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nswigert's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Sexism and Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape, and Pedophilia
spiderdragon15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood and Murder
Moderate: Animal death and Pedophilia
Minor: Animal cruelty
shelvesofivy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, and Violence
Moderate: Pedophilia, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse
oddduck's review
4.0
Still on the art train, there were several opportunities to take advantage of the visual medium, and this did not miss any of them. The scene where Katsa tells her king that she's leaving and she won't do his bidding anymore comes to mind, as she's explaining/thinking through how the fight will go if the guards attack her. That was awesome.
There were some things with the pacing that I thought could have been tighter and cleaner, but I suspect they stem from the original, rather than the graphic novel. Though now I am interested and mildly apprehensive to see how these particular spots are handled in the original book, if I noticed them here.
Looking forward to rereading the original, because this totally reminded me how much I liked it the first time I read it.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse
elle_dee's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence
queersubtext's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pedophilia
evenstr's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty
waqupi's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting and Violence
Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Animal cruelty
mirandavictoria's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia
The illustrations are gorgeous. The story itself is very dark though. I skimmed a lot of it because of this. I read it a couple of years ago and didn’t quite understand the weight of it, despite this, it is still a great fantasy.betweentheshelves's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia