Reviews tagging 'War'

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz

7 reviews

gorggporgie's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

lvl52_grant's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I feel like I started at the end, having never read any TMNT comics before, but my god what an introduction! Something about "grizzled veteran fighting with their inner demons" stories just hit differently, and tug at my heart strings. 
Guess I now need to get caught up on the rest of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Blood

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

Action-packed and surprisingly devastating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rokami's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Wowowow. I haven't kept up with the IDW-verse, but after seeing Mutant Mayhem I really wanted a Turtles fix. This did not disappoint. The writing was incredible, the art was vivid (I love how it played with using different artists to symbolize different eras in Mikey's life), and I feel like it really is a neat little bow to wrap up a potential "end" of the TMNT.

The only reason it's not a 5 star read is because chapters 4 and 5 kind of start in media res, and they don't have a lot of explanation on how we got from point A to point B. That didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story much though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

indeedithappens's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

frankiejblue's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

joyful_soul_collector's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 This book was really really amazing, and broke my heart. This is the story of the last turtle brother as he grieves and gets revenge for his lost family. This story is great for those who love the TMNT, especially those for whom the turtles are nostalgic. It's understandable for people who've never read TMNT comics before or haven't seen all the cartoons/movies, but I wouldn't consider it a starting off point if you don't know anything about the turtles. I myself have only seen most of the movies and 1 season of a cartoon from the 80s as a kid, and there was only one important character I'd never met before:

Professor Honeycutt

. The story provided most of the context I needed for that character anyway, so it wasn't a big deal. The pacing of this story was really good, and all the artwork was amazing, I especially loved the pages done by Kevin Eastman. Overall this was a really amazing story and definitely one I'd recommend. Spoilers:

I was so heartbroken to find out Mikey was the last ronin. I'd been so convinced it was Leo, he was just so sad and old that I thought there was no way it was Mikey! Looking back I should've known haha, the text boxes for his thoughts are orange, of course it's Mikey. I remember wishing the whole time that just once he would say 'kowabunga!' But of course, he didn't exactly have a reason to kowabunga anymore, did he? I'm glad he's with his family in their little new york afterlife, and I'm definitely excited to see what's going on with these four new little turtle dudes...

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and War