Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

86 reviews

moonlitgrey's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

filipacarvalho's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

What I appreciate the most about this graphic novel is the absolutely stunning art style. I did feel like the world building and the plot got a bit to convoluted and hard to follow at times. But that being said, I still enjoyed it a lot and the side characters are the best!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

annettereads's review against another edition

1.5

This had too much violence for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Death, Xenophobia, and Violence

f18's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gore, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, and War

Minor: Child death, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Genocide

minor (non-explicit) nudity of minors, hanging/lynching, child slavery

issamisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, and Gore

sophiebillekens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Slavery