Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

114 reviews

ashleycmms's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Cannibalism

lady_moon's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Blood and Cannibalism

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and War

thecharlizone's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Such beautiful artwork, and a really beautiful story too - would really recommend reading the notes at the back as they give you a lovely insight into the visual language of the author which will make you appreciate the book even more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Cannibalism

olafsl0stcarrot's review

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

ccatsol's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

avisreadsandreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Police brutality, and War

robinks's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

Beautiful story with beautiful art. I loved the coloring of the pages, which made it easy to follow as the story switches from past to present to fairy tales. Reading the author’s notes at the end also helped to understand the complexity of creating this graphic novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, Grief, and Outing

Minor: War

yuuzel's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Violence

oliverreeds's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED this graphic novel. it was a little slow getting started, but it really picked up after that. i loved the way this book intertwined the story of a family with the fairy tales and showed how important they were to the family. i honestly think that the stories were balanced incredibly well and that the author masterfully interweaved them. the characters were all so distinct and lovely. the conflict was built so well. i would recommend this to anyone. i also loved how the text was used in this story in conjuction with the art.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

ppixxie's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is amazing. The art is beautiful, the writing is wonderful, and has a nostalgic feel to it. It made me cry, it's got so much heart. I'm going to edit and update this after I let it sink in some more since I just finished it, but definitely a recommendation from me!!  
Very mild spoilers for the ending (if you need it!)

It ends happily between the mom and the main character,  Tíên. Just in case you were wondering!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, and Murder