Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Something is Killing the Children Vol. 5 by James Tynion IV

8 reviews

jlchabotte's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Gore

swimfast724's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This one was really good, too. Better than the previous one. My only complaint is that they could have given the readers more context on where and when this story started in comparison to the previous one. The entirety of the last volume was focused on Erica's origin, and then this

just jumped into a new monster case.

They didn't tell us how long after the previous case this is happening or where our if she even still in the order or not. It would've been better if they gave us more context in the beginning. 
It also would have been good to be told if the other series "House of Slaughter" was supposed to be read in between these volumes or after or before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Torture, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

trayslays's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Body horror

billyjepma's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was good! I liked the slower pace more than I thought I would—it lets the story lean into its comfortable procedural elements instead of racing toward the next action scene. The pacing of the first storyline was one of my bigger complaints, since it kept me from actually caring about anyone, so it’s nice to find that I’m already invested in this new cast of characters. The broader world building is fine, but I can’t say it’s hitting for me the way the way I want it to her. It feels very reminiscent of stuff I’ve seen before—there are plenty of examples, but John Wick springs to mind—and hasn’t differentiated itself enough to feel like an interesting twist on those ideas. The flashback volume showed promise, and definitely made Erica a character I have more interest in sticking with, so that’s great, and the supernatural stuff is as fucked up and fascinating as ever. But I do hope the shadowy organization of monster killers become more interesting, because I’m still blasé about it. 

But yeah, I still really liked the volume. Cool monster, Dell’edera’s art continues to improve (the sun-soaked landscapes are a welcome change of pace from the murky darkness of earlier outings), and I remain, as ever, a sucker for those small-town-on-the-brink-of-extinction vibes that Tynion is so good at using.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia and Animal cruelty

bugcollector's review

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

DO NOT LISTEN TO THE OCTOPUS. IT IS GOING TO GET YOU KILLED.
That's my octopus
It is a BAD octopus.
-I don't know you. So I'm hanging up. Bye
...
-Are you a bad octopus?
Yes
-Okay, good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Death, and Animal cruelty

scottishvix's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Homophobia

breezer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Death of parent

howlinglibraries's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

 I loved this volume, but it hurt me. 😭 Ugh, I just love this series so much. I know we've only just met Cutter, but I loathe every fiber of her existence already. She's absolutely awful and I'm sure this won't be the end of the destruction she will create. Part of me dreads Volume 6 because this new development in the storyline would be a really easy way for Tynion to wrap things up in the next volume, and I don't want it to be over!

✨ Representation: multiple Latinx characters, sapphic side character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Violence, Grief, Gore, and Death of parent