123 reviews for:

Bodies

Si Spencer, Tula Lotay, Phil Winslade

2.82 AVERAGE

shevah7's review

3.0

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The show was really well done but they changed a lot for the better from the comics. Pros: a different visual style for each timeline worked well and the detectives were all fascinating cons: the “body” in the book being living throughout time did not work for me, the book handled the through plot better.

muskrathair's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

heim_weh's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

hereticburger's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

authoramandafernandes's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

emy102's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

riverofhorton's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: No

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So, I cane to this book after having watched the Netflix series. Briefly, the series changed a whole lot and I can completely understand why. This graphic novel is incredibly graphic (not just in the obvious sense) in its depictions of violence, homophobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia particularly, but every other kind of prejudice it covers. That said, some of these things are handled as they would have been in the time period they were set in. For instance, homophobia in 1890 and antisemitism in 1940. That said, I did find find myself enjoying this book, its a time-travel flavoured murder mystery with a little queer representation, which is a specific genre that I love. This is definitely a Dead Dove, Do Not Eat kind of book, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

24carrotgay's review against another edition

3.5

dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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the longer i sit with the meaning of this comic, the more certain i am that it is a masterpiece full of symbolism, allegory, and commentary.

i watched the show first and was so intrigued that i hunted down the graphic novel to try to get answers about the bootstrap paradox. imagine my surprise when i found there was no time travel in the comic, but instead a supernatural messianic figure named frank!

 

however, the comic was very hard to follow, hence the lower rating. when i finished reading, i scoured the internet for interpretation, and i found reddit posts from r/bodiesonnetflix and blog articles from major spoilers, comics alliance, and games radar that were particularly helpful & insightful. without them, the message and overall coherence of the story would have gone over my head.

quirkydrinkerofink's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

brandongryder's review against another edition

2.0

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Not sure what I expected, but it wasn’t this.