Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson

9 reviews

mfrisk's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This graphic novel was an absolutely stunning fantasy stand-alone with beautiful illustrations.

 It had it all - family relationships and the difficulties they bring, discussion of wealth and poverty, magic, royal intrigue, murder, and of course sea monsters 🌊 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Violence

gillian_aftanas's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Animal death

charleshasalibrary's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Emotional abuse

pixa's review

adventurous dark hopeful sad fast-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

3.75

This was so layered and the art is everything. 

“We live by devouring those we love. How can we help it? They're the ones within closest reach.“

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

snowsnakes's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

A graphic novel retelling of an ancient Breton folktale. 

Definitely a favourite sub-genre of mine: it combines two of my favourite things (1) art and (2) folktales lol how can I not love it?

Why just three stars, then? I wanted more detail! My heart felt for the characters and the story ended before I could come to terms with what had transpired. I often feel this way after reading graphic novels... I just wanted to know more. See more. But I do appreciate the open(ish) ending.

Be warned, it was definitely a darker YA; the story tends to focus on the flaws of the main characters, and how they lose themselves (and each other) to these flaws. Personally, I feel like better communication, and regular therapy to work through emotions, would have benefited everyone and likely prevented the book's worst-case-scenarios. But then we wouldn't have a story, I guess. And, really, folktales are meant to make the readers/listeners reflect. So, in the end, it did its job well.

TW: abuse, murder, death, gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship

aardwyrm's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Beautiful art. Not much story. Dahut is a fascinating monster, but her father is a bland king Lear type and Rozenn is a drip. But it is a folktale, after all, so just let the pretty horrors flow over you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, and Death

wella's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal death, and Death of parent

wrenisinpain's review

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

swampmonster's review

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.0

It just didn't work for me. It felt like it was both written and illustrated by people new to graphic novels - which isn't true, but it still had some amateur mistakes. The dialogue was often oddly stilted. It tried too hard to be a modern character-based book when it was too stuck in the odd melancholy format of a fairytale to succeed at that. It was fine I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder