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maybephasing's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Death of parent
booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
An amazing first volume of this graphic novel. If you love DnD, Jumanji and The chronicles of Narnia this one is for you.
Six teens in 1991 set out to play an rpg game at a birthday party. Upon picking the die up they are sucked into the game. Two years later 5 out of the six kids show up after the mysterious disappearance. For some reason (explained later) they can't talk about why or what happened while they were gone.
25 years down the line, the die of Sol, their friend who didn't come back with them, randomly shows up. And the five friends upon reconvening are sucked back into the realm to play again.
I loved this so much and now need to go grab the other 3 volumes. There was bipoc, disability and queer rep in it!
cw/tw
violence
death of a parent
trauma
gore
death
War
Six teens in 1991 set out to play an rpg game at a birthday party. Upon picking the die up they are sucked into the game. Two years later 5 out of the six kids show up after the mysterious disappearance. For some reason (explained later) they can't talk about why or what happened while they were gone.
25 years down the line, the die of Sol, their friend who didn't come back with them, randomly shows up. And the five friends upon reconvening are sucked back into the realm to play again.
I loved this so much and now need to go grab the other 3 volumes. There was bipoc, disability and queer rep in it!
cw/tw
violence
death of a parent
trauma
gore
death
War
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Gore, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gun violence
brnineworms's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
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
4.5
I enjoyed this even more than I thought I would. Hans’s painterly art style is gorgeous and Gillen’s worldbuilding is fantastic. The meta aspects of the story are handled really well. The classes (Dictator, Neo, Godbinder, Grief Knight, Fool) are all really interesting, both mechanically and in terms of what they tell us about the characters.
Ash was already my favourite character, but “This is the point where, if this was a different kind of story, I’d come out with a simple answer” made me love her. It’s great to see a character who is definitely queer but whose queerness isn’t taxonomically categorised. I suspect her identity will be pinpointed later on, but I appreciate the angst-free ambiguity she exists in at this moment. You love to see it.
I do have a few complaints but they’re relatively minor and nitpicky. I felt this volume was a little too exposition-heavy, for example – a lot was explained via Ash’s narration rather than being shown and demonstrated. I needed more time to get to know the characters before the action started, and some characters (eg: Matt) were underused and sidelined.
But still, the things I like greatly outweigh any criticisms I may have. I will definitely be checking out the rest of the Die series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, and Medical content
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