Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Monstress, Vol. 5 by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

20 reviews

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content, Xenophobia, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Genocide

electricdryad's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Slavery, War, Torture, Death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

lanid's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, War, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

nannahnannah's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

I keep forgetting how much I love this world, the world building, and the characters. I was saving this volume for an unlucky bad-book streak (like now), but I might actually enjoy binge-reading this comic rather than reading it with large breaks in between each volume. There's just so much information and detail that's lost--and it takes a while to get back into it, to understand what's going on.

Representation:
- the protagonist is South Asian and sapphic
- many other characters are sapphic
- this comic takes place in an alternate 1900s Asia, so everyone is Asian, from all over the continent

The Human Federation marches on Ravenna to begin the war against the Arcanics, and Maika's friends plan to help the Arcanics fight. To protect them, Maika must embrace Zinn's power--her own power--and its horrifying cost.

I honestly don't have much more to say other than this world is so lusciously created and wonderfully realized. I always love the little history lesson inserts by Tam Tam the cat that add additional depth and helps us understand more about the characters and the story.

The plot always seems to center around a war, but I end up drawn in and invested, despite that repetition. This is honestly the world building I've been hungering for from adult fantasy for years and years. It's dark and it's horrific, but also inspiring and beautiful. 

I look forward to the next volume!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, Violence, and Gore

also: eye horror, body horror

happysami's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Blood

vigil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Murder, Miscarriage, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Violence, Xenophobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Trafficking, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

pastel_princess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit

someonehere25's review against another edition

dark reflective

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

trash_reader_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This story is heart-breaking and intense. The artwork is beautiful and dark and adds to the narrative.

Maika is finally starting to question the events in her life and the past she both can remember and cannot remember, which gives the story a more personal touch to it. Maika went the entire series only caring about one thing and being nasty to others when they got in her way or didn't 

I still adore Kippa, and I love her fighting spirit and her bravery. I'm a little confused on the lore with Zinn, though. It just kind of came out of nowhere it seemed.

This series, and this book specifically, is heavy on the politics aspect of the story. There's a lot of double-crossing and treachery and secret motives involved in every decision made, but they don't really seem that connected. I'm hoping things get more cleared up in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.0

I honestly have no clue what is happening but I still enjoy this because I like the characters I’m just not following the plot. It literally goes right over my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War