Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth by Rick Remender

17 reviews

potatodel's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Good story, packed with action and violence. Great visual! Loved the colouring and especially the layouts. Perfect use of the medium, very fun and dynamic pages.
Nice recognizable subcultures, and the whole school vibe really works with the plot. They captured the perfect amount of teenage angst and mixed it with the cynicism needed for such a dark story.
Kind of “fear and loathing meet sin city … in high school”?

CW: zoophilia
(Surprised this is not in the content warning list, other CW are listed).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Drug use, Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

mcipswitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

lupinreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

 Poorly written, unoriginal, and boring. Full of stereotypes and the only two female characters were solely there to serve as love interests for the mediocre male main character. No wonder it took me 5 months to slog through 160 pages. Won't be continuing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Drug abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, and Stalking

Bestiality

andimandi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

i don’t know how to feel about this honestly. on one hand, i liked a lot about it. the story is really interesting, the art style and colors are really nice, and the characters for the most part were super engaging. but there was something about it that i just didn’t mesh with. i can’t completely put my finger on what exactly i didn’t like, there was just something about the whole tone of it that i didn’t love. i think i’ll pick up the next volume eventually, i have other things i want to read more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia

there’s a good few slurs in this, like the f slur or r slur. just be aware of it when considering picking it up.

reading_on_mars555's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Honestly probably my favourite book would 100% recommend can’t wait to finish the series!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Blood, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Addiction, Body horror, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

and_the_ocean_burned's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

laurren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Great writing accompanied by fantastic art and STUNNING colours. I especially loved

all of the drug-induced hallucinations in the last issue

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However, for me the violence was sometimes a little too over the top (even though I know this is a book about murder) and I could've done without the homophobic slurs. I understand this is set in a "different time" and can add to the characterisation of whoever is using this language, but I honestly believe you don't have to use it to make your point. There are other, more subtle ways to achieve the same effect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual content

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Drug use, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia