The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
shan198025's review against another edition
2.0
I'm confused by this book more than anything. I'm not sure if I liked or not. Katchoo doesn't seem that great except for being loyal. Francine is a doormat who falls in love with anything with a penis. David is also a doormat with love sick puppy syndrome. I'll read volume 2 but only cause I'm borrowing them.
zorpblorp's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
sydgoldstein14's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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
3.5
evanc's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
bloomflows's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
3.0
This book is a guilty pleasure mess that has not aged well.
Terry Moore got much praise and several awards for this creator owned romance/espionage/action/comedy series. Nobody else was attempting anything at this level of nonsense at the time. And I'm not sure anyone has successfully gone this Over The Top since.
The first volume of SiP collects the original miniseries: a highly volatile woman dates the pinnacle of male priviliged highly volatile shitheadery who dumps her on their anniversary because she hasn't slept with him yet. Her queer also highly volatile (sensing a theme?) roommate has a crush on her and enacts an absolutely impalusible revenge fantasty on her crush's ex after her crush gets amnesia in a car accident.
Sigh.
Every guy in this book (save one) is a ball of testerone who only wants sex and who has connections to the military and police, which he uses to get his implausible revenge fantasy on the ex's roommate after her impalusible revenge fantasy.
At the end of the miniseries you imagine that this dude and these two women will never have anything to do with each other again.
And yet....
The rest of the collection focuses on the espionage/implausible revenge fantasy of a mob boss/lesbian pimp who believes the roommate from the first story stole nearly a million dollars from one of her clients.
Every character is linked via highly implausible connection, and even the ex from the miniseries gets involved, though his character has absolutely nowhere to go, and no connection to the rest of the story.
The saving grace of the series is Moore's artwork. He has been praised for the way he draws women for years. Yet, in this series, all women are either identical blondes or slight variations on brunettes. It is nearly impossible to tell any of The Parker Girls apart.
I started rereading this series so that it would be fresh in my mind as I got into the relaunched series, but I'm not sure how much more of this I can read.
Terry Moore got much praise and several awards for this creator owned romance/espionage/action/comedy series. Nobody else was attempting anything at this level of nonsense at the time. And I'm not sure anyone has successfully gone this Over The Top since.
The first volume of SiP collects the original miniseries: a highly volatile woman dates the pinnacle of male priviliged highly volatile shitheadery who dumps her on their anniversary because she hasn't slept with him yet. Her queer also highly volatile (sensing a theme?) roommate has a crush on her and enacts an absolutely impalusible revenge fantasty on her crush's ex after her crush gets amnesia in a car accident.
Sigh.
Every guy in this book (save one) is a ball of testerone who only wants sex and who has connections to the military and police, which he uses to get his implausible revenge fantasy on the ex's roommate after her impalusible revenge fantasy.
At the end of the miniseries you imagine that this dude and these two women will never have anything to do with each other again.
And yet....
The rest of the collection focuses on the espionage/implausible revenge fantasy of a mob boss/lesbian pimp who believes the roommate from the first story stole nearly a million dollars from one of her clients.
Every character is linked via highly implausible connection, and even the ex from the miniseries gets involved, though his character has absolutely nowhere to go, and no connection to the rest of the story.
The saving grace of the series is Moore's artwork. He has been praised for the way he draws women for years. Yet, in this series, all women are either identical blondes or slight variations on brunettes. It is nearly impossible to tell any of The Parker Girls apart.
I started rereading this series so that it would be fresh in my mind as I got into the relaunched series, but I'm not sure how much more of this I can read.
devinr's review against another edition
2.0
This book…I have to say, this book really frustrates me. I love Terry Moore’s artwork: his figures are amazing and his ability to tell a story through visuals alone can border on the transcendant. That’s definitely the case in Echo, the book of his that I like the best, but I was impressed to see that he had the skill right away in Strangers in Paradise. But one of my big problems with SiP is that I don’t really care about the characters in this book. They’re so inconsistent, for one thing: they morph from slapstick to grim and gritty to soap opera, and it feels jarring, not organic, when the switches happen. Another sticking point for me is that I find the dialogue and pros over-written, to the point where it has made me roll my eyes and groan while reading the book on more than one occasion.
I think I understand the place that SiP has in comics history, and if other people have the books I may borrow them and see if they get any better/more enjoyable. But I won’t be buying any more of these pocket books, and I will probably pass my copy on to someone who will appreciate it more than me. And by that, I mean “at all.”
I think I understand the place that SiP has in comics history, and if other people have the books I may borrow them and see if they get any better/more enjoyable. But I won’t be buying any more of these pocket books, and I will probably pass my copy on to someone who will appreciate it more than me. And by that, I mean “at all.”