Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Monstress - Despertar by Marjorie Liu

7 reviews

korii48's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Cannibalism, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and War

ithladin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Gorgeous art, good worldbuilding, interesting history... but all the triggers!! 

I would love to read something more happy/hopeful with the same art/worldbuilding though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Child death

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

lena_taco's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wonderfully dark and the artwork is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

clara_wiecks_no_1_fan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Death, and Cursing

wordwilderness's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed reading this! Definitely a good introduction to graphic novels. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Blood, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Cursing

Since this is a graphic novel, some images depict gore, death, cannibalism etc.. (I put the CW that are on page/shown in images in the graphic category).

f18's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gore, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, and War

Minor: Child death, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Genocide

minor (non-explicit) nudity of minors, hanging/lynching, child slavery