Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lore Olympus, Season 1 by Rachel Smythe

5 reviews

adoto's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-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? No

3.0

Lots of mixed feelings about this story. 

This is a fantastic concept with amazing worldbuilding, and even more breathtaking art to go with it. I love the way the Greek gods have been reimagined in this story. I think the series is a masterclass in how to communicate a plot and characters visually. 

The main romance is shallow and difficult to like. It doesn't feel like either of them know very much about each other, but have fallen in love very fast over nothing. This is all while the story takes a long time to get going -- little happens in each episode, and there are over 100 in this season. It does give me time to warm up to the side characters, who are all very cool and far more interesting than the main characters. 

I wish I liked this story a lot more than I did. The art and concept has kept me reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood

The sexual assault and rape are handled with care, but are very explicit and can be triggering. Most chapters containing references to it include a trigger warning, but not all do.

jackiie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Death

albernikolauras's review

hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.5

This is more than a cute webcomic that I needed, but it still was adorable. Super easy to pick up and very difficult to put down. There are so many interesting twists on mythology, and the plot deals with a lot of difficult themes very well. It is a lot slower paced than I expected, but because you have to click to the next page, it is very difficult to stop.

Definitely look into some trigger warnings before picking up because while it is 80% adorable, there is about 20% of it that deals with serious issues.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Blood and Violence

Apollo pressures Persephone into sex, proceeds to take pictures of her for blackmail, and then proceeds to place himself in her presence and force her to continue their relationship.

puttingwingsonwords's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

ampam's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Blood