Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa

9 reviews

alyssa_s10's review

adventurous dark

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcohol

miriyumi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

indeedithappens's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Stalking, Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, War, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Grief, Addiction, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Child abuse

magikfaye's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gun violence

kaitieg97's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism and War

bookworm247's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical content, Gun violence, Death of parent, Torture, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

theliteraryhooker's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Not quite what I was expecting in terms of genre and pacing. The artwork is fantastic but the plot just didn't hold me. May still read volume 2 but I'm not in a rush to get more answers from this story. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

emory's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking, Gore, and War

annikaa's review

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder