Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill

23 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

matruud's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault

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

basedqt's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Bad writing, worse art. None of the characters are very sympathetic or likable. Joe Hill’s understanding of sex/gender through the “gender key” is incredibly dated and weird. The teenage boy giving an adult trucker oral was really unnecessary and gross.  Seems like Joe Hill cares more about delivering shocks than an actual story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

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

allbookedupwithrosie's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Creative storyline, a little boy finds a door with a key. While that doesn’t sound like much, after going through hell in the summer, this little boy goes on a wild adventure. (I won’t spoil it, though I’m sure most who read this know the gist of the story).

Intrigued to continue reading the story in graphic format. Little to be desired in my opinion for the graphics though. Everyone looks so rough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

coffeecass's review against another edition

4.0

Loved the story! It had the right amount of heart and horror. The characters felt real, as did their trauma. I cannot wait to see some of the questions I had while reading be answered in the rest of the books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia

Contains the murder of a teacher by a student.

sbcrra's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

bekah445's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Child abuse, Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Trafficking