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Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

4 reviews

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

4.5

I like that we are further introduced to this thing connected to M.

Seeing other types of characters with animalistic appearances was really cool. Especially M's family, for some reason I thought she was the sole member of the Halfwolves and was floored that a characteristics knew was her kin (not spoiling).

All I pray is that Little Fox stays unharmed because she puts so much trust into M. She better not break my favorite characters heart🥺🤬

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Violence, Self harm, War, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Confinement

dreareads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

4.0

<i> "Little wolf, you have all those things. But they are safe within you, where no one can take them. Sometimes my darling... its better to hide your teeth" ....But hiding was never easy for me </i>

A shorter volume, but the plot is finally becoming clearer! The art continues to be absolutely mesmerizing, and the story does not hold back. The politics and alliances are always shifting, but a thread is beginning to appear. We also learned more about the monster inside of Maika, giving (him/them?) much more depth. 

One of m favorite aspects of the comic is when Maika is talking to another person (her mom, Tuya) while the present story continues to move forward in the panel. What a great way to show us more about Maika. 

Kippa and Ren continue to be the best sidekicks anyone could ask for!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Drug use, War, Murder, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

leighwilliams's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, and War

Minor: Torture, Drug use, Cannibalism, and Slavery

wordwilderness's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It’s been a long time since I’ve read something that I couldn’t put down, so reading this was like a breath of fresh air.

The story is dark and violent, but there’s a thread of hope that broke out in the most surprising ways. I loved seeing the characters change in this second volume. I never expected so much depth of character development from a graphic novel, but I severely underestimated “Monstress”. I can’t wait to continue with this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Torture