Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo

8 reviews

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

serendipity421's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Xenophobia, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent

rory18'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Antisemitism, Classism, Animal death, Blood, and Xenophobia

Minor: War and Death of parent

sparklefarm's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Xenophobia

bookish_bailey's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia

o_romeo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Xenophobia, Animal death, and Gore

riverlasol's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

I adored this graphic novel, definitely continued the darkling lore in an interesting way but never quite let him be the hero—it was interesting the many moral questions fit into just a short story—and how surprising the ending was (never saw it coming!). Overall I definitely enjoyed reading this. It can easily be read in on sitting and has very pretty artwork too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Xenophobia

literarycavy's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Xenophobia