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ohsnapsabrina93_'s review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Child death, Death, Bullying, and Child abuse
skillyillian's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
✨spoilers✨
The characters are so cool and unique, but I feel like we don't see any development from them. Vanya gets told off by Diego one time and is like "fuck it I'm gonna destroy the world then" and outright becomes the villain. While I'm not opposed to that move, it was very sudden, just like the kiss between Luther and Allison. That's not to say there isn't more development in the future with their stories and relationships, bc I'm sure there is, and I trust Gerard with it. But in this volume specifically, I feel like we don't know anything about the characters save for their surface personality traits.
Unfortunately for me, I saw the Netflix show before I read the story. I'm so disappointed that Netflix changed SO much about the story. I think seeing the relationships between the siblings develop was, now that I know the source material, the only part of the show that made sense. Seeing the connections fleshed out more in the show was nice, but I'm sure it happens in the other volumes later on, too. It's just hard to feel attached to the characters when you don't know almost anything about them except they're stern or selfish or a coward, ykwim? I'd be interested to see that develop more later on for sure.
But yeah Netflix what the fuck were you doing? They should've kept viktor as the villain and had him still become the white violin, that's such an iconic thing from the book and, while the suit was cool and everything, the violin body was way better. And what happened to the evil orchestra?? And the terminauts and all of that??? Idk lmao. This is not a review for the show though, and doesn't affect my review for the book by any means.
I would've liked to have seen more character development and connections besides surface level stuff. We see almost nothing from Klaus the entire time, except that he?? Stopped the meteor from the moon, but what happened with the meteor? Did he just, push it somewhere else? Did they destroy it? I have questions. Gerard's characters are unique and interesting people with a lot of personality, but we don't see much of it here bc they're too busy fighting and saving the world, I think. I trust it to develop more but I thought there could've been more in this one. That being said, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart, and Nate Piekos absolutely KILLED it with the art. The colors, shapes, facial expressions, all stunning. Phenomenal. Gerard's concept art was so fun and I loved seeing in the back of the book how Gerard started and where their whole team took the people he created. This is a work of love, determination, and teamwork, and you can really tell. I'd really love to read more of these and see how they flesh out the characters' backstories more for the audience.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Murder, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child death and Pregnancy
mpbookreviews's review
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Murder
purplesaturday's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse
sallytiffany's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Incest, Blood, Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gore
happysami's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood and Gore
mousey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Mental illness
m0usey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Incest, Addiction, Drug use, Body horror, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Bullying, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
emilywasbored's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Child death and Emotional abuse
Minor: Drug abuse