Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Saga: Compendium One, by Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

5 reviews

gellyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I started off just kind of being meh about this series. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't obsessed. This is definitely a series that grows on you the more you read it. I've come to love and care about characters I used to hate, and I can't usually say that for a comic series.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Xenophobia, Racism, Homophobia, and Drug abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Torture, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

kenzie5227's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Terminal illness

printzgirl's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

 Saga is a fantasy space opera comic series that is currently halfway through its overall story arc. Saga follows a young couple, Alanna and Marko, as they flee from the governments of their respective home worlds that have been at war for decades. Alanna and Marko have committed the ultimate crime: falling in love and having a baby. All they want is to raise their daughter peacefully, but the rest of the universe wants them dead. Along the way, they encounter ghosts, bounty hunters, vengeful lovers, disgraced princes, reclusive authors, and more. 

I cannot express how much I love Saga, and I am eagerly awaiting the day that the authors announce when the next issues will start being published. From Fiona Staple’s gorgeous artwork to the complex characters to the gripping plot, this series has everything. Above all, it is a rumination on just how far reaching the effects of war are. No one is spared from its horrors, and often, the most innocent are the ones who lose the most. At the same time, though, Saga is about finding love and a will to live even amongst all the horrors in the universe. It is a beautiful and heartbreaking tale.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia

eamily's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Outing, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Abandonment, Classism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Rape

idlereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Genocide

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia