Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

8 reviews

happyunicorn7's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Rape

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Blood, Body shaming, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Classism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infertility, Death, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

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

coopclown's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Confinement, Infidelity, Suicide, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Genocide, Body shaming, Classism, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Torture

Minor: Fatphobia, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am in AWE. This is gorgeous. Immaculate. Read the graphic novel, I beg you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Infidelity, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Homophobia, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

klimatyczny_bluszcz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Powerful, moving, involving. It was my first meeting with Gilead, but I want to dive into the universe deeper and discover the original Atwood's books and maybe the tv series? I really liked the style of the visual interpretation and the world's creation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Rape, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide and Miscarriage

Minor: War and Grief

prehistoricpotatoes's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, War, Rape, Murder, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Confinement, Slavery, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Blood

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.

berodatheelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide