Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business by Chuck Brown, David F. Walker

5 reviews

rileydobereading's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Racial slurs, and Racism

avisreadsandreads's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Police brutality, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, and Racism

rorikae's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.5

'Bitter Root' is an engaging graphic novel that explores how racism transforms human souls through literal transformations into monsters. The story follows the Sangerye family who battle against monsters that were once people who have now been transformed by their hate and racism. It presents intriguing commentary on how hate affects humanity and one family's way of combating it. The artwork is beautiful. The story moves quite quickly and there are a lot of characters introduced so it can take a second to get acquainted with all of the characters. One of my favorite aspects is that the back actually includes a number of essays that discuss topics central to the graphic novel, including genre, root magic, and more. I'm interested to see what happens in volume 2 and where this story goes next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death, Hate crime, Body horror, and Violence

shector1's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this! The art and storyline were really interesting and unique, I can't wait to dive into volume 2. 

I'm giving this a 5 out of 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Blood, and Murder