Reviews tagging 'Death'

Las Hijas de Ys by M.T. Anderson

24 reviews

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Gore

mswin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

cpersin's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Infidelity, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

gremlyn_w_a_hat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, and Gore

charleshasalibrary's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Emotional abuse

pixa's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This was so layered and the art is everything. 

“We live by devouring those we love. How can we help it? They're the ones within closest reach.“

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

snowsnakes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

A graphic novel retelling of an ancient Breton folktale. 

Definitely a favourite sub-genre of mine: it combines two of my favourite things (1) art and (2) folktales lol how can I not love it?

Why just three stars, then? I wanted more detail! My heart felt for the characters and the story ended before I could come to terms with what had transpired. I often feel this way after reading graphic novels... I just wanted to know more. See more. But I do appreciate the open(ish) ending.

Be warned, it was definitely a darker YA; the story tends to focus on the flaws of the main characters, and how they lose themselves (and each other) to these flaws. Personally, I feel like better communication, and regular therapy to work through emotions, would have benefited everyone and likely prevented the book's worst-case-scenarios. But then we wouldn't have a story, I guess. And, really, folktales are meant to make the readers/listeners reflect. So, in the end, it did its job well.

TW: abuse, murder, death, gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship

bitterseason's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Animal cruelty

krys_kilz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

The artwork is 5 stars, but the story doesn't quite hold up it's end of the bargain. The transitions were abrupt, the characters weren't fully fleshed out, and the world building was lacking. If the story was given more time to build and unfold - an additional 100 pages or so - it could have been much stronger.

With all that said, I still really enjoyed the retelling of the myth and am now curious to read some of the original versions if I can find them in English. The story was dark, but I felt that was necessary since it's moral, in this adaptation at least, was about the violence necessary to maintain empire and how the pursuit of power over others will destroy you and those you love in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Blood

saltylane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I found this story to be very interesting with turns I wasn’t expecting! I’m not familiar with the folklore it’s based on, but I enjoyed the  different paths of the main characters. The artwork is both beautiful and haunting, and I really like the style used!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death