Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Monstress, Vol. 5: Kriegskind by Marjorie Liu

25 reviews

trash_reader_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense 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

4.5

This story is heart-breaking and intense. The artwork is beautiful and dark and adds to the narrative.

Maika is finally starting to question the events in her life and the past she both can remember and cannot remember, which gives the story a more personal touch to it. Maika went the entire series only caring about one thing and being nasty to others when they got in her way or didn't 

I still adore Kippa, and I love her fighting spirit and her bravery. I'm a little confused on the lore with Zinn, though. It just kind of came out of nowhere it seemed.

This series, and this book specifically, is heavy on the politics aspect of the story. There's a lot of double-crossing and treachery and secret motives involved in every decision made, but they don't really seem that connected. I'm hoping things get more cleared up in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I honestly have no clue what is happening but I still enjoy this because I like the characters I’m just not following the plot. It literally goes right over my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

fungivibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

f18's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, and Racism

Minor: Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Torture, Pregnancy, and Self harm

nudity

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 3 stars
Plot: 2 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
Art: 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Child death, Gore, and Body horror

aliciaclarereads's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Blood

bluelibrarian's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

_hex_libris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Gore, and Torture

booksandcoffeerequired's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence