it's so popular. For me, it was too long and the text was too small! I was squinting trying to read every single detail. I didn't need to do this as a lot of the text is filler so I could've reached the end a lot quicker without missing anything had I not bothered! Lesson learned. I did like the added extras of bonus chapters and book excerpts, although some of these were a little dull.

I did enjoy the flashbacks and the spotlighting of specific characters so we could learn more about them. The plot was good too. Just not a standout piece for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Death, Genocide, and War

machinations's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“Juxtaposition of wish fulfillment violence and infantile imagery, desire to regress be free of responsibility… this all says ‘war.’ We should buy accordingly.”

the superhero satire. the text. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Gore, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Vomit, War, Suicide, Racism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Ableism

wetdirtreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Antisemitism, Body horror, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Outing, Pregnancy, Cancer, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, and Ableism

hazel_georgene's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This took me so long to read and I didn’t  enjoy it. The ending makes it worth it but it’s a slog to get there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

edesia_guest's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It questions what a hero is and gives an alternate view from the facade of a super hero like superman. It has political allusions and is rich in content as a literature student. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Genocide, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship