Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb

12 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

Possibly one of the best Batman books I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

imaginationindex's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

“Taking place during Batman’s early days of crime fighting, The Long Halloween tells the story of a mysterious killer named Holiday, who murders people on holidays, one each month. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Captain James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month, while attempting to stop the crime war between two of Gotham City’s most powerful families, Sal Maroni and Carmen Falcone.”

This is also the story of Two-Face, how he went from district attorney Harvey Dent to one of Batman’s rogues gallery. While this isn’t my favourite villain, I do appreciate a good origin story! 

What I loved:

• Tim Sale’s art is top tier!! The covers are so 90’s but the character designs too, favourites were Selina Kyle/Catwoman and Poison Ivy
• The pact between Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent (also Captain Gordon at this time). Without Jeph Loeb, I doubt we would have Batman Begins.
• Specifically Harvey Dent’s turn to Two-Face, it makes sense 

Honestly I have only one concern, and I wouldn’t even call it “What I hate” because it keeps you guessing but it kinda annoyed me…

• Each person I suspected as Holiday
  Gilda Dent, Alberto, and Harvey Dent 
  was correct… but tricked me. Again while this isn’t a negative and you should still read, I was confused and trying to figure out how they did it. 
• Honourable mention: Joker’s teeth. Iykyk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

proza's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

spooderman's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Incest, Sexism, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

xandra_lyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a classic, and it lives up to the hype. I really enjoyed the twists and turns, and wasn't expecting what happened at the end. I love when classics remained unspoiled (although I wish they'd kept the true story as part of the movie. The movie was incrediblely depressing at the end.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood

Moderate: Violence

Gun violence and blood: the plot revolves around a serial killer who shoots people....and you see it, so yeah... Violence: general street fighting, Harvey dent has acid thrown on his face

felofhe's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

woodenpersonality's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

twiceaselegant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

I believe in Batman.
A classic, riveting superbly compelling comic, even if the very end is a bit disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

ley_in_bookparadise's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

Magnífico. Al principio me costo engancharme, presenta muchos personajes. Y el primer capítulo sucedio muy lento oara mi gusto. Pero despues fue una carrera hasta el final por saber como iban a ir sucediendo las cosas. Me mantuvo expectante hasta la ultima viñeta.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence