Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Victor und Nora - gegen die Zeit by Lauren Myracle, Isaac Goodhart

3 reviews

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This….wasn’t what I was expecting. But also? Now that I think back on what I know of DC comics and how things tend to go in Gotham, this is kind of what I would expect to see. It’s been really interesting diving into all these new retcon’ed backstories for DC’s villains. Victor Fries is one that I didn’t really know anything about other than the basics.

I think the thing that I enjoyed the most about this graphic novel was the slow transition from a love story to a tragedy. While this wasn’t my favorite graphic novel I’ve ever read, I did think that the author handled Nora’s illness, her mental health, and her suicidal thoughts, in a really thoughtful way. They didn’t pull any punches with any of it and I really appreciated that. So, with that said, I’m giving this 3.25 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Dementia

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

rachelizx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Terminal illness, Grief, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.25

There's nothing like structurally wrong with the story from a structural standpoint--it's interesting and the characters are well-developed--and the art is nice. I just...struggle with the relationship of Victor and Nora. I usually find Mr. Freeze's origin story sympathetic, but the characters here are just...really young and their relationship develops VERY fast and it felt like Victor was just super pushy with his cure. I also am not a fan of "I am going to kill myself become of a terminal illness" as a storyline. I don't know, it's not a bad book, just not one that I was particularly fond of.

I did really like the art here though. I thought that was very well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Moderate: Dementia