Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner

4 reviews

ottercorg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a stunning collection of stories and art. I'd never heard of Will Eisner until I saw this on the shelf at the library, and my, what a talent! 

I could sit and thumb through the pages of this book for days, taking in the imagery that so perfectly captures a wealth of human emotion and experience. The stories are strong, heavy, and purely human as well. Each character's story spans on a few pages or words, and it's still enough time to develop a connection. 

I look forward to hopefully exploring more of Eisner's work in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Animal death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Infidelity

novella42's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I read this because I was curious about the first graphic novel. Some of it holds up well, hauntingly so. Some of it did not age well at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Child death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

baileydot's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

lulujoanis's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Child death