Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Nimona by ND Stevenson

93 reviews

breamfish1138's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I had to re-read this after the Netflix movie came out (which is also ⚡️METAL⚡️ as hell), and it still holds up. Art is kinetic and fluid, the story is somehow simultaneously goofy and emotive and poignant and the characterisation is on point. Sure, the pacing can be odd, but such are webcomics. ND Stevenson, well done dude you cooked with this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

joensign's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse

lavendwer's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

oh my goddd that ending hurt me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

prettyboypercy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Bullying

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Nuanced and uncompromising in its portrayal of trauma after discrimination, it still serves as a cute and heartfelt fantasy adventure with lovely character building and a mature narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Gore, and Grief

Be aware that there is non-consensual experimentation, unhealthy coping mechanisms for rage, and the guilt over disabling a loved one.

bohemianhermit04's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, and Blood

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I’m so grateful that this graphic novel exists so that the movie can exist. The movie is executed better. It was more cohesive, felt more emotional and had higher stakes.

But the characters are still here, still true to themselves and I love them so much <3

-Anti hero
-Disability and mlm rep
-reluctant father figure/found family
-villain vs good guy
-literal chaos goblin

If you love Nimona’s energy, I recommend the book Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
If you like Nimona and Ballister’s dynamic, watch The Last of Us. 

Book 1 for the
#TransRightsReadathon2024

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality and Pandemic/Epidemic

readingpicnic's review against another edition

4.5

I liked this a lot more than the movie honestly. Lots of gore and violence! I like that this doesn't shy away from getting super dark. Love the art style too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Gore, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

anispaperbacks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

 I had so much fun with this!!! I hadn't read it yet but I have seen the movie (trust that I ugly cry everytime I watch it) so I was so excited when I got my hands on a copy of it!! As it was a graphic novel, it was a super quick read. I could have easy done it in one sitting but I did space it out a bit to savour it :) At first I think it maybe felt a little jarring in comparison to the movie as it sort of jumped right in to Nimona being Ballister's sidekick etc etc but as I was reading it, it all started to feel more natural to the novel. In my opinion the movie did a more solid job of setting up characters, back stories, world building etc but that suits that media type while how the graphic novel did it suited its media type. Plot wise, they're fairly different, but again they both stand really well on their own and both are excellent pieces of media and I love them both dearly. It was great to be able to experience another version of Nimona and Ballister's antics and again, seripusly just such a fun and cool story. I love the characters and their, I love the cool futuristic medieval type world, I love the plot and its message (and i love the artstyle!!! its sososososo much fun as well) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Grief