Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Palestine by Joe Sacco

5 reviews

robinks's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A powerful collection of images and information about the occupation of Palestine. The comics cover a wide range of intersectional topics. Sacco also writes about and acknowledges his privileges in being able to travel safely and have comforts in Gaza. It is wild but also unsurprising that this was drawn based on experience in the early 1990s, and 30 years later, it still rings true based on news from journalists in Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, Ableism, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Torture, Colonisation, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Bullying, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Deportation, and Excrement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Animal death, Fatphobia, and War

beanmilkcantread's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Genocide, Torture, Gore, Gaslighting, Cursing, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Hate crime, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Antisemitism, Child death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Deportation, and Blood

jhbandcats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Absolutely devastating. I’d been wanting to read this for ages - I love Joe Sacco - and with the fighting between Hamas and Israel in Gaza right now, it seemed the perfect time to learn some history. This was written in 1992-1993. Nothing has changed except the area is even more densely packed. 

Without citing specific examples, I’ll just say the situation is horrific, it has been horrific since 1948, it will always be horrific, and I see no hope whatsoever. 

This book should be required reading for everyone - EVERYONE - right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, War, Blood, Bullying, Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

parenthesis_enjoyer's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Ableism, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol and Rape

mscalls's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia