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Monstress, Vol. 5 by Sana Takeda, Marjorie Liu

why_balloo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

doctorwithoutboundaries's review against another edition

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2.0

The storytelling is very poor and shoddy. Liu doesn't make this smooth sailing for the reader, always throwing in new factions. It's like [a: Layman|93094|John Layman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1316046488p2/93094.jpg] going overboard with the food powers in Chew, except Liu actually expects you to remember all of this to fully understand her universe. The art is great, the plot twists and character reveals are worth it and provide background, but the delivery is just so complicated. Cramming this volume with battle sequences doesn't help. I'm starting to wonder if Liu is an idea-person who can't quite bring all her ideas together to tell a story competently...

kweber1989's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

meg_thebrave's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

The creators are doing an excellent job exploring both Maika and Kippa’s development as characters. I love it. 

jeaniegreenie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

That ending got me feeling so emotional 😭😭

deannereads's review against another edition

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

4.0

akiluos's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

dreareads_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Literally the best volume of Monstress I have read. I was not prepare for the emotional damage this comic did on me. Damn.

charlibirb's review against another edition

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4.0

5 for the art, but I just can't distinguish many of the characters, who's on what side, etc. It's very unclear to me what's going in the big picture. 

eileen9898's review against another edition

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5.0

Oh my god