Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Paper Girls: The Complete Story by Matt Wilson, Cliff Chiang, Brian K. Vaughan

2 reviews

spooderman's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Animal death, Homophobia, War, Classism, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Gore, Child abuse, Murder, Car accident, and Bullying

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Addiction, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Racism

Minor: Slavery, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicide, Drug use, Alcohol, and Death of parent

lackyducks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A story that's well worth reading in one sitting so you don't get lost as I did, only reading the first issue many years back. 

This series weaves together a complex narrative in a way that never crossed into overwhelming. Information is spread across different timelines and the reveals always came when they feel right and rewarding to figure out. It's exciting to find out the relevance of actions and words in previous chapters as you learn more about the past and the future alike.

The cast of characters have heaps of messy personality. None are perfect people and don't pretend to be, opening up room for growth throughout the story. You can then see that growth reflected back towards the end, drawing the story to a satisfying conclusion.

The artwork throughout is clean and detailed. The different time periods show great variety in architecture and even the colour schemes. From the character designs to the variety of technology, there's a lot to love throughout.

There was also a point where timelines split that was shown in the formatting of the pages which I found really cool. A really creative and fun use of the format.

Overall, this series tells a complex story with themes a lot of people can relate to told in a larger than life way. Though the story can seem a little complicated at first, it's worth sticking through and seeing it to the end. I think I definitely made the right choice in buying the full collection edition.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Police brutality, Violence, Drug use, Body horror, Gun violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Cancer

Moderate: Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cancer, and Excrement

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy