Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

ExtraOrdinary by V.E. Schwab

11 reviews

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

2.0

The pacing is very strange and I wasn't really a fan of the art style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content

cloudbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

While I like the illustrations - they do take up a rather classical art style - the story retells parts that we've already been told in Vicious. With that said, I do still think this story could largely be read on its own though it doesn't have a conclusion.

I wish I had longer to get to know the characters. They felt a little too rough to be any more than stereotypes and that impacted the story a bit.

Not a must read but a "It's nice" read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

shadowspinner's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Violence

reginaexmachina's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, and Car accident

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide attempt

alexiab's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.75

This is SUCH A COOL GRAPHIC NOVEL! I love seeing the Villains world come to life, and the mini recap of Eli and Victor’s story before introducing the new plot was really awesome. I really hope there’s more of this coming in the future. 

The art style is also freaking sick, it has great atmosphere and attention to detail.  I’m not *crazy* about the designs for Eli and Victor, but that’s probably a me problem and doesn’t reflect on the overall artwork.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Self harm, and Blood

sambutwithbooks's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The story is fun and quick if you're a fan of the original material but I have to say the art is a big meh. I was hoping they'd go for a style more similar to that of the cover (I have the illumicrate version) but instead it looks like a generic marvel comic with out of whack anatomy and everyone looking 45 and older. 

The introduction of new powers is cool though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gore, Death, and Confinement

stardustandrockets's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I initially rated it 4 stars because of the cliffhanger ending, but I also didn't realize there would be more comics after this one. At least that's what I read in another review. I don't think Schwab themself has actually said or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, Car accident, and Medical content

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

In this world death is not the end; individuals known as EO's gain superpowers after dying and coming back to life. We follow Charlotte as she grapples with her newfound powers and its repercussions.

I really enjoyed this! I haven't read either of the main books in the Villains series but this got me up to speed nicely and it didn't impact my enjoyment. I loved our protagonist Charlotte, she was really well developed. The art style wasn't my favourite, however it did grow on me the more I read.

As an extra note the bonus short story Warm Up was fantastic!

Thank you to NetGalley and Titan Comics for an Advanced Readers Copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping