Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill

30 reviews

gethin_burke's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, and Alcoholism

lportilla's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Murder, Death, Gore, and Confinement

itsjadenbaby's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Average. I don’t think horror graphic novels are really my thing, but I liked the concept of all the keys. This definitely kept me interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement and Physical abuse

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Pedophilia

angewilliamson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, and Blood

silene's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Brilliantly constructed, but read with caution. It’s very violent with significant gore. The horror aspect should be obvious from the title alone, but it’s more horror and tragedy than frightening. One of the main antagonists being a teenager is disconcerting though it fits the plot and characterization. He’s very much a tragedy all on his own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Gore, and Death of parent

shay_starlessxsea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Drug abuse

phenaproxima's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I love Locke & Key, and it's hard to imagine a stronger start. We begin with

an incredibly traumatic experience

and have nothing but instant empathy for the Locke family, all of whom are well-written and feel like real people as they struggle with the fallout of

their father's violent murder

. The plot of this volume is kind of a slow burn, and

the arch-antagonist takes a back seat

. I love the way Joe Hill writes his villains - they're uncompromising, truly nasty pieces of work. The underlying mythology of the series, though not as fully developed as it will be later, is intriguing.

I can see Gabriel Rodriguez's art style being divisive, but I'm fully on board. It's stylized, incredibly detailed, and does a great job supporting the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence

There is an implied rape. Several people are graphically murdered.

jennybear86's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

theinkedpath's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

ES:

A pesar de que la trama es extraña y compleja este cómic te engancha y exige del lector que preste atención. Si que es cierto que esperaba que me diera más miedo durante todo el rato. Aun así, el final te deja en vilo y te pide seguir leyendo. Así que no puedo esperar a leer más.

EN:

This is a classic now in the comic world. I wanted to read it because I knew it was based on Lofcraft world and my friends love the author and the comic world, so I wanted to explore this comic better. I liked it and enjoyed...and I love that the things are not explained to the reader...you have the puzzle and you have to put the pieces together. 

It is true that I wanted to be more scared but I want to read more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Torture