Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Saga, Vol. 8 by Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

11 reviews

jody_diou's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abortion, and Child death

rlgreen91's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.0

Man, y'all are really dedicated to tugging on my heartstrings every time, aren't you?  At least this one ended on a happier note compared to Volume 7.  Once again, I'm entranced by the gorgeous artwork of this series.  First of all, I would like for zebra horses to exist in real life.  Second, Alana, who has always been a badass, practically radiates that energy in every panel.  And lastly, I loved both the idea and illustration of a particular creature towards the end of the volume - it's such a delightful idea, and I hope we get to see more of them in later issues.  Looking forward to Volume 9 - 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, and Child death

coolfijiwater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse and Addiction

serenaasora's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Abortion

smasson13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

Be mindful of the content warnings for this volume. 

I really liked the honest and open discussions in this one. It had a very different feel and much less conflict than all previous volumes. 

I'm not sure where The Wills storyline is going, but it isn't my favourite part. Definitely prefer to follow Hazel and her family. 

Another great, but different, addition to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Violence, War, and Abortion

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Outing

marissasa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.0

Interesting and different direction for this volume. The sadness was offset by a lot of deep and touching revelations about life and love, but there were also a handful of characters I just didn't care about (the three cowboys in the desert) and I was happy when they were moved aside to focus on our main cast again. It was sweet and touching to see Hazel actually interact with kids her age as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Violence, Abortion, Child death, Cursing, and Genocide

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

Like I said before, this volume is definitely more emotionally driven than previous volumes. There aren't as many action sequences. But there are some great discussions about abortion, body control, attraction, etc. So much great content in here!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Abortion

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, and Body shaming

hoshitoyume's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Abortion and Child death

Minor: Torture and Child abuse

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual content, War, Racism, Police brutality, Transphobia, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Medical content

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Re-read in preparation for Saga Vol. 10
Ok this one hurt. Seeing Kurti and Hazel get to be siblings and Alana and Marco having to watch that knowing it has to end HURTS. But it was a really good volume, the addition of Ianthe really ramps up the sense of dread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Animal death, Blood, Death, Murder, Miscarriage, Abortion, Child death, Excrement, Medical content, Racism, and Violence