Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

57 reviews

itsmemiana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 it was a lot darker than I was expecting but still very cool. and the artwork is absolutely stunning. Kippa is my favourite character, she's so adorable.

look up trigger warnings before reading if you get easily triggered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, War, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

fourfootedbeasts's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Blood

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? N/A

5.0

This is just the kind of graphic that I love to stumble upon and find out it's actually pretty fucking amazing! 

I love the art and characters, yes, even the bad ones! Very supernaturally and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

I absolutely loved this graphic novel (my 1st time reading a digital format). 

There was so much amazing detail, completely entrancing, I probably skipped over the narrative bubbles lol. 

Our MC is a complete BADASS and has a mysterious darkness to her that wants to basically kill anyone lol. 

Little fox and the kitty were my favorite characters, they're so stinking cute!!! 

The detailed architect just swept me away and I spent extra time just admiring the works of art. 

Even with its gory scenes, I was able to look past it, though it did turn my stomach. 

I'm excited to continue with the next volumes 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Violence, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Murder, Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, War, and Grief

jesseybean's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gore, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Genocide

ocean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Body horror, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

vigil's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Death, Murder, Racism, and Religious bigotry

teachingwithmagic's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Body horror, Genocide, and Child abuse

jadie_berg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Body horror, War, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Child death, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

litprof's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

Shockingly—I would say gratuitously—explicit, with graphic violence and death on nearly every page. Given that so many of the victims are portrayed as cute, I thought there might be an anti-meat messaging, but that didn't emerge.

The writer and illustrator clearly have a complex world in mind, but I found it difficult to follow the plot and relationships, or understand the world. My partner started reading it too, and even discussing the world didn't help clarify.

The lecture excerpts from the professor cat were somewhat helpful, but I still wasn't sure what was going on.

The illustrations are exquisite, but I will not be reading the subsequent volumes in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse