Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Through the Woods by E.M. Carroll

31 reviews

lspishock's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Body horror

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

• This was the perfect graphic novel for Halloween! It's a collection of horror stories by Emily Carroll and I really liked her storytelling, it was haunting and creepy. The only complaint I have is that the stories all ended very abruptly before we could properly unravel the mystery and I was left wanting to know more!
• The art style is also absolutely stunning and my favorite part of the book! I love how the art adapts to the kind of story that is being told, I thought it was used very uniquely here. I definitely can see myself reading other works by this author as she's such a gifted artist! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Gore and Abandonment

breadbummer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

SO glad StoryGraph recommended this to me! If you're like me and go bananas for Over the Garden Wall but are also into darker stories, this is the book for you. I could not get enough of any of the stories, and I found it especially compelling that most, if not all, of them were ultimately metaphors for loss or coping with it. TLDR; this is a fantastic book and you should read it!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Child death, and Grief

valent1ne's review against another edition

4.5

holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, and Gore

nicolescottwv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Animal death, Death, and Body horror

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

to restate what everyone else has already said, the art is beautiful. like it really popped off that hard for the conclusion??? wow. but a few of the stories were too open-ended for my liking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol and Gore

foxclcves's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, and Animal death

Minor: Murder and Grief

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

5.0

I freaking loved this! Had the creepiest fairytales and beautiful artwork!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Death, Animal death, Body horror, and Gore

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

These comics are beautiful, creepy, and extremely well designed. The paneling is deftly woven, the writing is tight, and the stories will stick with you. 4 stars because I feel like some of the comics are a little short and leave interesting possibilities on the table.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Violence

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

This was so spooky... I'm in love with the atmosphere in here. The art is so gorgeously creepy. The stories have kind of a campfire story feel to them. It actually reminded me a lot of The Magnus Archives in the way they were structured, but that comparison might have more to do with my lack of experience with horror anthologies. I guess I should read more though, considering how much I liked this one. The only thing I'd change would be to make a few of the stories longer with added character depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Animal death