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386 reviews for:

The Crow

James O'Barr

4.18 AVERAGE

dark sad tense fast-paced

Whether or not you are thinking of picking up this graphic novel, do yourself a favour and just do it. The story and its portrayal of pain, grief, morality, society etc. is more real than many of us want to admit and I think that’s an important thing to realize.

I read the special edition of this story and I think the added content just makes it all the more compelling.
adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad
dark emotional sad 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: Yes
dark emotional
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was so aggressively edgy but in the best possible way. Knowing the author’s history adds a really personal and hurt message to the whole thing. The artwork is top notch, wonderful black and white.
dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The movie has been a favorite since I first saw it in 1993 or 1994. If you're not familiar with it, it's dark as fuck yet uplifting. If anything the graphic novel is darker. Not posting trigger warnings because the whole damn thing is a trigger - there is something to trigger just about anyone.
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I didn’t know anything about The Crow except that Brandon Lee was tragically killed on set.  I haven’t seen the movie which is crazy because it seems like something 14 year old me would have been all over.  Now that I’ve read this, I will make plans to finally watch the movie.  Interesting, sad story. Beautiful art.

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