alishaabrahamsreads's review
3.5
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, and Grief
mswin's review
- 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
4.25
Minor: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence
gremlyn_w_a_hat's review
- 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
Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, and Gore
pixa's review
- 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
“We live by devouring those we love. How can we help it? They're the ones within closest reach.“
Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Sexual content
snowsnakes's review
- 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
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.
Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief
Minor: Toxic relationship
bitterseason's review
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Infidelity
Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent and Animal cruelty
oliverreeds's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship
libraryghost's review
- 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
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Sexual content, and Murder
library_kb's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
ehmannky's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The art and story remind me strongly of Cartoon Saloon's The Secret of Kells in terms of art style (big plus, I love it) and Evangeline Walton's Mabinogion retelling in terms of tone. There's just a hint of making it more emotional and palatable to modern readers (mostly giving interiority to those whose actions seem just flat out spiteful and nonsensical), but it doesn't make the retelling itself Modern. And I love a good feminist spin on an old tale as much as the next person, but there's something really compelling about reading stories about tragedies that stay tragedies.
Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Death of parent