Reviews tagging 'Child death'

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris

5 reviews

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Cursing, Classism, Chronic illness, Rape, Misogyny, Mental illness, Gun violence, Gore, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Grief, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Excrement, Transphobia, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Deportation, Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Torture, Stalking, Drug abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Antisemitism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Medical content, Confinement, Colonisation, Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Drug use, Violence, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Slavery, Racism, Physical abuse, and Murder

kananineko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Oh my god, this was amazing. I’ve had it on my shelf for like 8 or so years and I’m so glad that I finally decided to read it! The art is amazing and I love the way the story was told! I really loved how although it was definitely an adult-audience story, not children’s or YA, it was told from the perspective of a 10 year old girl. I’ve never read a book like that before and it made it all the more interesting. 

Rating it 4 stars instead of 5 just because at some points I was a little confused, but I’m sure everything will be explained and wrapped up in the second book (which I definitely want to buy when it is released). Highly recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Cancer, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Blood, Classism, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Abandonment, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, and War

mothdan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Drug use, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

melaniereadsbooks's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The illustrations in this book are absolutely beautiful! The content is very difficult. It is a lot of sadness upon sadness without much respite at all, expect in a few small places.

The characters are very interesting and I really enjoyed reading about their stories. I know that parts of this are inspired by true events.

I will definitely read the sequel when it comes out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

boy_topics's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This book is heart-breaking and can be hard to read. Its super queer and you can definitely do trans readings of it as well. The art style is one of a kind. I took some stars off because there is a lot of suspense that leads to a not so conclusive ending that seemed kind of rushed. Too many loose endings for my liking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking