Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu

5 reviews

theuerma's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Murder, Slavery, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Violence

nadiaherondale's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The plot keeps thickening and more players enter the game, some revelations that I suspected became true and other plot twists shocked me. The art, as always is fantastic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Torture, Death, War, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Body horror

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, and Death of parent

vr_alyssa's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Grief, Child abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Body horror, and War

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, and War

Minor: Torture, Drug use, Cannibalism, and Slavery

allisonwonderlandreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

I feel like there's not a lot I can say without dropping spoilers left and right, so let's keep it simple:

 

1. This one has PIRATES

2. It's got reveals about Maika's mom (a very mysterious lady)

3. Kippa continues to be the adorable moral compass we all need

4. I'm pretty sure detailed, astoundingly beautiful art is a given at this point

5. The list of people that want to kill Maika just keeps getting longer (mostly not her fault, but also... she could try not to piss everybody off so much)

 

I could wrap myself in a cocoon and just read this series straight through until I'm caught up... but then I'll be sad. So I'll be pacing myself and savoring the experience.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Death of parent