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breamfish1138's review
- 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
I could spend this entire review jabbering on about how it's a heartbreaking, sometimes bleak often hilarious paen to love against all odds, or how it genuinely gives me hope for this messed up world of ours that this kind of art is being created.
But instead, I'll just say, read it.
Read it and laugh huge chuckles of the "what the f#ck was that?" variety. Read it and weep uncontrollably at the various harrowing realities laid bare. Read it and see more filthy, anarchic, bloody, raw, wonderful content than you thought could exist in a comic book.
(Note: if you're under 18 and/or of a sensitive disposition i would advise you to ignore this advice. See content warnings)
Thanks, Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan, you cooked good.
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Body shaming, Drug use, Grief, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Violence, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Racism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Gore, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Hate crime, War, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Excrement, Vomit, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Pedophilia, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and Dysphoria
This series unambiguously puts the "graphic" into "graphic novel." If you're uncomfortable about anything listed, don't read it. And don't say I didn't warn you. (Dear God there's so many penises)kaleewinterbottom's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, Suicide, Transphobia, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence