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Paper Girls: The Complete Story by Brian K. Vaughan

2 reviews

justinekorson's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

There was a lot to love in this story and there was also a lot I didn't love. Each of the Paper Girls were very unique characters. I loved learning about them and watching them travel through time but in the end, if they don't remember then what was really the point? Everything they saw and experienced is still in their future, they didn't stop anything until it was too late really. Erin (one of the clones I think) said there is no alternate timelines or alternate Earth's. There is only one time so Tiffany is still going to get yanked to the far future several times, Mac is still going to die. We don't even find out what happens to Erin or KJ. 

The storyline was confusing at times but I enjoyed it immensely. The dream sequences (which was apparently Tiffany trying to talk to the girls??) was a cool addition too. I thought it was just some messed up dreams the girls were all having because of their trauma bonding but making it not just dreams but an addition to the already messy timeline was really cool. 

What I didn't vibe with was Mac's treatment of KJ after finding out KJ was a lesbian. They were friends way before Mac found out about KJ or learned about their kiss so I don't understand her reason for pushing KJ or hurting her in that way. There was also several other times were Mac should homophobic/lesbophobic tendencies. This graphic novel should have had trigger warnings at the beginning for things like this because I didn't expect it AT ALL and was very surprised when it happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Dementia, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Misogyny, Body horror, Rape, Terminal illness, Car accident, Homophobia, Child death, Death, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and War

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Animal death, Homophobia, War, Classism, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Gore, Child abuse, Murder, Car accident, and Bullying

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Addiction, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Racism

Minor: Slavery, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicide, Drug use, Alcohol, and Death of parent