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What Is The Plot Of I Kill Giants?

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Olivia
Olivia
Meet Barbara Thorson, 13 years old and a giant-slaying warrior using a massive warhammer to fight her own giants. On the surface, this graphic novel is a fantastical journey with a huge and powerful warhammer but ‘I Kill Giants’ is actually a very emotional and realistic portrayal of a young girl trying to deal with the trauma of her mother’s terminal illness. Barbara’s imagination and her fierce defenses are revealed as she slowly strips away her tough exterior to reveal a vulnerable kid.

I Kill Giants is a really beautiful graphic novel because it is able to explore the really fantastical world that Barbara has created in order to escape the reality of her mom’s terminal illness, while also exploring the really painful and real ways in which she deals with that. Her interactions with her therapist and her sister are particularly honest and painful. Her friendly relationship with a little girl from the neighborhood is great too. The final battle with the Titan is very real. It’s not just a physical fight, but also a very emotional and psychological one. Barbara finally breaks down and screams at the universe for all of the pain it has caused her. I tear up just thinking about it. There is one scene in the hospital with her mom where she whispers, “I’m not brave,” and it made me cry too. The end of the graphic novel does not provide any easy answers for the problems that Barbara faces, but it does leave you with the hope that even after the giants have been defeated, we are still able to keep walking forward.
2025-12-05
Isla
Isla
I basically cried on this one. 'I Kill Giants' by Vertigo follows Barbara, a lonely young girl who believes she is required to defend her town against giants. What makes Barbara interesting is that her approach to Giants is almost that of a Dungeon Master, creating her own story with her own personal arsenal of weapons that she makes herself. What the reader interprets to be a quirky and imaginative young girl avoiding her real life is in fact a young girl avoiding her real life because her mother is dying of cancer. The creatures she believes to be Giants are manifestations of her own fear of her looming loss. A very beautiful film in a very non-pretty way. The final battle with the ‘Titan’ is not a test of muscle, but a test of will and ultimately of when to surrender. The film ends with a very realistic hug between Barbara and her mother, and that’s all. I cried.
2025-12-05

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