Reviews tagging 'War'

Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

75 reviews

tarsharks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

Amazing artwork and I love the relationship between Alana and Marko. Fast paced read with lots of action and easy to understand world building. I can't wait to read more and I hope to see more of Alana's and Marko's backstory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Trafficking

wispy_reviews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Gore, and War

grey_jayne's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I love Saga and this first volume is still really good on the reread, but the use of the r-slur and some cis assumptions prevent me from giving this a 5. I adore Fiona Staples' art but some of Brian K Vaughn's dialog is cringe here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Ableism

meremeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

marrireadsandrambles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Blood, Police brutality, Gore, Cursing, Murder, War, Death, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia and Slavery

brimacca's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexual content, Deportation, Gore, Child abuse, Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, War, Slavery, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical content, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

ashielovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

This was actually quite good! I did not expect some of the art, it was mildly disturbing but still really amazing. Can't wait to check out the next books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Trafficking, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

kase's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Gore, Death, Pedophilia, Blood, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape

begumisu's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Blood, Child abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, and Violence

tylah_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Weirdly bizarre yet strangely beautiful sci fi graphic novel.

The art style is phenomenal, with colour and movement that draws you (lol) in and really engages you within the text. The use of changing scale and perspective helps convey the story brilliantly, aiding with the words on the pages. 

The story itself is rather basic but the world building and characteristics showcased throughout help build it into something bigger than it is. Through rather limited text you feel for this characters and get a sense of who’s who in the larger political scale and where about they lie in terms of their beliefs. 

A brilliant introduction to the series and I’m sure I’ll be reading more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Blood, and War