Reviews tagging 'Death'

Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

54 reviews

minzzi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

  This was a great start to a series that apparently will check out a lot of my boxes.
   The characters were good. They all seen to inhabit this gray area of morality that I like to read about. But I definitely need more time with them to decided with ones I like and with ones I don't. Also, the relationship between the main characters was enjoyable and realistic, and that is something I don't get to say often.
  The premise isn't revolutionary, but all the worbuilding elements/design of the characters and settings that acompany it are great. And I love me some intertwined plotlines that all culminate in one thing at the end. 
  My only real complainty is the misogynistic air all throughout the grafic novel. Not in a way that serves the plot/worldbuilding, but in the way where you can clearly tell this was written by a man. All the adult woman are naked/half-naked at least once, sometimes for no reason at all, Alana, the female protagonist, gives birth and then imediatly gets up like nothing happened, etc.  Those are the kinda of thing that can take you out of the story once you start to notice. I do hope that this chances in the next volume, but I'm not to confident.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Pedophilia, War, Blood, Death, and Murder

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense

• 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

Saga begins withs with the birth of our narrator (literally). Her parents, Marko and Alana comes from opposite sides of an ongoing war. 

The fact they conceived the impossible has put a mark on their backs. So we follow them, half a ghost child and their pursuers (Prince Robot IV, Freelance Assassins and others). One of the Freelance Assassins by the name The Will has a giant Lying Cat that follows him around and it's so comical when it blurts out "LYING" when someone is talking.

Graphic illustrations are incredible and Saga is quite a page-turner. From the looks of it this is volume 1 of 12 and I cannot wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Classism, Death, Xenophobia, Body horror, Gore, and Sexual content

mamareadstuff's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and War

paper_pepper's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Murder

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, and Vomit

bumblemee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This ist the third time I started reading this - the first two times I didn't make it past the first chapter. I didn't immediately connect with the characters and mixed with the violence, sexual content and a lot of swearing it just was too much for me (I knew these things would be included, but I have to be in the right mood to read something like this, which I wasn't apparently). This time around I made it past the first chapter and started really liking it. The conflicts have a lot of potential in the longrun, the characters started growing on me and the art it really stunning. I am very interested to see how the story evolves because I think it can explore the consequences of violence and war in a meaningful way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse

polter6eist's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Violence, Child death, Xenophobia, Genocide, Gore, Death, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Trafficking and Slavery

directorpurry's review

challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Slavery, Death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

jnl00700's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Trafficking, Slavery, Murder, Gun violence, Death, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

dodie_sullivan's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, War, and Gun violence