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Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo

58 reviews

sadie_g's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

cclift1114's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The artwork in this book was stunning and Leigh Bardugo’s storytelling of some of the Darkling’s origin story made me want to reread the whole Grishaverse again.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Violence, and Murder

folkofthebook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

a short but satisfying prequel to the shadow and bone series.
i found this really helped make aleksander a more complex, sympathetic character, and this story helps gives readers a better sense of the kind of life the grisha were living before he became the darkling. the art and coloring was excellent as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Violence

avie_1's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Animal death and Misogyny

_lazyreader_3565's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Gore, and Violence

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative 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? No

4.0

i had already read this story when it was just a short story but the graphic novel is beautifully done and adds a whole new layer to the story and is defiantly worth reading, both with having read or not having read the story before hand. 

also for very grisha fan clearly one that’s an added bonus and doesn’t need to be told to read it. 


i enjoyed this so much more than expected given it’s a format a normally don’t enjoy overly much - so clearly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Bullying

fadingmoths's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

jacksons_books_and_music's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I adored the short story version is all it’s chilling glory. The graphic novel and audiobook are even better! The audiobook team really deserved that Audie award. Wonderful acting and perfect foley! The graphic novel is beautifully illustrated by Dani Pendergast. I love seeing all the character’s facial expressions. Even if you’ve read the original short story, be sure to check out this iteration!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Child death, Blood, Violence, Death, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

agnela's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Classism, and Violence

Minor: Sexism

robinks's review

adventurous dark sad 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? No

4.5

I’ve had Shadow and Bone on my radar for a while, so I was excited to see a graphic novel adaptation of the prequel. Eryk is a compelling character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Child death and Fire/Fire injury