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m0usey's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A much more fun and engaging comic than the first one, but it’s still confusing and shaky. Again, Way attempts to explore themes and ideas but fails, and the way non-white/American cultures are shown is weird at best and downright racist at worst.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War
katsbooks's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I can't fully decide if I liked this volume more or less than the first volume. At first I liked it more and then I thought I liked it less. I just don't know. I think I'm struggling to not compare it to the Netflix series. I really love the adapation but it so different from the comic tha it feels unfair to compare the two. When I separate the two stories, I can admit that I like the adaptaion better but I don't hate the comic. I found that it sometimes felt a little confusing. I think it has to do with the fact that each of the main characters has multiple names; their name, their nickname and their number. To add to that confusion, time travel plays a bigger role in Volume 2 so sometimes the visual representation of the character is different because they're older or younger. Other than all of that, I did enjoy reading this volume and will probably read volume 3.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, and Murder
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