Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Frieren, Tome 01 by Kanehito Yamada

12 reviews

risten's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, War, and Suicide attempt

kloughlin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: War, Death, and Death of parent

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

ceruleanseas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Violence, War, and Terminal illness

philosopher_kj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, and Grief

Minor: War

bohemianhermit04's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Grief

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Thought it'd take longer for the plot to get started but this book surprised me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Suicide, Child death, and Confinement

rorikae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

4.5

'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End' by Kanehito Yamada is an engaging fantasy manga that tells the story after the main story is over. Frieren was part of a party that defeated the big bad in their world. We pick up her story after all of the action and battles and after one of her party members has passed away. As an elf, Frieren is not used to time passing like it does for humans and so as her party members begin to age and pass away, she starts to question her place in the world. 
What a fantastic first volume. We get to see Frieren as she begins, distant from the people around her but seeking out her future. Through small, impactful moments with her apprentice, she begins to grasp the truth of a human life and of those that she traveled with in the past. If this author can create such meaningful moments in just the first volume, I cannot wait to see what they do throughout the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death

iane_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, and Religious bigotry

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

For how little that happens, the message is deep.  Time (for humans) is fleeting.  Cherish what you can while you can.

Made me tear up, will probably read the next volume.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Abandonment