androthemeda's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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
4.25
I’m into it. You can tell that this was a passion project.
ria_mhrj's review
4.0
Chew is fast becoming a favourite series, unlike anything I have sampled before. I love the art work and the storytelling keeps getting better and better - this volume in particular did some fantastic work with developing plots involving Mason, Amelia and John, as well as the great big mystery of POYO (I feel POYO deserves capital letters - read this volume and find out exactly why you do NOT mess with this cock). Further seeds have been sewn for future volumes (including a big old cliffhanger following a big old revelation and a big old mystery involving a severed toe) and I am well and truly hooked. Delicious.
margaretkearney's review
5.0
This series is just pure awesomesauce.Its twisted,sickening,fascinating,funny and gripping.Highly recommend...just not while your eating.
toystory242's review
4.0
So I read the first two volumes of this last year (from The Strand!!), and since I haven't had too much time to read anything besides school books, I decided to re-read those first two volumes and continue on with the series! Graphic novels are sometimes daunting to me because they can be never-ending it seems like, but I know for a fact that this is a completed 12 volume series, so I'm happy to keep reading knowing there's an ending in sight!
I am also super glad I re-read the first two, because I have a new appreciation for the series that I didn't have before. The story is bizarre and gruesome at points, but also has great, down to earth characters that I am LOVING. They do this thing where there will be 3 or 4 storylines going on and it'll rotate between them or connect certain threads, which is SO cool because reading those first two again I picked up on a lot of things I hadn't before. It makes them very clever; because Tony works as an FDA (basically the FBI in this universe) agent, it makes the graphic novels very much like a cop show--figuring out how seemingly unrelated things actually tie together.
There were some awesome twists in this volume--I think it's my favorite thus far. (It just takes a lot for me to give a graphic novel 5 stars, though if these keep getting better and better like they have been so far, one might be in the future...)
I am also super glad I re-read the first two, because I have a new appreciation for the series that I didn't have before. The story is bizarre and gruesome at points, but also has great, down to earth characters that I am LOVING. They do this thing where there will be 3 or 4 storylines going on and it'll rotate between them or connect certain threads, which is SO cool because reading those first two again I picked up on a lot of things I hadn't before. It makes them very clever; because Tony works as an FDA (basically the FBI in this universe) agent, it makes the graphic novels very much like a cop show--figuring out how seemingly unrelated things actually tie together.
There were some awesome twists in this volume--I think it's my favorite thus far. (It just takes a lot for me to give a graphic novel 5 stars, though if these keep getting better and better like they have been so far, one might be in the future...)
lampsunnies's review
4.0
I feel like it's finally found its footing. Excited to continue on with the series.
seitenreise's review against another edition
5.0
Ha! Da gibt es ja noch einige Geheimnisse zu entdecken! Finde es toll, wie sich die Beziehungen untereinander entwickeln und das Ende ist ein böser Cliffhanger!