Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Squire by Nadia Shammas, Sara Alfageeh

17 reviews

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Death

Moderate: War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This graphic novel is visually stunning, and the commentary on colonialism is quite nuanced because of the range of character perspectives we get to know. The ending was very satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Classism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Death

booksandteatime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Death, and Blood

whatisjordyreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Violence and War

Moderate: Vomit, Xenophobia, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

btwnprintedpgs's review

adventurous challenging inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

bookishdiya's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, and Fire/Fire injury

bookiecharm's review against another edition

4.5

“History, altogether, is a tool, and tools are neutral until they’re wielded. When you listen to a story, think about who is telling it. When you listen to a history, think about who it serves.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative sad

• 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

 With the section 'Squire and History' at the end of the graphic novel bc my reading comprehension is poor enough to be mostly unable to pick up on subtext unless if someone points them out to me as added context, the themes were really well executed and the storyline is quite well done. The characters also did stuff/ reacted in ways that made sense and the art popped off the page. A sequel would be really cool. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Colonisation

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Murder, and War

Minor: Ableism, Grief, and Bullying

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

Absolutely fantastic. The art is beautiful and filled with life and movement, and the story is gripping and powerful. I loved Aiza and her band of would-be squires and how the story interrogates history, who writes it and what truth actually is or isn’t.

I do think more exposition would have helped at some parts and the pacing was a little too fast, but overall I loved it. It’s full of depth and nuance, and the touches of humor added a lot, too. Highly recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death and Blood

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Death, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia