Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

57 reviews

allie_fawn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This series is gorgeous. There is a lot of names and lore to consume and that can be overwhelming, but I still highly enjoy it and the artwork is beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Cursing, Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Blood, War, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Mental illness

vr_alyssa's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

3.75

An intricate world with beautiful images. Very curious to see where this leads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, War, Genocide, Grief, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Blood

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

I decided to pick this up because the vibes felt similar to Claymore and oh boy it didn't disappoint. The art is amazing and deserves all the awards in the world and I'm liking the story so far. Although I can't in good faith give it a perfect rating 'cause I'm feeling way too lost about the plot and I feel everything is going too quickly, this is still a respectable 4/5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Genocide, War, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Ableism and Vomit

jenniferlynnkrohn'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Torture, Trafficking, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Confinement, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Murder

eli_like_a_lie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

I'd say my biggest flaw in this is neither the art (which is stunning) nor the story which is complex and intricate.  It's the combination of them, there is so much text that it doesn't let the art breathe, and at times the story feels unnecessary slow for the sake of the art

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Police brutality

mburnsides's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

miayukino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Torture, Murder, Cursing, Gore, Death of parent, Body horror, Violence, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Blood

twocents's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

4.0

"Do you ever stop running? Or would that require you to be too much with yourself?"

Beautiful and compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Child death, War, and Murder

jetix's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Slavery, Blood, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism and War

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

the_bookish_rose's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I’ve had this book waiting on my shelf for *a while*, so I’m glad I finally got around to it. I did not expect for it to be so dark, but the illustrations really make up for it! It isn’t a lighthearted tale, but I like the way it was handled for the main character to not be so much of a 100% good or bad guy.

My only wish is that I wish that some of the exposition would’ve happened sooner, since I didn’t fully understand the world building until I was almost done. I also wish I could’ve gotten to know the main character Maika more than what I got of her, but I think that leaves more suspense for the next volume 😅. I really like the magical system in the book, and I really look forward to continuing the series- I’ve been on a graphic novel kick lately and it’s really cool! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Death, and Confinement