A review by jorbeeporbee
Victor Lavalle's Destroyer, Volume 1 by Victor LaValle

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The characters aren’t fully likable which is the point. But I found the book to be doing something very interesting with an original story. After spending  semester studying Frankenstein adaptions I found this one to be missing something, but I may feel different if I continue with reading the other volumes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting

These are all things that appear in the book this book is shedding light on racism, police violence and brutality, and a child is murdered from police violence.