Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan

8 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

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

amy_harboredinpages's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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? Yes

5.0

I thought volume 9 had finished me... but thus one had me heartbroken all over again.
Oh Hazel! I just wanna hug this kid. 
Highly anticipating the next Volume!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Cursing

hylian_narwhal's review

adventurous dark reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug use, and Outing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Medical trauma

displacedcactus's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

Finally, after a long hiatus, Saga is back. Don't bother thinking you can just jump in with this new volume, though. You'll be completely lost. If you want to read this series, start at the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: War

atlas_shruggs's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

God I missed this series. I've been waiting for so long that honestly this could've been one page and I would have been happy. But jesus was this good. And sad. And it made me very angry. But I really liked it. And now I need Vol. 11 so that's great. I'm gonna go cry now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Racism, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Rape

billyjepma's review

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't know if this is an entirely satisfying return for the series, but I also don't think it needed or wanted to be. After the events immediately before this new chapter starts, taking some time to reset and establish a new status quo is smart, and Vaughan and Staples do that incredibly well here (because of course they do). The writing is as sharp as ever, the continued commitment to worldbuilding riveting, and the characterization, despite not being exactly what I wanted, as solid as ever. Staples is in especially high form, too, and arguably delivers some of her most impressive visuals thus far, which is saying a lot, considering how consistently lively, creative, and gorgeous this book has been since the start.

Vaughan is laying a lot of groundwork here, and most of it works. Did I wish we had more of certain characters experiencing or talking about certain emotions and experiences? Yes, I did, but that's not Vaughan's style, and I know we're going to get there eventually, so I can be patient. I still struggled to find my footing in this new chapter, though, because it felt like the story had moved on from previous events when I hadn't yet (which I acknowledge is a side-effect of having just caught up on the series, like, six months ago).

Thankfully, the foundation that's developed here is stellar, and seeing Vaughan and Staples reset the table for the next half of their story is equal parts exciting, infuriating, and terrifying. I can't wait to see all the creative new ways they'll break my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, War, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Rape