Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson

11 reviews

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

alishaabrahamsreads's review

dark tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, and Grief

mswin's review

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

gremlyn_w_a_hat's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, and Gore

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

bitterseason's review

adventurous dark 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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Animal cruelty

oliverreeds's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

LOVE. i loved this story. i think it's a graphic novel version of an original tale, and i think that everything in this work so well together. i enjoyed reading it and i loved the characterization of everyone in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship

libraryghost's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Sexual content, and Murder

library_kb's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

This graphic novel is a retelling of an ancient Breton folktale, which reminded me of Arthurian legends. It tells the story of two daughters of a king and a sorceress, whose lives diverge when the sorceress dies. This divergence causes a rift between the two siblings until finally, the consequences of their various choices result in catastrophe which the characters must respond to. This is a graphic novel probably best for high school since use of sex as manipulation is portrayed on the page, and the themes are really interesting, but take some more mature thinking to really fully engage with. I was a little thrown off by the art style at first (think Coraline-doll styled faces, but slightly more realistic?) but really enjoyed it by the end of the book--and the color choices were perfect for the story. Overall would recommend to mature 8th grade and up, especially to those who are interested in Arthurian legend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide