mschlat's review against another edition
3.0
At this point, it's difficult to review this without spoilers. I will say that there's a kickass chase sequence that takes up about one-quarter of the book and fully uses the series' premise. The conclusion (with black panels and narration) reminded me of Shiga's minicomic [b:Fleep|9058150|Fleep|Jason Shiga|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1335912018s/9058150.jpg|13936118]. At this point, I'm not really sure where the series is headed, and I'm not sure that's a good thing.
sizrobe's review against another edition
5.0
So good. You can tell the author thought long and hard about immortality and the situations the demonized protagonist got into.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
4.0
There's a scene in this volume of Shiga's disturbing immorality immortality play, when the protagonist is explaining to a child how awful the world is. It goes on for several pages without too much change in the art. It a long soliloquy about how age destroys the joy of youth. It's not a terribly original conceit, but when delivered by someone several hundred years old, who has been splitting his life between protecting his daughter and being as hedonistic as possible, often at the expense of others, is really effective.
The expansion of understanding how the demonology works in this book is also really fascinating. And the ending brought out a whole new level of Whatthefuckness, which is impressive, given that this series started with a guy repeatedly killing himself after the death of his family.
The only drawback was that the book jumps over three hundred years between the end of volume two and the middle of volume three, and yet the world looks exactly the same. It actually looks a bit late twentieth century. It didn't ruin the story or anything, it just briefly pulled me out of the narrative to think that the world would be so similar in 2400, given how the world has changed in the mere forty years I've been alive.
Everything else about this book is top-notch Shiga, and I can't wait to see how he concludes this series. (But I can wait. I'd rather read the books than check out the already completed webseries.)
The expansion of understanding how the demonology works in this book is also really fascinating. And the ending brought out a whole new level of Whatthefuckness, which is impressive, given that this series started with a guy repeatedly killing himself after the death of his family.
The only drawback was that the book jumps over three hundred years between the end of volume two and the middle of volume three, and yet the world looks exactly the same. It actually looks a bit late twentieth century. It didn't ruin the story or anything, it just briefly pulled me out of the narrative to think that the world would be so similar in 2400, given how the world has changed in the mere forty years I've been alive.
Everything else about this book is top-notch Shiga, and I can't wait to see how he concludes this series. (But I can wait. I'd rather read the books than check out the already completed webseries.)
orangerful's review against another edition
5.0
Something is very wrong with Jason Shiga and I am so happy he writes this demented series that is totally messed up but so much fun to read. I was cracking up while reading this because it just gets so off the wall ridiculous.
pmileham's review against another edition
3.0
I thought this was going to be a low point, but the last chapter brought me right back in.
ethancf's review against another edition
4.0
I'm seeing a lot of hate for this one on here, even from folks who reviewed the previous two volumes well, and I don't quite get it. This has less exposition than volume 2 and has probably the best action sequence of the series yet; a chase where distance really, really matters and the stakes are high. This series is devilishly unique, hilarious, and endlessly creative.
ryansiriwardene's review against another edition
3.0
The Sex scene was quite funny between the demon and agent
pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
Demon, Volume 3 by Jason Shiga is the penultimate book in this graphic novel series that ranks up there with some of the weirdest and most memorable series I've read.
Reunited now with Sweetpea, Jimmy Yee is on a multi-decade bender. But even the best of the most hedonistic activities available get boring over time. The search for bigger, better, badder, more perverted — becomes the addiction. And the honeypot.
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2017/comments_10/demon_volume_3.html
Reunited now with Sweetpea, Jimmy Yee is on a multi-decade bender. But even the best of the most hedonistic activities available get boring over time. The search for bigger, better, badder, more perverted — becomes the addiction. And the honeypot.
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2017/comments_10/demon_volume_3.html
zachb's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5