Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

25 reviews

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Really cool comic, I found it a bit confusing at times though. 
The art style was amazing and the characters were really cool!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

andimandi's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Homophobia

fifteenthjessica's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is probably my favorite of the 5 American comic books I picked up at the library to help with my GoodReads Challenge. I haven't finished one, but it's been slow going.

The story starts with four scrappy papergirls in 1988--Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ--sticking together for safety in numbers on the early morning the day after Halloween. Things take a turn for the weird when a walkie talkie is stolen from one of the girls by a trio of hooded figures speaking a strange language. They soon find that their suburban Ohio neighborhood has become

the battleground of a time traveling generational conflict and the rest of the town is missing.

The girls are a nice mix of personalities, and I look forward to seeing them bounce off of each other in future volumes.

Especially now that three of the girls have run into a future version of Erin.

This story is not for the faint of heart and definitely earns its T+ rating. Not only does it not shy away from blood and profanity (Mac spends most of her time swearing and smoking), but one girl goes into shock after a brawl and vomits and at another point

a girl is accidentally shot after another wrestles a gun away from her suicidal stepmother.

It hasn't felt gratuitous yet. But just because the protagonists are eighth graders doesn't mean actual eighth graders are up for this.

Art is good. Expressive, nice inking, eye catching color schemes, and great use of shading.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

alexandrac's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

autumnal_moon's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

reading_books_as_escapism_lol's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

komiification's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

yall... I have absolutely no idea what the hell happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

daydreamsonpaper's review

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Homophobia

jaidlyn_7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Violence

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

this graphic novel is okay. the art style is cool and i like the concept but it got pretty muddled for me. the characters were all pretty flat imo (but it’s so short so it’s hard to develop them so much). it was also pretty confusing at times. not my fave but still enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail