Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Monstress, Book One by Marjorie Liu

5 reviews

naiomi's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

I loved themes and moods of this graphic novel, the plot and characters are both very interesting and unique 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Slavery, Murder, War, Torture, Child abuse, and Violence

g_whitt's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

The art and story of this work are incredible! The world is full and diverse, thought there is a lot of exposition as dialogue. This is not an easy work to read, but it is fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gore, Blood, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

jessthanthree's review

adventurous 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: Child death, Animal death, War, Murder, Xenophobia, Death, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Trafficking, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Self harm, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

inamerata's review

adventurous dark mysterious

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Torture, Cannibalism, Slavery, and War

Minor: Death of parent

There is also fantasy racism/xenophobia among various species. This is often blended with fantasy religious bigotry, with some parallels to Christianity.

nyoom's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia