Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

112 reviews

fishsuits's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood

In the third fairytale, there is blood and an image of a stabbing.

sadie_g's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was absolutely beautiful, from the visuals to the story. It did make me cry a bit, I just loved how Tien and his mom used fairytales as a common way to communicate.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Murder

olafsl0stcarrot's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Police brutality, and War

elderflower's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Oh I loved that ending 🥰 made me get a bit teary-eyed. And such gorgeous art!! I loved all those dresses 🥰🥰🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Cannibalism, and Outing

Minor: Death and Religious bigotry

robinks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

Beautiful story with beautiful art. I loved the coloring of the pages, which made it easy to follow as the story switches from past to present to fairy tales. Reading the author’s notes at the end also helped to understand the complexity of creating this graphic novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, Grief, and Outing

Minor: War

lexban's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

oliverreeds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED this graphic novel. it was a little slow getting started, but it really picked up after that. i loved the way this book intertwined the story of a family with the fairy tales and showed how important they were to the family. i honestly think that the stories were balanced incredibly well and that the author masterfully interweaved them. the characters were all so distinct and lovely. the conflict was built so well. i would recommend this to anyone. i also loved how the text was used in this story in conjuction with the art.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

paperbrownies's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

- lgbtqiap+, graphic novel, ya, coming out, immigration, fairytale, retelling
- m|m, f|f 
- vietnamese - american gay mc, other vietnamese characters, sapphic rep

this is such a stunning and a powerful story, made with so much care and thought, i find myself thinking about it still now!! 
with an immaculate art style, colour palette, and story telling skill; i loved just about everything in this book!!
it cherishes the existence of stories, the ways stories connect people, that it helps us give words to our feelings; 
i strongly recommend this!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

livelovelibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

5.0

This graphic novel follows Tiến, the son of a Vietnamese refugee. Tiến is gay and he doesn’t know how to tell his parents and is scared of what they will say. Tiến‘s struggles to communicate with his parents because of the language barrier, but they communicate with eachother through storytelling. This story and the artwork is beautiful and poignant. 

As the child of a refugee, this book really struck a nerve with me and it really encapsulated all of the feelings that have been going around. I absolutely adored the art and the characters and I would recommend this book to everyone!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism