Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

12 reviews

growintogardens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Racism, Toxic friendship, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Grief

vaguely_pink's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

Beautiful art. Gripping and full story. Compelling characters. One of the best graphic novels I’ve read in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, Racism, Blood, and Violence

scarlett_f's review

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Stalking

peachani's review

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Grief

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Racism

Minor: Slavery and Pregnancy

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, Bullying, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Slavery and Racism

burnt_milk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is for a younger audience but I found it a little predictable, as soon as

cat showed up out of nowhere it was obvious she was a vampire

. I did read this at like 3 am so take it with a grain of salt! But I wish there was more depth here, especially with Artie and the other kid characters, the adults' backstory was given far more depth than Artie's character. However the focus on family and community was nice to see, ESPECIALLY the origin story of werewolves, and the forest scenes had some fantastic illustrations!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Racism, and Pregnancy

innastholiel'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Bullying, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Racism

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, and Confinement

emily_mh's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

What a fantastic book!! Definitely one of my favourites so far this year. Firstly, the art style was wonderful. Stephens used light incredibly well to convey atmosphere; her use of colour palettes only enhanced this. In terms of the story, it was paced so well. I especially liked how we gradually found out about Artie’s parents’ love story, and what happened to her dad. Stephen also provided new (at least to me) takes on werewolves and vampires which gave depth to her worldbuilding. In terms of characters, there was fantastic character development in Artie, but also in side characters such as her mum. Also, I wasn’t expecting the found family trope in this story but I was so happy it was there and developed like it did. Truly, love in all its forms finds a place in this book (platonic, romantic, familial) which is one of its best features!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death, Abandonment, Blood, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Pregnancy

Graphic: loss of loved one Minor: missing loved one, child birth

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this take on werewovles vs. vampires in middle grade graphic novel format! Artie is just trying to find her identity and ends up learning that her mother's family are all werewolves. Artie as the main character is such a driving force behind this book, as she's learning that she's a werewolf and that she also likes girls. I appreciated that that was just a natural element to the story, flowing with everything else that was going on in Artie's life.

However, at times, I really had a hard time pinpointing Artie's age. For me, I felt like she read a lot older than she's supposed to be for the majority of the book. Honestly, I don't think I really even realized she was in middle school until almost the end of the book, despite knowing that this is marketed as middle grade. 

Despite that, I think the art in this was fantastic, and the twists on classic werewolf and vampire tales were really fun. Definitely an author I'll keep an eye out for in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Racism and Pregnancy