382 reviews for:

The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense

Robert Kirkman

4.0 AVERAGE

benimurphy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gothamballer39's review

3.0

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the_rita's review

4.5

dark 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

shelbysshelf's review

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

gallien's review

5.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

tattooedlibrarian's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

fistofmoradin's review

4.0

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the Governor is straight up evil and disguising.

shea72cl's review

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

phillyhufflepunk's review

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism

itsmattyfingsmokes's review

4.0

fast-paced

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jesus fucking christ. fucking woodbury. as soon as that damn helicopter crashed i was like GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THERE TURN AROUND RUN AWAY. 

this was so much darker than i was expecting. i really do not like gratuitous rape scenes. i dont think they are ever necessary. at least this wasnt too graphic, but i still skipped some parts. because i am not interested in having those images in my mind for the rest of my life. 

i think the governor is a more interesting character in the tv show, and he is more slowly developed as the psychopath he is. he is also a lot less brutal in the tv show. still horrible but not as graphically so.

lots of misdirections in this one. 

why is carol written like that. lowkey i could go for a lori-rick-carol throuple. but she's just written as crazy and attention seeking and unable to be alone. i'm tired of it. i miss tv show carol.