Reviews tagging 'War'

Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan

23 reviews

setaggu's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Police brutality, War, Cursing, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

abookwormspov's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Body horror, Racial slurs, Bullying, Colonisation, Classism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

florarune's review

adventurous dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Blood, Addiction, Drug use, War, Pregnancy, Body horror, Miscarriage, and Murder

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

   Another great installment in the Saga series. But not as action-packed as I'd hoped from the comeback from hiatus, but that may be because I read the first 2-3 parts included previously. 

Illustratations Rating: 5 stars
Such amazing art!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Grief, Death, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Child abuse

coolfijiwater's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: War, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

trayslays's review

adventurous emotional fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: War and Xenophobia

karli_linne's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: War and Rape

ehmannky's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Saga is back and breaking my heart just as well as it did at the end of the last volume. I feel like I've said this before, but I love that Hazel, despite being so important as an idea, is just a kid and from what we know of her narration, she's going to grow up to be just some person, nothing special. I think it's just lovely storytelling. The grief of our main characters is so well done, especially showing how kids grieve. I truly hate The Will and Gwendolyn, but I think that their journey from vaguely sympathetic characters to those who are so caught up in the politics and mind games of the war that doesn't care about them that they kind of lose any qualities that made them sympathetic has been so well done. It's so interesting because the one Landfall man (I don't care about his name) points out to his superiors, "who cares if this child is still alive? It's been 10 years and nothing has changed." And that's what Gwendolyn and The Will and the rest of the movers who are so tied up in this war can't get--they're wedded to the war to the point it seems unmovable, even as it eats away at them. That being said, I still want The Will to die and idk Gwendolyn to at least lose her job (I feel like Sophie is going to take over at some point in the future and we'll see this story play out between Hazel and Sophie). 

This volume has a lot of setup for the incoming volumes, and it takes until the end of the issue for the big change to finally hit. I still bawled like a baby during the last few pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Grief, Sexual content, War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

After a three year hiatus (in this world and theirs), Hazel, Squire, and Alana return with friends new and villains old in this collection of six issues. I love how funny this series is while eviscerating me, heart and soul. I would follow these characters to any planet, moon, planetoid, or pirate ship.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, War, Drug use, and Grief

elude's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and War

Moderate: Violence and Child abuse

Minor: Rape