Reviews

Poison Ivy, Volume 1: The Virtuous Cycle by G. Willow Wilson

howiedoowinfam's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

vyt24's review

adventurous dark 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

4.5

padds's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

casdelvo's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, and Gore

Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

black_flamed_candle_b00ks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

jennderqueer's review

4.0

Poison Ivy has lost her power and gone a little off the deep end; she's pretty much decided to end all human life on earth. But she's also got a grudge match to get to with the Green Man.

I don't know much about DC Comics but I know enough that I was able to follow the story. It was pretty good overall. TW for body horror and cannibalism.

hermoonreads's review

4.0

I'll never not be obsessed with an Ivy run, esp when she's out there killing off the shitty humans that are ruining the earth. With the perfect amounts of sass, snappy comebacks and one liners, and a self sacrificing attitude, Ivy will always be The Moment

Usually with 12 issue runs like these my interest starts high and then drops towards the middle issues before raising again at the end, with this volume however it went up with each chapter, and I'm excited to start on issue 7/volume 2

prettyasapenny's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

flexmentallo's review

adventurous dark medium-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

4.0

This was a really strong start to a series for a character who I think the march of world events has turned from an out-and-out villain into a more complex anti-heroine. G Willow Wilson brings a lot of nuance and out-and-out queer energy to Ivy here, and while I think the final confrontation is just... fine... the rest of the book is genuinely excellent. Phenomenal art team here as well, leaning into some beautifully grotesque body horror -- think Alex Gardland's take on ANNIHILATION -- while maintaining genuinely strong physicality for our characters.

octanexit's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5