Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Watchmen by Alan Moore

25 reviews

noahhare's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and War

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

The book that single-handedly got me to take comic books seriously as an artist format.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Child death

rockettreads24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexism

msib129's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

noaregine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Oh boy, this one is complicated. For me, it swung back and forth from incredibly successful to incredibly pretentious in what it was trying to say. None of the characters were likeable at all, and some were straight up monsters, but that was a complexity I liked a lot, I think. Some characters who were morally 'right' about the big issue, were terrible, terrible people. That doesn't sit right with me, but that was the point. The overarching plot of communal strife will unite us fell a bit flat, as the world today proves that isn't really true. I don't know, I'm rambling. I liked parts, and struggled through others. What I did like, more so than the art style, was the smart page layout and panelling. That's something to really pay attention to when reading, more than I've ever encountered in a comic before. What I loved most about this was that it was a gift, and it wasn't necessarily on my radar or anything. Nothing makes me happier than receiving a book handpicked by someone else like with this one :).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, and Homophobia