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Monstress Book Two by Marjorie Liu

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wildsolcte's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

dykish's review

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

eli_abroad's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

The struggle for power escalates and war begins, while intrigue and betrayal continue to intensify. In the meantime, the characters develop, relationships become more convoluted, and more backstory is revealed. My rating for this second volume is identical to the first:

"This graphic novel is a completely immersive experience: the art is gorgeous, the story is complex, the characters are mysterious and fascinating, and the world is wonderfully textured. However, it was challenging to follow at times as the plot unfolds in a cocktail of perspective shifts, flashbacks, dream sequences, and intense world building...While the complexity is what gives this graphic novel so much to sink your teeth into, I often felt like I was drowning in the details."

I hoped this volume would be easier to follow after already spending 500+ pages in the world, but whenever I thought I had a good grasp of the tangled web that makes up the story, new elements, characters, and story threads were introduced. It sometimes felt like there were too many moving parts, but as I said before, the complexity is what makes it so compulsive. I'm not sure what I'll do when there are no more volumes to consume...

mj_them's review

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

ghastlycoffee's review

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4.0

4.5 stars

embee007's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-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

We were hungry.

That cliffhanger should be illegal!!

No one remembers us. We're just bodies that survived & take up too much room where we don't belong.

Absolutely beautiful art. I wish I could have screenshot so many times, but I was reading on Hoopla.

"Someone who has traveled the stars shouldn't live so far from the sky."

Moving story. Great plot. I'm definitely more connected with this book & I understand more of what's happening.

"...We cannot allow...our hearts...to break us..."

Beautiful prose.

"Hope is a strange feeling, Tuya. Hope is frightening. What is hope, except the possibility of disappointment? & yet, I've learned that hope is just another kind of hunger. Hope is another kind of fuel. To hope...is to ask for a possibility, just a chance, at something better. The smallest, most fragile hope will keep a person fighting, no matter how impossible the odds."

I need more, now.

"'Dangerous people have to love. They have to love more than the rest of us. Or else terrible things will happen.' / 'Terrible things, huh? Love has never stopped that from happening.'"

Representation: disabled, amputee MC, multiple disabled characters, sapphic relationships, characters are a mix of various races, & human, part human, & non-human.

"Bye, Mister Monster! Enjoy your book!"