Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Monstress, Vol. 1. Risveglio by Rus Wooton, Marjorie Liu, Jennifer M. Smith

73 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into when I started this graphic novel. It is very intense and very mysterious, and even at the end, I have many unanswered questions (like Maika). The illustrations are beautiful and horrific.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Torture, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, and Sexual violence

fictionalportal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

For real one of the best books I've read, graphic novel or otherwise. Astonishingly good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

book_of_the_north's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Slavery, Body horror, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, and Animal cruelty

syllareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Monstress is a beautiful Graphic Novel series and the first volume alone shows that beautifully. I'm in love with that artstyle!

Sadly, the story itself was extremely confusing to me and I found it very hard to follow it. I'm not that great with Graphic Novels to begin with, so I don't 100% fault the series, but I had a hard time trying to understand what was happening and who these people were. The worldbuilding itself felt great but I was given no time to try and understand it and the weird and long history lessons in between only helped to a certain degree. I was also left feeling emotionally unattached to the characters (which was probably because I literally forgot every single name and had a hard time assigning faces to things that were happening).

It did intrigue me enough to continue on, though, so...goal achieved?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Child death, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: War

doodeedoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Slavery, Torture, War, Child death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Ableism, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

destdest's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.0

 I don’t know what’s happening. Mass enslavement, maiming of bodies and kids, and violence/death everywhere. Okay, but it feels like shock value at some points. Pretty artwork and women are the forefront of the story. Women are the baddies, the antiheroes, and everything in between. The monster spirits look mighty cool and their eyes will haunt you. I felt physically creeped out looking at them. 

Basically, witch-nuns are fighting against Arcanics (humans with animal characteristic, like anime-girl cat ears, fox tails, etc).  Arcanics are being killed and forced in to enslavement for a great deal of evils. MC chick, Maika, is oh-so-special and becoming monstrous. She also has a parasitic demon god in her arm. 

when she gets super hungry, she feeds on other people. Usually, kids.

 

Unfortunately, this series isn’t for me. It’s too drenched in darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Cool steampunk art, powerful female characters, a little confusing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Slavery

raccoonsinatrenchcoat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely beautiful art and really intriguing story. I love the women-focused narrative (most drawn characters present as women) and I am really interested in the magic/lore systems. Well presented, thought out, and written. Can't wait to pick up the other compendiums. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

mercedes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Murder, and Slavery

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, and Murder