Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Deadly Class 1: Akademie der tödlichen Künste by Rick Remender

10 reviews

lupinreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

 Poorly written, unoriginal, and boring. Full of stereotypes and the only two female characters were solely there to serve as love interests for the mediocre male main character. No wonder it took me 5 months to slog through 160 pages. Won't be continuing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Drug abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, and Stalking

Bestiality

reading_on_mars555's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Honestly probably my favourite book would 100% recommend can’t wait to finish the series!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Blood, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Addiction, Body horror, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

thunderdone's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

laurren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Great writing accompanied by fantastic art and STUNNING colours. I especially loved

all of the drug-induced hallucinations in the last issue

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However, for me the violence was sometimes a little too over the top (even though I know this is a book about murder) and I could've done without the homophobic slurs. I understand this is set in a "different time" and can add to the characterisation of whoever is using this language, but I honestly believe you don't have to use it to make your point. There are other, more subtle ways to achieve the same effect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual content

cinderrunner's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

Very 80s, very subculture, very anti establishment, very dark. Main dude is a hispanic youth who is living on the streets when he gets recruited to join a school for assassins. He HATES the government and most societal structures. He blames them (and honestly is rather valid in blaming them) for his parents deaths and everything that befell him. His main assassin goal is to kill ronald ragean cause fuck that guy. Our little 14 year old protagonist is putting the president #1 on his revenge hitlist. The scene where they are in Vegas tripping HARD on acid is hilarious. Definitely gonna keep reading this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

tessa_grayreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The TV show is actually a really direct adaptation of the comic book, which surprised me a lot. I really don't have any strong feelings about this but definitely prefer the TV show. I'm sure for people who have some nostalgia for the 80s this would be much more impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Trafficking

brittanythechronicreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, and Self harm

jackiie's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

thisiscourt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Sexual content, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Grief