Reviews tagging 'Death'

Alice in Borderland, #2 by Haro Aso

10 reviews

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I picked this up as part of my continuation of this series. 

“Alice in Borderland, Vol. 2” continues to follow Arisu and his friends as they try to figure out how to survive Borderland. Chota’s and Shibuki’s visas are going to expire, so the gang has to enter a new competition. Unfortunately, the gang learns that Borderland is ruthless, and not everyone will make it out alive. 

This volume was intense. I do not want to spoil too much, but my heart broke for Arisu. 

This volume also introduces a new setting: the Beach. This is a cult-like place where they are trying to work together to get one person out of Borderland alive. I am interested to see where this goes because the story has now introduced a myriad of new characters. It also ended in a pretty big cliffhanger, so I am curious to see what resolution is going to happen in volume 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

errodiel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

ninahuynh's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow! The volume was longer than expected and so much plot has moved forward. It reminds me dystopian films where an "elite group" has been made by a group of long-standing survivors who try to create some sort of order by the ranks within the group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

mir_frog73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I think the ending really helped this book for me because I know that we are about to get to a great part of the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cass_lit's review against another edition

1.5

While I enjoyed the first volume, I did not like this one and do not feel the need to continue after this. I was intrigued by the idea of the Borderland, and I still am, but… I don’t know that I like it enough to to care about it if there aren’t good characters to root for too. So, that first plot point was sad. And then just in general — I HATED the treatment of women in this episode. There are a few really weird instances (especially because I’m pretty sure the main cast is supposed to be high schoolers?), but the kicker for me was the “cliff hanger” of Usagi about to be raped. Rape, because that’s the “punishment for girls” (Arisu was physically beaten up instead). I like to think Arisu is getting out and will be there to save Usagi in Volume 3, but I won’t be sticking around to find out. 

The two things I did enjoy about this volume were another Alice in Wonderland call-back with Hatter and learning the secret to getting out, which I thought was clever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

xxst0riesxx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Minor: Death

nicheinterests's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

loved this but deducting stars because of the goddamn misogyny. it’s more apparent in the second installment than the first. kuina & usagi aren’t as strong as they are in the show at all and even though I shouldn’t be comparing the two it’s just ridiculous how amazing all the female characters are written in the show vs. how they’re just… not as important here. sigh. story is awesome, but ….. yeah. aside from chishiya (his character design is excellent… it’s so subtle but even visually he is so reminiscent of the cheshire cat), usagi & kuina were my favorites in the show so it’s just very disappointing to see them being very. bland. and unnecessarily sexualized. I will say that an exception to this so far seems to be an - she is still a background character for now but her primary trait is definitely her intelligence and not her body. which I appreciate. but who knows, things may change. 

it’s very funny how quickly arisu became attached to usagi like all she did was give him a dead rabbit and now he is so ready to sacrifice himself to ensure her safety and escape from borderland. definition of down bad. 

r.i.p karube </3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

c_lde's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol