Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson

23 reviews

pointeshoebookworm's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Infidelity, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

alishaabrahamsreads's review

dark tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, and Grief

cpersin's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Infidelity, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

charleshasalibrary's review

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Emotional abuse

pixa's review

adventurous dark hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This was so layered and the art is everything. 

“We live by devouring those we love. How can we help it? They're the ones within closest reach.“

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

snowsnakes's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

A graphic novel retelling of an ancient Breton folktale. 

Definitely a favourite sub-genre of mine: it combines two of my favourite things (1) art and (2) folktales lol how can I not love it?

Why just three stars, then? I wanted more detail! My heart felt for the characters and the story ended before I could come to terms with what had transpired. I often feel this way after reading graphic novels... I just wanted to know more. See more. But I do appreciate the open(ish) ending.

Be warned, it was definitely a darker YA; the story tends to focus on the flaws of the main characters, and how they lose themselves (and each other) to these flaws. Personally, I feel like better communication, and regular therapy to work through emotions, would have benefited everyone and likely prevented the book's worst-case-scenarios. But then we wouldn't have a story, I guess. And, really, folktales are meant to make the readers/listeners reflect. So, in the end, it did its job well.

TW: abuse, murder, death, gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship

pastel_princess's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

Minor: Blood

bitterseason's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Animal cruelty

krys_kilz's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

The artwork is 5 stars, but the story doesn't quite hold up it's end of the bargain. The transitions were abrupt, the characters weren't fully fleshed out, and the world building was lacking. If the story was given more time to build and unfold - an additional 100 pages or so - it could have been much stronger.

With all that said, I still really enjoyed the retelling of the myth and am now curious to read some of the original versions if I can find them in English. The story was dark, but I felt that was necessary since it's moral, in this adaptation at least, was about the violence necessary to maintain empire and how the pursuit of power over others will destroy you and those you love in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Blood

asphodelashes's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Beautifully illustrated, and definitely reads like a more modern interpretation of a fairy tale. I'm not sure how I feel about the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual content