Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Monstress - Despertar by Marjorie Liu

8 reviews

celestriakle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I was just lamenting the way western comics tend to be stiffer and less dynamic than most manga, and then along comes monstress. the art in this is absolutely stunning. (though a few points lost for some characters who look so similar i struggled to tell them apart.) the lore is DENSE and they just throw you in, but its still progressive enough you can put things together. dont sweat the names, you'll pick it up. i never felt overwhelmed.

i also really liked how most of the characters were women, even mooks and minoe bg charaters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, and Pedophilia

Minor: Rape, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

korii48's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

ithladin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Gorgeous art, good worldbuilding, interesting history... but all the triggers!! 

I would love to read something more happy/hopeful with the same art/worldbuilding though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

fictionalportal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

For real one of the best books I've read, graphic novel or otherwise. Astonishingly good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

lena_taco's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wonderfully dark and the artwork is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

clara_wiecks_no_1_fan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

wordwilderness's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed reading this! Definitely a good introduction to graphic novels. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

Minor: Cursing, Rape, and Sexual violence

Since this is a graphic novel, some images depict gore, death, cannibalism etc.. (I put the CW that are on page/shown in images in the graphic category).

f18's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

minor (non-explicit) nudity of minors, hanging/lynching, child slavery