Reviews tagging 'Death'

Something Is Killing the Children Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV

17 reviews

alainam's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Gore, and Death

steveatwaywords's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I'm settling in to this series (as yet not completed, apparently!) and I will finish the story arc before doing a full review, but here is what I thought of Volume 2:

Much like Vol. 1, this is a dark gorefest with an insidious cabal of PR-masters behind it. We learn more about each, the tension and action (if not the terror) is ramped up, but nothing is really resolved. Tynion is not afraid to shock us by losing important (or seemingly innocent) characters, but again this feels more like a need to shock than an essential plot point. The brief appearance of a character with seemingly conflicting motivations (somewhat promising) is too-quickly dispatched. 

We do get some more hints at the Erica backstory, but this too is not unusual or especially insightful. In the end, this story currently appears to be an action romp with lots of night scenes and blood: there is little wrong with this (I'm still reading, after all), but I have seen so many graphic novels or series (including Tynion's) pull off more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Blood, Violence, and Gore

careinthelibrary's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

I don't think I'm going to continue with the series. I find the story just okay and the layout of the panels is frustrating and annoying and lead to me often having to read the pages multiple times to figure out which order it's meant to be in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Gun violence

karli_linne's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Gore, Body horror, and Death

alexisgarcia's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i wish i liked this a bit more :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, and Violence

eddiehits's review

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Excrement, Murder, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

felixreads0321's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, and Murder

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I liked it as much as the first one, it was a quick, enjoyable read. 

Spoiler

I found Aaron dying immediately after he charged at the monsters extremely funny, it was hard not to laugh out loud.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Gore, Blood, Abandonment, Child death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

jenny_d's review

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

As with the first volume, this was... fine? I found the panels very hard to follow. Difficult to tell whether there was a two-page spread, or just single pages. I continue to find the plot and setting uninspiring. It's not bad. I just feel like this was someone's Monster Hearts game or something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Gore, Grief, and Blood

pastel_princess's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, and Grief