Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Saga, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan

6 reviews

tree_branch's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, and Violence

the_greywarren's review

adventurous emotional funny relaxing fast-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? Yes

3.5

Re-read in preparation for Saga Vol. 10
This one again was a bit of a dull one, it mostly focuses on blooming marital issues, but the introduction of Dengo and the conflict in the Robot Kingdom was pretty interesting, but overall this one felt like more of a kickstart for a new arc rather than something exciting, similar to Vol. 2

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Drug use, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

rlgreen91's review

adventurous emotional 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

I'll be honest, I was a little nervous about the introduction of another storyline. I know that from a genre perspective, comics and graphic novels are supposed to be a great medium for having parallel storylines that intersect only at the author's desire - that it can all be connected or not at all. Still, it seemed a bit risky given that while we had definitely come to a stopping point in other storylines, we had not actually come to their conclusion. But the twist and integration into the overarching plot worked very well - I'm intrigued to see what happens when our heroes arrive at this destination. Well, maybe heroes is a stretch, and they still have to find their destination, if they actually can, but you get what I mean. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

dreareads_'s review

5.0

I hated this volume and I adored this volume. 

Watching your favorite family grow apart hurts but it was so wonderfully done.

Spoiler

watching Alana go through drug addiction was harrowing, I wanted to grab her and just shake her. Watching her destroy her life and relationship was heartbreaking

Marko my sweet man, I just want all good things to happen to him. Baby Hazel is so freaking cute! 

Also this comic is so freaking funny. My favorite panel has to be our introduction to the TV king lmao. 

I cannot wait to read Volume 5 asap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, War, Infidelity, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping

marissasa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-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

4.75

This volume picks up after a little time skip, and I really like that choice as the progression felt natural. It was very fun to see Hazel a little bit older, speaking and walking around as a toddler now and interacting with the world around her more. I also loved how the conflicts started with general married spouse arguments, tension rising, until the stakes suddenly spiked again by the end of the volume with a big cliffhanger ending. We are essentially following 3 different groups of characters and their storylines, but seeing how they are tied together and how they inevitably clash is the thrilling and juicy part. I have come to love almost all of the diverse cast of characters and am just speeding through these comics because I can't wait for more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Violence, War, Addiction, Blood, and Infidelity

nila's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

I'm finding it increasingly challenging to rate this volumes, as they contain such small snippets of the complete story. I'm still enjoying it, though I'm sad about where the story is going for my favorite characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent