Reviews tagging 'Death'

Something Is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV

55 reviews

sai_like_sigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

torismazarine's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lucas_mannion's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

loved the art style, interesting story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

hagwife's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is one of my all-time favourite graphic novels, probably second only to Black Magick. If you like Wytches or Saga, this is definitely up your alley. Hard to say much more about it without giving anything away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

Important to note that the warning for homophobia is based on an interaction with side characters and is not a primary stance of the book, quite the opposite.

crustieloaf's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.25

I got the comic brainworm and subbed to comixology because they have a 30 day free trial and I’m cheap. I used to read a lot of superhero comics when I was younger, but now I’m a depressed adult so this was a great series to start with. The art and story are fantastic, and has mastered the horror and suspense of a page turn. If you’re reading this on some sort of device like I am (yay iPad), I highly recommend using cinematic mode. Although part of me is still a comic purist and I was to see the layout of the frames and everything, cinematic mode makes things WAY spookier. Starting volume 2 now :)

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Content Warnings

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

eldritch_horror's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

This installment got me hooked on the start of this series. I find the topic matter heavy, but interesting, and it ties in some “real world” issues into this more fantasy world. Not a lot of exposition or growth yet, it’s just the first book in the installment and it’s doing more world building than development, but I enjoy it regardless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

madmayham's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Essa amostra do primeiro capítulo do quadrinho foi muito interessante. Foi uma forma de fazer as pessoas terem vontade de ler o volume inteiro.
Valeu a pena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Cursing and Homophobia

bethanie_l's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Really great mystery so far, I enjoy the art style a lot. Even in still frames there's a sense of motion. This story got me to say "what the fuck!" out loud multiple times. I'm intrigued by basically everything. The grief was palpable, everyone is acting in a fucked up way but you get it because this entire town is going through a mass trauma together. Every character in this story is broken in some way.

I don't usually read very fast, but I read this during basically all of my very little free time. 

I think it probably goes without saying because of the title, but to be clear: this is about children being slaughtered. It is shown in graphic detail. If you can't handle seeing a half-alive dismembered child, which is super understandable, then this story is not for you. It's not that it's as realistic as a movie, that's obviously not possible. It's just really, really gruesome. I have a strong stomach and I had a hard time with this, but it was worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Stalking

cyberarcanist's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Child death, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

ina_loves_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood