Reviews

Ice Cream Man, Vol. 3: Hopscotch Melange by Chris O'Halloran, W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo

dolcezzina21's review against another edition

5.0

Such twisted, hilarious, and sometimes profound stories wrapped up in this little nugget of terror. Love it!

juffnstuff's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

jagussow's review against another edition

Honestly, if the library didn't carry this, I would probably stop reading. I feel like my review for this series has always been the same. A mixed bag of an anthology but this time, the mixed bag felt flat. The first story was interesting and seemed to hint at a larger arc which fizzled out in the 2nd and 4th stories. The 3rd story, a nightmare about reality TV was the only one I truly enjoyed.

avvai's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

library_jones's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

joshgauthier's review against another edition

As strange, inventive, and disturbing as ever, Vol. 4 delivers one of the best single issues I've seen so far in this series while also providing significantly more insight into the Ice Cream Man, the dark cowboy, and their supernatural struggle against each other--with so many innocents caught in the crossfire.

georgezakka's review against another edition

3.0

Stories feel disconnected from what little there was of the overarching plot they were building towards, but still manages to have interesting plots.

ostrava's review against another edition

2.0

The author just wanted to pack his series with as many stories as possible and the experiment doesn't work because it's too damn much, too damn unorganized.

For the most part, the issues are not really the problem. They're fine as quick reads, however they don't accomplish much. What's the point of teasing a bunch of lore every once in a while, if you switch genres and story dynamics in every chapter? What are you reading about, when you read an Ice Cream Man issue?

First figure out what kind of story you want to tell. Then you can tell me all about space travel and the meaninglessness of life. Sometimes the delivery can also get a little bit pretentious, which doesn't exactly help the case of the author (Spanish? Really?). At such moments I just run out of excuses for him, which is a pity, because I'm sure he has good stories in him, he just needs to leave this amateurish writing behind.

songcatchers's review against another edition

4.25

'See this treacherous route and know: you, too, will travel it. Eventually. Because all paths are the same path, terminating at a single point: The end of the road.'

The nefarious Ice Cream Man is back for four more chapters of havoc and mayhem. In one of them, a dude gets stuck in these super menacing reality TV shows. He goes from one to the next. And in chapter 4, Ice Cream Man in space!! 🚀 Also, we get to see some history on the dark cowboy and his relationship with Ice Cream Man.

'It wasn’t one thing that led to Earth's death. It was all things.'

queenkoko's review against another edition

3.0

Not as good as the first two volumes. I did like the backstory of Caleb though. I look forward to reading Volume 4.