Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, George Williams

4 reviews

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

The best thing to do when accused of satanism is to just embrace Satan. 😈 This comic is the story of four teens, Jackson, Lupe, Theresa, and Mitch, who are used as a scapegoat when a woman is murdered and had a pentagram carved onto her forehead. The story is compelling and the way the friends look out for each other is so sweet. Also, George Williams's illustrations are really cool, especially the design for the demon. After reading this, I am now more excited to read Emmett Nahil's upcoming novella From the Belly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Police brutality, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Bullying, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Self harm

nerdysread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Thank you NetGalley and OniPress for the e-arc

So in this graphic novel, we follow a group of young adults who are queer and marginalised during the satanic panic in the USA, and especially in a very religious and conservative little town. So when a murder happened the authorities create a moral panic saying satanic did it. And the group of fitness are the perfect ones to blame. 

I really really really like it. I love queer horror stories. Like horror is queer for me, and we need way more queer horror stories. The drawings are great, and the group of friends is superbe. Like we can see how much they care for each others, they always have each others back, and are here for each others. The horror was pretty good too. And I really wanted to know, how they would survive this. 

The thing that bothered me was the pacing. It felt weird at some point, but not bad either… I just hope we will have a sequel because this ending????

Rep: Trans guy MC, Trans woman MC, Black MC
TW:  Homophobia, Queerphobia, Transphobia, Deadname, Misgendering, Gore, Violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Body horror, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Lesbophobia

annaonthepage's review

dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, and Gun violence

Transphobia: deadnaming, misgendering, clocking, antagonising and abuse of cis privilege to target trans characters, trans character being beaten up. Violence: Knife, gun and fist fighting, supernatural violence and body invasion. Unsupportive family environments.