Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Monstress, Vol. 5: Guerrière by Marjorie Liu

25 reviews

breezie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

This story is heart-breaking and intense. The artwork is beautiful and dark and adds to the narrative.

Maika is finally starting to question the events in her life and the past she both can remember and cannot remember, which gives the story a more personal touch to it. Maika went the entire series only caring about one thing and being nasty to others when they got in her way or didn't 

I still adore Kippa, and I love her fighting spirit and her bravery. I'm a little confused on the lore with Zinn, though. It just kind of came out of nowhere it seemed.

This series, and this book specifically, is heavy on the politics aspect of the story. There's a lot of double-crossing and treachery and secret motives involved in every decision made, but they don't really seem that connected. I'm hoping things get more cleared up in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I honestly have no clue what is happening but I still enjoy this because I like the characters I’m just not following the plot. It literally goes right over my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

fungivibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

f18's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy

nudity

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 3 stars
Plot: 2 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
Art: 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

aliciaclarereads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

bluelibrarian's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

_hex_libris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

booksandcoffeerequired's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder