Reviews tagging 'Death'

Monstress, Vol. 5: Warchild by Marjorie Liu

15 reviews

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I wasn't a big fan of war scenes in books up until now you know. Loving all of these

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry

electricdryad's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sixlimbs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Toxic relationship

vigil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pastel_princess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

someonehere25's review against another edition

dark reflective

• 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: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

breezie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

This story is heart-breaking and intense. The artwork is beautiful and dark and adds to the narrative.

Maika is finally starting to question the events in her life and the past she both can remember and cannot remember, which gives the story a more personal touch to it. Maika went the entire series only caring about one thing and being nasty to others when they got in her way or didn't 

I still adore Kippa, and I love her fighting spirit and her bravery. I'm a little confused on the lore with Zinn, though. It just kind of came out of nowhere it seemed.

This series, and this book specifically, is heavy on the politics aspect of the story. There's a lot of double-crossing and treachery and secret motives involved in every decision made, but they don't really seem that connected. I'm hoping things get more cleared up in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I honestly have no clue what is happening but I still enjoy this because I like the characters I’m just not following the plot. It literally goes right over my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury