Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Something is Killing the Children: Alguma Coisa Está Matando as Crianças: Vol. 1 by Werther Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto, Guilherme Miranda, James Tynion IV

94 reviews

rosalielearnd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

I really liked this! I've never gotten into comics before recently.

birdiebobbi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Child death

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

What a solid first volume. 
Set the foundations for an interesting concept. 
I like the art style and the storyline so far has me keen to pick up the next volume.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, and Homophobia

steveatwaywords's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I may revise my rating later, but this first entry into the series of horror comics feels at one and the same time cliched in its scenes and characters and working too hard to provoke readers through its gore of child bodies.

I'm a fan of Tynion's other work, especially Nice House on the Lake, so I want top read the rest of the series to see where it goes; this first volume leaves far too much yet unexplained (though the foreshadowing of a dark cabal of monster-killers isn't altogether promising). 

Am I missing something, or is some horror now more akin to dark fantasy?  I felt no horror, but was compelled a bit by the action. 

(And as ever, kudos to Tynion for normalizing the non-binary.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

tiredcreature's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, and Gore

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child death, Murder, Gore, Death, Medical content, Torture, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

sunshinestark's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

kaitieg97's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia

leanniefae's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Because this was such a fast read and I tried not to focus too much on the gore, I'm shockingly looking forward to reading the rest of these. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Animal death