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alexashabit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Ableism, and Animal death
Minor: Child death, Dementia, Sexism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Confinement
thecriticalreader's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, War, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Confinement, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Blood, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Genocide, Abortion, Cursing, Addiction, Pedophilia, and Incest
minpin's review
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, Outing, Rape, War, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Sexual content
Minor: Confinement, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder
captainroz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, War, Death, Grief, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Rape and Gun violence
Minor: Death of parent and Child death
bluejay21's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Hate crime
yavin_iv's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Hate crime
Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
sherbertwells's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“The shaping of a golem, to [Kavalier], was a gesture of hope, offered against hope, in a time of desperation. It was the expression of a yearning that a few magic words and an artful hand might produce something—one poor, dumb, powerful thing—exempt from the crushing strictures, from the ills, cruelties and inevitable failures of the greater Creation. It was the voicing of a vain wish, when you get down to it, to escape” (582).
“Though he had been conceived originally as a newspaper hero, Superman was born in the pages of a comic book, where he thrived, and after this miraculous parturition, the form finally began to emerge from its transitional funk, and to articulate a purpose for itself in the marketplace of ten-cent dreams: to express the lust for power and the gaudy sartorial taste of a race of powerless people with no leave to dress themselves” (77).
“‘I wish [the Escapist] was real,’ said Joe, suddenly ashamed of himself. Here he was, free in a way that his family could only dream of, and what was he doing with his freedom? Walking around talking and making up a lot of nonsense about someone who could liberate no one and nothing but smudgy black marks on a piece of cheap paper. What was the point of it? Of what use was walking and talking and smoking cigarettes?
‘I bet,’ Sammy said. He put his hand on Joe’s shoulder. ‘Joe, I bet you do’” (135)
*My dad is a comic book collector, and I suspect I first wanted to write about Jack Kirby to impress him. Father figures play an important role in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay as well.
Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia
A lot of the main characters smoke, as was common in the 1940s. It's not really addressed.