Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Watchmen by Alan Moore

7 reviews

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Genocide, War, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Child death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Blood, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

chaoticbeing's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Had to read this for class. I’m one of the only people who have actually read it. It’s one of my favorite franchises of all time now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Death, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: War, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Ableism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Animal death, and Cancer

Minor: Genocide, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Antisemitism, and Racism

Dr. Manhattan starts a relationship with Laurie when she’s 16 and he’s in his 30s. This is acknowledged but Dr. Manhattan is never punished for it.

manjal's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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

5.0

THE GREATEST GRAPHIC NOVEL(COMIC BOOK) EVER, A 12 CHAPTER MASTERPIECE THAT REVOLUTIONIZED COMIC BOOKS AND LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON LITERATURE AND MEDIA. ITS INTRICATE PLOT AND MORALLY COMPLEX CHARACTERS EXPLORE THEMES OF HEROISM, IDENTITY, AND MORALITY. ALAN MOORE'S CREATION ELEVATED THE GENRE, INSPIRING A NEW WAVE OF STORYTELLING THAT EMBRACES MATURITY AND MORAL AMBIGUITY. IT'S ABOUT AN ALTERNATE 1980S AMERICA, WHERE RETIRED SUPERHEROES CONFRONT A GLOBAL CONSPIRACY, FUSES GRITTY REALISM WITH FANTASY, PUSHING CREATIVE BOUNDARIES AND INFLUENCING GENERATIONS OF CREATORS. NOT RECOMMENDED TO NEW COMIC BOOK READERS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Bullying, Racism, Rape, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Stalking, Drug use, Misogyny, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

amelierawr's review

dark reflective

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

5.0

hard to explain, but it's a masterpiece. The dialogue is amazing and Doctor Manhattan's chapter is one of my all time favorites.
The heavy grief and trauma really gets to you.

For the love of god, before reading look at the damn content warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Hate crime, Misogyny, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Racism, Animal death, and Gun violence

Minor: War, Homophobia, and Vomit

noahhare's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and War

nojerama's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Try to read it in one sitting if possible, my experience was very scattered and therefore I lost a lot of the effect so don’t do what I did. Still an excellent book and a good example of how to write asshole characters who you can still (kinda) root for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

This is 18+ for a reason. Do not give this to a kid. I can’t have that on my conscience

noaregine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Oh boy, this one is complicated. For me, it swung back and forth from incredibly successful to incredibly pretentious in what it was trying to say. None of the characters were likeable at all, and some were straight up monsters, but that was a complexity I liked a lot, I think. Some characters who were morally 'right' about the big issue, were terrible, terrible people. That doesn't sit right with me, but that was the point. The overarching plot of communal strife will unite us fell a bit flat, as the world today proves that isn't really true. I don't know, I'm rambling. I liked parts, and struggled through others. What I did like, more so than the art style, was the smart page layout and panelling. That's something to really pay attention to when reading, more than I've ever encountered in a comic before. What I loved most about this was that it was a gift, and it wasn't necessarily on my radar or anything. Nothing makes me happier than receiving a book handpicked by someone else like with this one :).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, and Homophobia