Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Nimona by ND Stevenson

8 reviews

alagasianflame's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

An absolutely charming romp. The ending is ambiguous and far more bittersweet than the movie’s, but it is still a good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Murder, Confinement, Torture, Medical content, Ableism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, and Animal death

some_random_person_hi's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• 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

My reading comprehension isn't good enough to understand that ending. Everything before it was a wild ride though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Grief, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rnbhargava's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Nimona is a fun fantasy comic read. The characters are quite good. The world is inventive and specific. The web comic strip origin is quite apparent. Some chapters feel too slight but then others feel loaded with twists and turns. I liked the story, I get the appeal. It felt a bit thin. At points it could have used further panels expanding on what certain characters were doing. I liked it. I wouldn’t say it’s my new favorite standalone comic but I’m glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Gore, and Kidnapping

The themes can be heavy but the depictions in the art is all of moderate to light. Maybe only give this at youngest to a tween-younger teen.

zoiejanelle's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

i have been a huge fan of ND for years and was happy to finally sit down and read the infamous NIMONA. this story was extremely unique and i couldn’t help but to love Nimona and Blackheart the most. it felt like some parts had been cut (from the original web comic) for space, but otherwise the pacing was on point and plot was very entertaining. i feel like if there had been more world-building up front (because the setting really is unexpected and unique) or if i had read this when it was a web comic, it would be a 5/5. but for now, it gets a 4! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, War, Animal death, Blood, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, and Violence

penofpossibilities's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Child death

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emily_mh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

4.5

This was such a great story! It had a fantastic plot premise and execution, and I loved the combination of medieval and futuristic elements it used for world building. It reminded me of the Astronights Island on Poptropica. The action sequence at the climax was simply incredible and completely engaging. I also loved the father-daughter relationship between Nimona and Ballister - Nimona herself made me laugh due to her bolshy personality. While it took some time for me to click with the art style, once I did I really enjoyed it. Finally, there was good character development for Ballister and Ambrosius, but I would have liked a slightly different ending to give Nimona more of an arc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Child death, and Death of parent

readandfindout's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

On first read in 2017: 4.5 stars! This had so much heart and was honestly way more than what I was expecting. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a new favorite character.

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4 stars
Art: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Child death, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment