Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Awakening by Marjorie Liu

61 reviews

kelpiebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Torture and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

destdest's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.0

 I don’t know what’s happening. Mass enslavement, maiming of bodies and kids, and violence/death everywhere. Okay, but it feels like shock value at some points. Pretty artwork and women are the forefront of the story. Women are the baddies, the antiheroes, and everything in between. The monster spirits look mighty cool and their eyes will haunt you. I felt physically creeped out looking at them. 

Basically, witch-nuns are fighting against Arcanics (humans with animal characteristic, like anime-girl cat ears, fox tails, etc).  Arcanics are being killed and forced in to enslavement for a great deal of evils. MC chick, Maika, is oh-so-special and becoming monstrous. She also has a parasitic demon god in her arm. 

when she gets super hungry, she feeds on other people. Usually, kids.

 

Unfortunately, this series isn’t for me. It’s too drenched in darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Cool steampunk art, powerful female characters, a little confusing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

raccoonsinatrenchcoat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely beautiful art and really intriguing story. I love the women-focused narrative (most drawn characters present as women) and I am really interested in the magic/lore systems. Well presented, thought out, and written. Can't wait to pick up the other compendiums. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

mercedes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Slavery, and Murder

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiesmovingcastle's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

straight off the bat, this comic is rated mature so please heed the trigger warnings before reading. 

I came for the art, and stayed for the dark and gripping story which addresses the horrors of conflict and those stuck in between in a eerily fascinating fantasy world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Death of parent

enbygolem's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Violence

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I saw this had won a "Best Publication forTeens" award, so I was surprised at how dark and graphic it was in the end. This has a ton of horror elements, but if you cannot handle gore I would not pick this up. 

So the art is 100% 5/5. It is absolutely gorgeous, and I can stare at some of the pages forever. On the flip side of that there are some terrifying scenes. The artist can make someone look beautiful in one panel, and then grotesque when they show their true colors. It's really fantastic. Some character designs and outfits really give off a Final Fantasy feel as well. 

The story is quite interesting, and I am invested in the characters. I for sure want to continue this series, but it kinda falls into the trap of Fantasy books where you don't really understand what the characters are talking about in the beginning, because we don't know the words for the places and people yet. At the end of a lot of the chapters there is an info dump page as well that goes more in depth on the history of the world and why this conflict exists. It just shows how complicated the universe this story is based in is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

dorian_gray's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, and Murder