memita's review against another edition
3.0
3,5*
O humor e as coisas estranhas e doidas fazem este volume. O senão é o rumo da história que não me parece bem definido. Muita coisa acontece, mas simultaneamente parece que o enredo não desenvolve. Apesar disso, diverti-me imenso, como sempre, e adoro as ilustrações!
O humor e as coisas estranhas e doidas fazem este volume. O senão é o rumo da história que não me parece bem definido. Muita coisa acontece, mas simultaneamente parece que o enredo não desenvolve. Apesar disso, diverti-me imenso, como sempre, e adoro as ilustrações!
aotrejo's review
5.0
El POYO!
Aliens, strange prospering religions, and babies born in outer space. This story is up in the air right now I don't know where/how it is going to end but I'm still enjoying the ride.
Aliens, strange prospering religions, and babies born in outer space. This story is up in the air right now I don't know where/how it is going to end but I'm still enjoying the ride.
rltinha's review
5.0
Além do demais nível muito bom. Há detalhes nóicos que lhe valem a última estrelusca: referências a Fringe e à origem cylon de Charlie Sheen conquistam-me.
poachedeggs's review
4.0
This is super-weird and such a fun ride. I love Guillory's illustrations and Layman's riffs on bird flu, family relationships, space invaders, super-hero birds, and strange talents. It's true (as some other reviewers have said) that the stories don't seem well-connected, but if you go in not expecting to understand very much or get satisfying resolutions in Vol 4, this will still be highly enjoyable.
ceraphimfalls's review
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The tragedy starts to reveal itself here. We start to realize how precious our time is with these characters, especially Miss Olive and Toni. My favorite of the food weirdo powers shows up, the vorsophic, and the space babies. These books are so bizarre and wild, but the world so beautifully moulded, I would accept anything these lunatics told me as truth.
sizrobe's review
5.0
This volume involves a chicken-worshiping cult and a voresoph: someone who is a supergenius, but only when eating.
rikki's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
crookedtreehouse's review
5.0
Much of what I love about Chew is the structure. There is generally one or more prologues that set you up for the main storyline, a moment of unreliable narration, events unfold, and then a last page reveal that entices you to pick up the next issue, without making it a cliffhanger. Each issue is tied up neatly so that you don't feel annoyed that (when the series was coming out in issue format) you have to wait 30 days for the next chapter.
This volume has five excellent stories, each one centered around Tony's relationships with particular characters that we were introduced to in previous volumes, and each one a piece of solving the puzzle laid out in the previous volume.
The fifth issue (chapter), in particular, opens with some beautiful full page spreads by Rob Guillory that suggest the scope of the events to come.
You should also check out the back cover of every volume of Chew. It contains the requisite synopsis to get you interested in the book, the awards the series has won, typical praise from trusted comic sources, and always one negative review also from a popular website or podcast. The only things truly missing are the cat pictures that readers would send in, that adorned the back pages of each issue.
This volume has five excellent stories, each one centered around Tony's relationships with particular characters that we were introduced to in previous volumes, and each one a piece of solving the puzzle laid out in the previous volume.
The fifth issue (chapter), in particular, opens with some beautiful full page spreads by Rob Guillory that suggest the scope of the events to come.
You should also check out the back cover of every volume of Chew. It contains the requisite synopsis to get you interested in the book, the awards the series has won, typical praise from trusted comic sources, and always one negative review also from a popular website or podcast. The only things truly missing are the cat pictures that readers would send in, that adorned the back pages of each issue.