Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

11 reviews

sundayfever's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Wild and not what I was expecting. Interesting. 80s, dinosaurs, aliens, much more. Would consider reading the next one. One of the characters is unnecessarily homophobic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia

marissab's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

rachbake's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Alcoholism

fifteenthjessica's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is probably my favorite of the 5 American comic books I picked up at the library to help with my GoodReads Challenge. I haven't finished one, but it's been slow going.

The story starts with four scrappy papergirls in 1988--Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ--sticking together for safety in numbers on the early morning the day after Halloween. Things take a turn for the weird when a walkie talkie is stolen from one of the girls by a trio of hooded figures speaking a strange language. They soon find that their suburban Ohio neighborhood has become

the battleground of a time traveling generational conflict and the rest of the town is missing.

The girls are a nice mix of personalities, and I look forward to seeing them bounce off of each other in future volumes.

Especially now that three of the girls have run into a future version of Erin.

This story is not for the faint of heart and definitely earns its T+ rating. Not only does it not shy away from blood and profanity (Mac spends most of her time swearing and smoking), but one girl goes into shock after a brawl and vomits and at another point

a girl is accidentally shot after another wrestles a gun away from her suicidal stepmother.

It hasn't felt gratuitous yet. But just because the protagonists are eighth graders doesn't mean actual eighth graders are up for this.

Art is good. Expressive, nice inking, eye catching color schemes, and great use of shading.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Vomit, Homophobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

mikmill's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

komiification's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.0

yall... I have absolutely no idea what the hell happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Racism

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

this graphic novel is okay. the art style is cool and i like the concept but it got pretty muddled for me. the characters were all pretty flat imo (but it’s so short so it’s hard to develop them so much). it was also pretty confusing at times. not my fave but still enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

nakutski's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Moderate: Homophobia

anniefwrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

I really liked the art style and the 1980s setting, but I think this was just too violent for me. I'm not a huge sci-fi reader; I liked the

time travel aspect but would have preferred less of the monster/alien aspect

, which is just personal preference. I understand that the homophobia is part of the time period, but it was a little hard to read at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, and Kidnapping

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

This was an absolute trip. As a reader I was definitely thrown in the deep end, but the MCs also had no idea what was happening, so I kind of enjoyed the confusion? The plot of the story was unique, but it also has some great Stranger Things vibes. I also really liked the colour palette. All in all, I’m really intrigued to see what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Child death, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cancer, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Rape, Ableism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Racism, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Suicide