Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood

4 reviews

livyq666's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Physical abuse, Suicide, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, War, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Infertility, Police brutality, Violence, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

theaceofpages's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I don't know how much it is because I don't read many graphic novels,  but I feel like you might struggle to follow this if you aren't familiar with the story. I'm vaguely familiar with the plot but still felt a little lost at times. That being said, the art is absolutely beautiful and I enjoyed the different colour choices for different times and themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infertility, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Rape, and Infidelity

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion

jainabee's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This graphic adaptation is visually beautiful and conveys the dystopian tone and social complexities of the story in a way that enhanced my appreciation for Atwood's novel. (I haven't seen the TV series) There is enough discretion in the visual details that much is left to the reader's imagination, yet the horror of the story's reality is not diminished. This is dark, depressing stuff, especially since the fiction is not far enough away from the facts.

There's no happy ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Ableism, Abortion, and Infidelity

This is a dystopian classic; enter at own risk.

gabrielleclarke05's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Ouch. The illustrations were great and the story was sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual violence, Torture, Abortion, Body shaming, Colonisation, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Acephobia/Arophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Torture