Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Saga - Seitsemäs kirja by Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan, Antti Koivumäki

11 reviews

grey_jayne's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

As an immersive arc about war, this story works really well. Fiona Staples' art is on point even if Vaughan can't make it through a volume without adding "-tard" to something. Also, the use of pig Latin was stupid and out of place. At least the Trans character's storyline wasn't about being trans this time. 

Definitely feels like a Saga now, more than 40 issues in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Animal death

Minor: Ableism

callmeash's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

There’s a lot of death in this one. However you really get to see Hazel start to morph into her own person. I think this was a key turning point in her life where you understand more of why she holds the narrative that she does around love and relationships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

mavgyver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal death

literarylily's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, and Animal death

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

Boy this one was rough. 

Izabel 😭😭😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual harassment, Death, Gun violence, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Pretty good seventh volume!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Miscarriage

gerardine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

The more you care about someone the more likely is that your eventual parting of ways will be as sudden as it is baffling"

The most heartbreaking volume of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Miscarriage

anni_swanilda's review

adventurous emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, Gore, Pregnancy, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

marissasa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Just when I thought it couldn't get any sadder, it did. So much loss and grief in this volume. The creators really meant it when they said back in volume 3 that Mister Heist hated the "kill your darlings" trope because whew some beloved characters were lost throughout this series and this volume is no exception.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, War, Body horror, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Murder

allisonwonderlandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Rhetorical question: when will this series stop destroying me? Because this one made me straight up cry. One of my favorites is dead, there are several layers of tragedy to wade through from the planetary to the familial level, and these idiots continue to make questionable-at-best or completely-messed-up-at-worst decisions with their sex lives.

And it has one of the most gut-punch endings I've ever experienced. I don't anticipate a swift recovery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual harassment

Minor: Transphobia