Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Victor LaValle's Destroyer by Dietrich Smith, Victor LaValle

3 reviews

coriandercilantro's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

read this if you want to support Women's Wrongs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Gun violence

jessereadsthings's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

Good concept, but I think I would have enjoyed it more as a book or maybe a longer form comic series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child death, Death, Animal death, and Police brutality

kingcrookback's review

dark reflective fast-paced

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

This is a very interesting take on the themes of humanity and hubris that Shelley explored in the original Frankenstein. I would have gladly spent more time reading about how race and racism affect people's perception of humanity and compassion (especially in America) and about the intersection between science/the pursuit of knowledge and capitalism. But maybe it's a characteristic of the more visual medium (I don't have much experience with graphic novels, so I wouldn't know) or a consequence of the shorter length of the story, a lot of the themes felt very heavy-handed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Child death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Animal death