serendipitysbloodyhand's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
bashfulbanshee's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
girloutoftime's review
2.0
2/5 stars
Trigger warnings: the term 'retarded' is used, racist comment, girl on girl hate, fat shaming, adult dating a minor, cheating, depression
The main focus of this volume, to me, was Knives wanting to kill Ramona. Scott breaks up with Knives, and I was a little confused, but I think the point was she didn't get the hint. He clearly broke up with her, but then later Knives is talking to her friend and makes it seem like Scott just said that he was thinking of breaking up with her because he was too old for her (which he is) something else I had a problem with was that Knives calls Ramona 'lardass' and that was completly unnecessary, she also calls her fat three or four times in a span of 10-15 pages. The girl on girl hate was astronomical in this. Knives shouldn't be mad at Ramona, she should be mad at Scott. Scott did cheat on Knives (he calls her his girlfriend, and you don't have to be intiment to be in a relationship) Ramona clearly didn't know about Knives(he made damn sure of that) I wished the writers would have had Scott break up with Knives in the first volume.
Trigger warnings: the term 'retarded' is used, racist comment, girl on girl hate, fat shaming, adult dating a minor, cheating, depression
The main focus of this volume, to me, was Knives wanting to kill Ramona. Scott breaks up with Knives, and I was a little confused, but I think the point was she didn't get the hint. He clearly broke up with her, but then later Knives is talking to her friend and makes it seem like Scott just said that he was thinking of breaking up with her because he was too old for her (which he is) something else I had a problem with was that Knives calls Ramona 'lardass' and that was completly unnecessary, she also calls her fat three or four times in a span of 10-15 pages. The girl on girl hate was astronomical in this. Knives shouldn't be mad at Ramona, she should be mad at Scott. Scott did cheat on Knives (he calls her his girlfriend, and you don't have to be intiment to be in a relationship) Ramona clearly didn't know about Knives(he made damn sure of that) I wished the writers would have had Scott break up with Knives in the first volume.
clarynathanwill's review
4.0
I found this volume a tad disappointing. I felt like it just lacked something from volume 1, but none the less it was really good. I'm pumped to continue!
jnikolova's review
4.0
Day 4 of the 7 consecutive days of comic book reviews on the WondrousBooks blog.
I love these books. It has taken a really long time to return to the next volume of Scott Pilgrim's adventures, but it has totally been worth it.
There is one thing I adore about the entire story: it is insane.
And they do not care. Weird things keep happening in this otherwise normal world, sometimes there are superpowers, sometimes it looks like a computer game, sometimes completely insane stuff happen and nobody bats an eyelash.
I absolutely love this atmosphere of "You can do whatever you want". Because that is literally how O'Malley operates. He takes the events wherever he wants them and nothing is too out there, while at the same time the weirdness is contained and not offensive. There are other series that I like that use the method of making you shocked by just using disgusting stuff to throw you off, but in Scott Pilgrim, the kooky stuff are still mostly innocent. While this is still not a children's books... But in Bulgaria people assume comic books are for kids so that's where I found this series and I think that will result in some very disturbed children.
I read the first volume in black and white and it was pretty fun reading this one in color. Definitely an interesting experience, though I did have this feeling like the book was not much different without the colors, like everything was so neatly described that I did not need actual colors.
I was looking forward to seeing the second evil ex, because he was played by my favourite Chris Evans, so that was fun, yet not as good as I expected, because the trade-mark eyebrows from the movie were not nearly as interesting in the book. They did have a similar shape, but later on I noticed other characters get the same thing in some situations.
I have a serious problem with Scott himself. He is sooo bad, the is lazy, not exactly intelligent, does not possess many qualities or talents to begin with and is kind of dull. And yet, I find the story interesting, which means that there are so many factors adding to him not being overwhelmingly annoying.
Therefore, awesome read! I recommend the entire series!
I love these books. It has taken a really long time to return to the next volume of Scott Pilgrim's adventures, but it has totally been worth it.
There is one thing I adore about the entire story: it is insane.
And they do not care. Weird things keep happening in this otherwise normal world, sometimes there are superpowers, sometimes it looks like a computer game, sometimes completely insane stuff happen and nobody bats an eyelash.
I absolutely love this atmosphere of "You can do whatever you want". Because that is literally how O'Malley operates. He takes the events wherever he wants them and nothing is too out there, while at the same time the weirdness is contained and not offensive. There are other series that I like that use the method of making you shocked by just using disgusting stuff to throw you off, but in Scott Pilgrim, the kooky stuff are still mostly innocent. While this is still not a children's books... But in Bulgaria people assume comic books are for kids so that's where I found this series and I think that will result in some very disturbed children.
I read the first volume in black and white and it was pretty fun reading this one in color. Definitely an interesting experience, though I did have this feeling like the book was not much different without the colors, like everything was so neatly described that I did not need actual colors.
I was looking forward to seeing the second evil ex, because he was played by my favourite Chris Evans, so that was fun, yet not as good as I expected, because the trade-mark eyebrows from the movie were not nearly as interesting in the book. They did have a similar shape, but later on I noticed other characters get the same thing in some situations.
I have a serious problem with Scott himself. He is sooo bad, the is lazy, not exactly intelligent, does not possess many qualities or talents to begin with and is kind of dull. And yet, I find the story interesting, which means that there are so many factors adding to him not being overwhelmingly annoying.
Therefore, awesome read! I recommend the entire series!
toystory242's review
4.0
I wish I had gotten all of the volumes from the library because these are so fun and so fast!