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pedanther's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
What won me over is that the emotional moments, when they happen, land well. Wacky shenanigans aside, it's a story about three people who are each, in their own ways, isolated from the world and yearning for a human connection that they've found in each other, and by the end of the volume I cared enough about them to want to see what happened next. (I don't know if I'm going to stick out the whole series, though; I suspect my tolerance for the wacky shenanigans may have its limits.)
Moderate: Blood, Classism, Bullying, Car accident, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
ieemee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment and Misogyny
starglitters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Misogyny and Kidnapping
Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment
notthatlibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Misogyny and Classism
nicheinterests's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Misogyny
maeverose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Classism
The classism is in a super over the top mocking way so it feels kinda silly putting a content warning for it…drtx_bwt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexism and Misogyny
wolfiegrrrl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This first volume does an excellent job of introducing the main players in this story. Loid, Yor, and Anya forge themselves into the aptly named Forger family and begin their journey of precariously balancing work/school life with the unexpected personal bonds they've already started to form with each other.
Although we get to see Yor's and Anya's motivations for needing this family, these first five chapters largely focus on Loid's internal struggle to reconcile the fact that his job has always demanded a "trust no one but yourself" mindset with the reality that he has now been assigned his most important mission yet, which entirely depends on him retraining himself to trust other people to help pull it off.
The developing "will they, won't they" between Loid and Yor is already taking off without a hitch in the suitably chaotic way you might expect from a spy/assassin hook up! Between them lies the groundwork for a solid relationship built on mutual understanding and it appears that the seeds of genuine feelings have already started to sprout. Of course, it helps that Anya is the cutest child they could have possibly found (or who could have possibly found them in this case), as she makes every page she's on a pure delight with her attempts to help their plans succeed.
Together, they truly are a beautiful found family that has already started pulling at the heartstrings. Their secrets are carefully kept from each other to keep each other safe from the dangers of their work, but their hearts clearly crave the normalcy their identities deny them. Even Anya has a dark past she can't tell anyone about lest it tear their family apart.
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Moderate: War, Sexism, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Classism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Trafficking
e_claire's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Misogyny, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Violence, Bullying, Classism, and Murder
Minor: War, Violence, Xenophobia, Bullying, Murder, and Sexism
asipofcozy's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Misogyny
Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent