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lintkaurea's review against another edition
4.0
Cada número de Chew tiene algo nuevo, pero tras tantos números se empiezan a agotar las ideas y todo parece un poco más trillado. Aún así, gran tomo. Sólo quedan dos.
rikki's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ceraphimfalls's review against another edition
dark
emotional
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
3.0
This is the beginning of the end and if this just the start... the pacing can only rev up from here. This is masterfully story planning at work.
sizrobe's review against another edition
5.0
After 10 volumes, Tony Chew finally confronts the big bad satisfyingly. There are still 2 more volumes to go to wrap up the space alien fruit subplot, and the epilogue promised the next issues will feel "terrible."
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
5.0
When a comic book series is a success, and its owned by Marvel or DC, that property will likely go on forever, handed from writer to writer, inker to inker, letterer to letterer, editor to editor, with varying quality. When a comic book creator owns the rights to their series, or else reaches a level of success where they can force their publisher to defer to their wishes (a la Neil Gaiman and his Vertigo characters), the quality has less variance, especially when the creator knows where their comic is going and when to end it.
Fables by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham was a really solid 75 issue story with a definitive and satisfying ending for those who'd invested years following the characters in the series. But the series was so successful that they decided to keep going and explore new plots. Now, I don't know to what level they outlined the issues after 75, but it appears to be Much Less than they outlined the first 75. For a while, the book was a jumbled mess. Eventually they were able to reign it back in and tell some interesting stories but many readers jumped ship when it appeared to be adrift. It went on for an additional 75 issues, and spawned a bunch of sequels and prequels and spin-offs, some of which are still being published. But, for me, the series ended with 75. I own many of the volumes that follow because I'm a completist, but if I ever sit down to reread Fables, I will likely stop at its intended conclusion.
This volume of Chew could have been the end.
It's true that not everything in the universe was explained, and not every character or villain was dealt with. But if issue fifty (the final chapter in this collection) was the end of Chew, I'd be satisfied. Beautiful art by Rob Guillory (as always), and John Layman creates rapid fire character development as the plots progress. Often when something is moving as quickly as Chew, the character development is completely surface, and doesn't stand up to rereading but Layman's writing and Guillory's expressions use just the right touches of reflection to make all changes of heart or refusals to change seem true to character.
I hope that doesn't spell doom for the quality of volume eleven.
Fables by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham was a really solid 75 issue story with a definitive and satisfying ending for those who'd invested years following the characters in the series. But the series was so successful that they decided to keep going and explore new plots. Now, I don't know to what level they outlined the issues after 75, but it appears to be Much Less than they outlined the first 75. For a while, the book was a jumbled mess. Eventually they were able to reign it back in and tell some interesting stories but many readers jumped ship when it appeared to be adrift. It went on for an additional 75 issues, and spawned a bunch of sequels and prequels and spin-offs, some of which are still being published. But, for me, the series ended with 75. I own many of the volumes that follow because I'm a completist, but if I ever sit down to reread Fables, I will likely stop at its intended conclusion.
This volume of Chew could have been the end.
It's true that not everything in the universe was explained, and not every character or villain was dealt with. But if issue fifty (the final chapter in this collection) was the end of Chew, I'd be satisfied. Beautiful art by Rob Guillory (as always), and John Layman creates rapid fire character development as the plots progress. Often when something is moving as quickly as Chew, the character development is completely surface, and doesn't stand up to rereading but Layman's writing and Guillory's expressions use just the right touches of reflection to make all changes of heart or refusals to change seem true to character.
I hope that doesn't spell doom for the quality of volume eleven.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
A pretty solid last issue. It is weird that there are two more. Sure there was a lot of violence in this one. And maybe not a lot of real character stuff. But the plot moved. And the use of the side-characters was good and creative. Even Poyo was better in this one, though like Dresden, Poyo is better dead. 3.5 of 5.
androthemeda's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
toystory242's review against another edition
3.0
idk why I'm still reading this graphic novel series or also why I'm still reviewing them because I say the same thing in every review: these are super creative and interesting but I just don't hold nearly as much interest in the story as I did in the first few volumes and I'm only really here because I was too deep to turn back lol. I only have 2 left and I will try to finish them up in 2023. I basically binged this volume this morning because I told myself I would read at least one of the volumes this year and we are days away from the end of 2022 lmao.
Anyway, these are good and I think they found their target audience when they came out because the average ratings for all of these volumes are super high. They're just not exactly my jam, but I still want to finish the series because.....I'm so close. I have to lol.
Anyway, these are good and I think they found their target audience when they came out because the average ratings for all of these volumes are super high. They're just not exactly my jam, but I still want to finish the series because.....I'm so close. I have to lol.
lampsunnies's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
This was fun but anticlimatic. I'll continue on with the series but it would've been fine to finish it here too.
This was fun but anticlimatic. I'll continue on with the series but it would've been fine to finish it here too.