Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

15 reviews

laurajones's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Terminal illness, and War

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia

armontheroad's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A stunning graphic novel that ripped out my heart!! I would love to read more volumes with these characters. The art was beautiful! The use of color to show when we were in the present day, the past, and following stories from fairytales was a brilliant decision. I read this in one sitting with a box of tissues at the ready. Everyone should read this!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Hate crime

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, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

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

perpetualpages's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

CWs: death, animal death, and death of grandparent; references to post-war Vietnam; allusions to domestic abuse and murder; some religious bigotry

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Violence