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Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Collection, Vol. 3 by Ian Flynn

aobo33's review

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adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

3.5

adorationandprose's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

rikuson1's review

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5.0

It Was Amazing

faux_crow's review against another edition

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5.0

I wasn't expecting this one to be so good. Don't know how to describe it, but this one was a genuine blast to read.

schnanko's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

dcommet's review against another edition

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4.75

This was GOOD. Totally worth reading all of it to get to this and I'm fully on board for what comes next. This is written so well and it takes itself seriously just the perfect amount. Great character beats that all hit. Only minor issue is that the epilogue feels a bit rushed to me, but thats fine because it pays off so well and follows up the dynamic of Sonic and Eggman so well. This is just so surprisingly great. 

miketea's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced

4.5

brnineworms's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

3.0

Cheap and contrived. It felt as though the writers regretted having a disease storyline which coincided with a real world pandemic and rushed to wrap things up as quickly as possible – I don’t know if that’s true, that’s just the impression I got.

One anticlimax after another, man. One plot point in particular that I want to mention is
Sonic’s amnesia after eradicating the Metal Virus. The writers could have explored the parallels between Mr Tinker and Mr Needlemouse. Or maybe the memory loss could have represented a sort of post-pandemic trauma, with Sonic not understanding that the Virus had been defeated and being mentally stuck in this state of desperation. Or, in any case, the Restoration could have been forced to seek out Dr Starline, not to neutralise the threat he poses but to beg for his assistance. This memory loss could have set up an entire arc but instead it’s resolved in the very next issue. I guess the writers just wanted to give Blaze something to do.
The whole thing was kind of pointless and a missed opportunity.

Also the artwork in the first issue was really substandard (though the rest of the collection looked good).

CONTENT WARNINGS: infectious disease, zombie mindlessness, violence, mass panic, evacuation 

strawberryteeth's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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