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kasisabella's review
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Beautiful art, fascinating world/ environment. Narrative hook and plot are intriguing. Curious to see how the characters develop, but they seem fairly one-dimensional at this point. It suffers too much from the male-gaze depictions of women to be enjoyable
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Torture
lanid's review
adventurous
dark
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt
grizzlysnack's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Overall a pretty okay comic, I would say the pacing is a little off-putting? I get that it's a comic and it's meant to be a small piece of a bigger story, but the speed of which the plot advances doesn't give the reader a whole lot of detailed information, if any, about what goes on between the time skips. Either way still a decent piece of media
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Murder, and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, and Kidnapping
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Classism
royalraspberry's review
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Gore
eight_of_tentacles's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
kipiekie's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gore
dytiscusfriend's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
One of the most frustrating things for me in comics is when white men try to write characters who aren't white men and just totally don't understand that other people might think differently than they do. The introduction by the author was excellent but from the first page of the comic I was disappointed. From choosing to center the least interesting characters to dehumanizing the protagonist with outrageous sexualization, this book's wonderful concept fell flat for me. The art is beautiful, the story meaningful in many ways. But it just wasn't up to snuff for me. No big deal, I'll just go back to avoiding comics written by white men. This one was part of a mystery bundle of sff graphic novels from the library.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping
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