Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 3 by James Tynion IV

18 reviews

directorpurry's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting

melissa_cosgrove's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Enjoying the fuck out of this series. I liked learning more about the House of Slaughter and the Order of St. George. Love the burgeoning friendship between Erica and James. Excited to see where they end up next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

kaitd97's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

colie1018's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

magpienicky's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

pandaaaaa14's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

swimfast724's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

They kept up the momentum of the first volume which is great because I was worried they wouldn't keep up that level of interest/ intensity while simultaneously not rushing through the story. I wish it could have been longer. The art is really beautiful too. Not too scary but enough to add the fear element. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Grief

steveatwaywords's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This 3rd volume completes the first main story arc for the series, resolving the cliffhanging end of Vol 2 (Issues #10). 

Much of this resolution, somewhat predictable, was unnecessary conflict to begin with. In other words, the sheer irrationality of the human antagonists made them an implausible and unsatisfying adversary for Erica's story; this is especially true when the story was escalating on its own with the monsters themselves. There was plenty of weighty story for Erica and allies to deal with in that small town. In the end, the resolution for the monster-side was a quick one, and the one with her human antagonists was resolved outside of the main action.

That said, the human story resolution of this series of issues was original and provocative, making it the highlight of the 3 volumes so far. I totally bought it, as desperate and classically 'awe-full' as it was. 

This is a potentially powerful series--as I would expect from Tynion--but as it continues, I am hoping for more of this kind of imaginative storytelling than trope-heavy retreads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Violence

danimacuk's review

dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

karli_linne's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Grief