Reviews with content warning for Gore - Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 2

They kept up the momentum of the first volume which is great because I was worried they wouldn't keep up that level of interest/ intensity while simultaneously not rushing through the story. The art is really beautiful too. Not too scary but enough to add the fear element.

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jessereadsthings's review

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dark fast-paced

1.0

Unfortunately, worse than the last book. Lost a lot of its potential in my eyes and was way too wordy.

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alainam's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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steveatwaywords's review

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I'm settling in to this series (as yet not completed, apparently!) and I will finish the story arc before doing a full review, but here is what I thought of Volume 2:

Much like Vol. 1, this is a dark gorefest with an insidious cabal of PR-masters behind it. We learn more about each, the tension and action (if not the terror) is ramped up, but nothing is really resolved. Tynion is not afraid to shock us by losing important (or seemingly innocent) characters, but again this feels more like a need to shock than an essential plot point. The brief appearance of a character with seemingly conflicting motivations (somewhat promising) is too-quickly dispatched.

We do get some more hints at the Erica backstory, but this too is not unusual or especially insightful. In the end, this story currently appears to be an action romp with lots of night scenes and blood: there is little wrong with this (I'm still reading, after all), but I have seen so many graphic novels or series (including Tynion's) pull off more.

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owlishbookish's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

The plot thickens. Volume two took everything that was established in volume one and dialed it up several notches. The monsters are (somehow) even more monstrous and judging by the events in this volume, the infestation shows no sign of being controlled.

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careinthelibrary's review

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

I don't think I'm going to continue with the series. I find the story just okay and the layout of the panels is frustrating and annoying and lead to me often having to read the pages multiple times to figure out which order it's meant to be in.

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