Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood

10 reviews

aliciareillife's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

katuoo7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

happyunicorn7's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Classism, and Deportation

livyq666's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and War

coopclown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Blood

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am in AWE. This is gorgeous. Immaculate. Read the graphic novel, I beg you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

klimatyczny_bluszcz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

Powerful, moving, involving. It was my first meeting with Gilead, but I want to dive into the universe deeper and discover the original Atwood's books and maybe the tv series? I really liked the style of the visual interpretation and the world's creation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage and Suicide

Minor: Grief and War

prehistoricpotatoes's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

jainabee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This graphic adaptation is visually beautiful and conveys the dystopian tone and social complexities of the story in a way that enhanced my appreciation for Atwood's novel. (I haven't seen the TV series) There is enough discretion in the visual details that much is left to the reader's imagination, yet the horror of the story's reality is not diminished. This is dark, depressing stuff, especially since the fiction is not far enough away from the facts.

There's no happy ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Abortion, and Death of parent

This is a dystopian classic; enter at own risk.

berodatheelf's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma