Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Invincible, Compendium Two by Cory Walker, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley

4 reviews

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Grief, Fatphobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Infertility, and Abandonment

maxor76's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

It felt like a few plot points popped up to make an impact and then fizzled out pretty quickly, where neither character really made a big comment about it nor did it really go anywhere. To the point where I don't know if the comic was showing it as a bad thing? Or just... a thing that happened.

I understand too that it is a gory comic but at times it almost feels like there aren't stakes when you see someone get badly injured. There are some miraculous recoveries in this.

But bro Invincible is so cool, Definitely up there as one of my favourite superheroes, I have been getting through these books so fast. 
I can confidently say that Omni Man would destroy Homelander in a fight, it's not even a competition.

The side characters are (generally) very interesting and likeably, so when Invincible isn't the focus it's still a good read.
It's always good fun for a side plot from ages ago to return and be more prevalent to the story, like a villian that was sidelined. It's something that lead to perhaps one of my favourite moments from this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Gore, Colonisation, Genocide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Child abuse, and Body horror

Minor: Infidelity, Cannibalism, Abortion, and Body shaming

shermansays's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Abortion, Ableism, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

squidd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

Absolutely fantastic.
Kirkman has a way of building up plot points and giving every tiny thing that happens a meaning; even if it doesn't seem that way at first, old plot points always sneak up on you and pay off.

There are big dramatic showdowns pretty frequently, due to the Compendium format, but each one still feels bigger than the previous because they build upon each other instead of being seperate stories, and the themes of justice and pondering the no-kill rule do a good job framing the whole story and giving everything the same theme.
There are a few story decisions Kirkman had made that I would do differently; but overall it's still great.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child death, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Abortion