Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V

7 reviews

bonriki's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Racism and Pregnancy

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Maybe the real immortality was the deaths we made along the way ❌️❌️❌️

Beautiful GORGEOUS art. So much life, so much character! And the story is great too but I really fawned over the art, the colors, the perspectives, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder

Minor: Racism and Abandonment

huntress's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nini23's review against another edition

hopeful

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

spooderman's review

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pregnancy

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

This was such a beautiful story about gods and mortals and life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Classism

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thewordsdevourer's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

the many deaths of laila starr - w/ ram v's wholly original and clever story, andrade's vibrant and stylish art - is a refreshing graphic novel that's nevertheless a lil short on emotional impact.

the story delves into themes of death and life, mortality and remembering, and does so movingly in almost every chapter, w/ the last one being esp heartfelt. the incorporation of hinduism and its gods, as well as the indian setting, are also clever and refreshingly diverse. the art can be stunning at times as well (esp the establishing panels), detailed yet never suffocating.

however, the pacing can be off sometimes, and focus on laila's search for darius means we dont learn too deeply abt the characters, thus not having much emotional connection w/ them. certain chapters also feel like merely a vehicle to reach the patterned end of laila's death.

still, this book's a breath of fresh air in many respects, and i enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Car accident and Classism

Minor: Terminal illness, Grief, and Pregnancy