Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill

16 reviews

bmaackreadscomics's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Despite the incredibly dark and violent content, it was a very easy and quick read. Gabriel Rodriguez on art did an amazing job conveying action and events from one panel to the next. The writing left a little to be desired in my opinion, with a heavy reliance on voiceover narration from the different characters.

The mystery of the keys, Key House, and the kids’ family history is definitely compelling. But the darkness that this family must live through is a little too much for me. The writing almost gets edgelordy at times especially with Ty. I mean just look at how many content warnings I had to put on this review! Also, while there is at least a little growth amongst the characters, their growth is perhaps in the exact wrong direction in that their trauma that haunts them is not only validated but is deepened as more terrible things keep happening. Bode is by far my favorite character as he’s the story’s only sense of innocence and curiosity.  

I understand that this is a horror/mystery, but long story short is that everyone in this comic desperately needs therapy.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

aleesquer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

vanessav's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, and Blood

glains's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Gore and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism

words_and_coffee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

So far I’ve read the first three books of the Locke & Key series and I’ve fallen in love with it and it’s characters. The story is captivating and the character design and development is fantastic. It follows the Locke children Taylor, Kinsey and Bode as they try to move on from the murder of their father, find a place in his hometown, and uncover the secrets of the Locke house. The books explore grief and trauma so there are quite a few trigger warnings but it is an awesome world to explore with compelling characters and a surreal magic system so I recommend it if you like darker more tense stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Bullying

coffeebreath27's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence