Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo

8 reviews

lindasoderlundd's review

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

abelh's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Genocide, Grief, War, Child death, Self harm, Torture, Blood, and Bullying

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

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

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Death, Animal death, Misogyny, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

leedolee's review

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

I absolutely loved the artwork and being able to get an insight further into the Darkling's past. But also, damn, I did not expect that. 

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Content Warnings

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

emily_mh's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

This adaptation did a much better job at connecting Grisha infighting with Grisha persecution, so the narrative made sense in relation to the resolution and character development. The art was nice; I particularly liked the light line weight and the lettering. 

However, this was definitely not as entertaining as the original short story on which this is based. The original content was snappier, and I preferred the narrative structure of present-past-present as it created mystery and a sense of foreboding. Unfortunately this was pretty linear and even added unnecessary events - it seemed like there was an excess of panels used, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: hunting Minor: self-injury, eugenics, loss of a loved one