Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Nimona by ND Stevenson

18 reviews

nat_kiverse's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

strawberrytheauthor's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted 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

This and Bloodlust and Bonnets are both so good. I describe both as wacky-evil fantasy. The real villains are always the ones that are the ‘good guys’ in the book and the characters all like murder a bit too much.

I loved this book it was so quirky and fun! It’s a fast read that still has depth. 

Quotes: 
“You can’t just go around Murder king people. There are rules Nimona.”
-said by Ballister Blackheart “the villain”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Violence, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and Bullying

Minor: Body horror

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.

trippalli's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

A sweet tale about a shape shifter kid who's had some rough times growing up and has become a villain sidekick.. Turns out there villain has a lot of ethics though and the "good guys" called the institution might not.. Where heros fall in love but end up in different sides and the kid has all the biggest powers it's a wild and adventures ride.  While cartoony and light in mode, said happens and could have triggers for some folks

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

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

martereadsbooks's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

Minor: Homophobia

book_snail's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of my all-time favourite books, and quite honestly changed my life. It has a diverse cast of characters, it employs a lot of trope-flipping that turns out to be really thought-provoking, and the relationships in the story are just *chef's kiss* so deep. It's a wonderful book; please read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Homophobia, Ableism, Blood, and Medical trauma

Minor: Grief, Torture, and Vomit

Most of the triggering content in this book is fairly mild; the only explicit thing is the police brutality. Any triggering content is done tastefully, and while I'm usually triggered by all of the above, it didn't really upset me.