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dantastic's review against another edition
3.0
Chu and Colby get kicked out of the FDA. Chu winds up working as a traffic cop and actually likes it. However, things won't stay peaches and gravy forever...
Here we are, volume 5 in the adventures of everyone's favorite cibopathic detectve, Tony Chu.
Chu is working as a traffic cop and Colby is a USDA agent when the book starts. Meanwhile, Savoy and Valenzano have Chu's daughter Olive and want to train her as an agent. Amelia's ex-boyfriend kidnaps Chu and wants to use his power to find the sex secrets of dead baseball players. Meanwhile, Agent Colby's new partner is a lion...
Overall, I liked Major League. Layman has further expanded Chu's world of food-related super powers. I also liked that Olive is working with Savoy and Colby's new job at the FDA. Chu's plight was interesting and his new career path opened up a lot of new possibilities.
I still feel like the book is in a holding pattern regarding the overall plot, though. I'm going to trust Layman has a point with a lot of the new elements introduced and continue the series, at least for another volume or two.
While my enthusiasm for Chew isn't what it once was, Major League was entertaining. 3 out of 5 stars.
Here we are, volume 5 in the adventures of everyone's favorite cibopathic detectve, Tony Chu.
Chu is working as a traffic cop and Colby is a USDA agent when the book starts. Meanwhile, Savoy and Valenzano have Chu's daughter Olive and want to train her as an agent. Amelia's ex-boyfriend kidnaps Chu and wants to use his power to find the sex secrets of dead baseball players. Meanwhile, Agent Colby's new partner is a lion...
Overall, I liked Major League. Layman has further expanded Chu's world of food-related super powers. I also liked that Olive is working with Savoy and Colby's new job at the FDA. Chu's plight was interesting and his new career path opened up a lot of new possibilities.
I still feel like the book is in a holding pattern regarding the overall plot, though. I'm going to trust Layman has a point with a lot of the new elements introduced and continue the series, at least for another volume or two.
While my enthusiasm for Chew isn't what it once was, Major League was entertaining. 3 out of 5 stars.
addiestanley's review against another edition
5.0
Last volume dipped a little bit, but really, really enjoyed this installment. Laugh-out-loud enjoyed, in fact. I LOVE Olive.
ppetropoulakis's review against another edition
4.0
Chew's insane streak continues with Tony Chu leaving the FDA for a job in traffic control. He gets in all sorts of trouble that peaks when he is forced to "sample" a group of deceased athletes to learn their secrets. Funny and crazy as hell.
lintkaurea's review against another edition
4.0
Me encanta esta serie. Y me muero de ganas de leer el siguiente, con Super Poyo!
gajeam's review against another edition
5.0
Personally, I found this to be the best Chew trade yet. They abandoned some of the plot lines I didn't care about and picked up some fantastic ones. The whole thing balanced humor and captivating plot in an unprecedented way. I'm holding my breath for the 6th trade to come out.
jcschildbach's review against another edition
4.0
Probably my favorite volume so far--likely because it's a bit more straightforward than the other ones. Plus, Tony's powers expand (sort of) as he is kidnapped and forced to feast on the corpses of baseball players in order to provide information for a book his girlfriend's unstable ex-boyfriend is writing. Tony's daughter, Olive, also begins to understand her own power while assisting Tony's vampiric former-mentor/current nemesis.
menniemenace's review against another edition
3.0
Chew was missing for a lot of time and no one noticed, his daughter is working with his arch-nemesis, and his partner is trying every trick in the book for a better situation.
The volume took no time to finish, but I miss Tony/Colby and Tony in general.. I hate this situation.
The volume took no time to finish, but I miss Tony/Colby and Tony in general.. I hate this situation.
ceraphimfalls's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
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
2.75
It's always interesting to me that this is the volume that won awards. It's good, don't get me wrong, and the character development is deep and art beautifully grotesque. It's just... Volume 6 exists.
sizrobe's review against another edition
5.0
This volume involved a effervenductor who can control people's minds through latte foam and a xocoscalpere who can craft sculptures out of chocolate that exactly function like the real thing.