Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Cliff Chiang, Brian K. Vaughan

78 reviews

amysteriousglowingblob's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Alcohol, and 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

amethystandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Murder

pam_'s review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Homophobia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Violence, and Gore

schuy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

use of homophobic slurs

readbycarina's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Homophobia

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

laserdiscreader's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed this first step into the Paper Girls story. The art is gorgeous and the story is intriguing. The plot moves very quickly which seems to be common in comics (the ones I've read at least, still a beginner) and I was left wanting more of the story, little satisfaction with just the first volume (which makes sense!). Definitely plan to find the rest of the collection

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Body horror

lizardgod's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Homophobia