Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV

10 reviews

raaachoo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

much better than vol 1! a little unsettling/anxiety inducing. id love to see more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Gun violence

alainam's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

mermaidsherbet's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Body horror

Minor: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Self harm, Genocide, Sexual content, Cursing, Deadnaming, and Grief

steveatwaywords's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Tynion's series continues (the 3rd--and final?--volume has not been released, yet) and this second volume is as compelling as the first, no small feat considering the "cliffhanger" resolution of the previous one. What threatened to be some kind of <i>Groundhog's Day</i> plot as quickly evolved instead to something more complicated, something more calculated.  And while Tynion has in some ways already offered us the end-game for all of his stranded characters, how they arrive their and what it means are far from predictable. 

Once again, excellent (and often ambiguously suggestive) artwork by Bueno and Bellaire support the nature of the storytelling. What I most appreciate from this (at least so far) is the grand scale of the story implications while tightly wrapping the action in a very localized setting. The characters are thoughtful and real, smart and emotive. 

For the first time in discovering a graphic novel series, I honestly look forward to the next issue!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Cursing, and Death

nerdysread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Pfiou je pensais que c’était la fin mais non pas du tout. Par contre j’avoue j’ai un peu peur pour l’existence de la suite parce que aucune single issue en anglais a ce que je sache… donc ça a l’air mal parti. Peut-être que les créateurs sont occupés ailleurs. A voir. 

Sinon j’ai toujours autant aimé. Mais je dois avouer que j’ai du aller voir vite fais la fin du tome 1 pour me souvenir. Mais de nouveaux secrets sont dévoilés, j’avais peur que ce soit répétitif mais non, en plus il y a de bons retournements de situation. J’espère honnêtement qu’on arrivera au temps présent du comics. 

Les personnages sont cools. Voir autant de persos lgbt et une femme trans sans que ce soit forcément le point focal c’est plutôt cool. 

Bref, mystère, actions, émotions, retournement de situation… il y a clairement ce qu’il faut pour un bon livre. J’ai aussi aimé le style artistique. 

Un point en moins pour le commentaire biphobe/homophobe d’un des persos 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Biphobia, and Homophobia

theromanticace's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

jazhandz's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deadnaming, Self harm, and Animal death

Self-harm is along the same lines in which it appears in the first volume. Animal death is one panel in one issue. There’s also a LOT of memory manipulation, and a brief tits-out moment.

mariakureads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

It took me a few pages to realize what happened and then I had questions which honestly led to more questions as I kept reading.

Walter is still in the center of everything but there's a melancholy in this volume that adds on to the tension as the group is sill together but oddly enough not the same from volume one and it's confusing as I had to piece together some things but honestly I have more questions.

One can only hope that there's another volume that'll help me find the answers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Confinement, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Gun violence

spooderman's review

dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Confinement, Deadnaming, Blood, Gore, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Self harm, Gaslighting, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Suicide, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Stalking, Animal cruelty, Violence, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Genocide, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Body shaming, Ableism, War, Outing, Racism, Bullying, and Transphobia

indeedithappens's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Murder, Torture, Violence, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, and Fire/Fire injury