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clairedrinkstea's review against another edition
4.0
Hijinks abound!
Not a serious read by any means but very enjoyable.
Not a serious read by any means but very enjoyable.
eileenthecrow's review against another edition
1.0
...was there any point to this? Other than basically trying to please (potentially shallow) male and female readers who enjoy seeing women half-naked. I don't read a Batman comic to see him half-naked or in his underwear with no plot at all. Jeez, who does that? Like, who picks up a DC-related comic thinking "Well, here's something to please my eyes with. I want to see naked people. Lots of underwear shots. Amazing." There are other ways to get that, I would presume.
Needless to say - I did NOT enjoy it at all. Don't read it if you were expecting to see a Harley & Ivy related, strong story with casual jokes here and there. Oh and also, don't read it if you ship Harley & Ivy in any way or form because the writer makes sure they are so overwhelmingly heterosexual. -but who's to say they can't have a half-naked fight in the showers? Right???? RIGHT?????
Needless to say - I did NOT enjoy it at all. Don't read it if you were expecting to see a Harley & Ivy related, strong story with casual jokes here and there. Oh and also, don't read it if you ship Harley & Ivy in any way or form because the writer makes sure they are so overwhelmingly heterosexual. -but who's to say they can't have a half-naked fight in the showers? Right???? RIGHT?????
uparrowhead's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
laurenkara's review against another edition
2.0
Harley and Ivy are my favourite DC characters and I'm currently trying to read everything they're in because I adore their relationship. So when I found this I was really excited, but it was not what I was expecting at all and I wish I never read it. Harley & Ivy were just treated like sexual objects and nothing more. Their relationship wasn't even written well. They were literally reduced to nothing more than some kind of over sexualised fantasy and I'm seriously grossed out. It's extremely disappointing because the art was super cute and colourful and this had so much potential, but the creators obviously thought creating something sexist was a better option. Harley and Ivy, you deserved so much better.
badpriestess's review against another edition
4.0
A quick, campy, fun read starring one of my favorite characters, period: Harley Quinn. This is not something to take seriously, which suits me fine for a book like this. The dialogue is quick and lighthearted, not to mention hilarious! My only complaint about Harley & Ivy is that Joe Chiodo's art in "Love on the Lam" didn't do it for me, unfortunately--it was too soft and mature for the campy nature of the story. I'd recommend this for someone who hasn't read many comics but is interested in delving into the genre.
morgharker's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, not everyone is going to give this 5 stars, but fans of Harley, Ivy, and Paul Dini's work will love it.
theduchess93's review against another edition
4.0
I'm a huge fan of any book that can address characters' bisexuality without making it a plot point. Kind of wish there had been more story here, but alas.
jmkillackey's review against another edition
3.0
Boy did this not age well. So much unnecessary and gratuitous nudity and lewd angles. And the story? What story, I couldn't find a single one outside the Barbara Gordon and the Batman short, and they were too paltry to make up for the rest of the book.
belle_fiction's review against another edition
5.0
I love, love, LOVE this graphic novel where Mistah J's squeeze, Harley Quinn and her intoxicating gal pal, Poison Ivy, take centre stage in a selection of hilarious and madcap stories.
In the opening couple of stories, the reader sees Quinn's and Ivy's relationship tested (thanks to Quinn's clumsiness on a previous "job") and pushed to the limit. I think this is the first time that I have actually seen Poison Ivy seriously pissed off with Harley which offered another facet to their friendship. But despite her annoyance, who can really stay mad at HQ for long? She is so wonderfully loveable with her madcap ideas and her hilarious one-liners.
There are so many great moments in this collection, it's incredibly hard to only choose one, although, for me, I really loved Oy to the World which involved Batgirl, or as HQ likes to call her, Bratgirl.
Yes, the humour is pretty childish and camp at times but this is what HQ and PI are all about. At times, they can be serious but mainly they're there for comic relief, for their funny quips and the silly predicaments they find themselves in.
I never laugh quite so much when HQ isn't around, and when I saw this in my local bookstore, I knew I just had to have it...even if it meant wielding a giant inflatable mallet at the bookseller!
A must-have for Harley Quinn enthusiasts and perfectly compliments her other collections - Mad Love and Batman: Harley Quinn. A definite keeper for me!
In the opening couple of stories, the reader sees Quinn's and Ivy's relationship tested (thanks to Quinn's clumsiness on a previous "job") and pushed to the limit. I think this is the first time that I have actually seen Poison Ivy seriously pissed off with Harley which offered another facet to their friendship. But despite her annoyance, who can really stay mad at HQ for long? She is so wonderfully loveable with her madcap ideas and her hilarious one-liners.
There are so many great moments in this collection, it's incredibly hard to only choose one, although, for me, I really loved Oy to the World which involved Batgirl, or as HQ likes to call her, Bratgirl.
Yes, the humour is pretty childish and camp at times but this is what HQ and PI are all about. At times, they can be serious but mainly they're there for comic relief, for their funny quips and the silly predicaments they find themselves in.
I never laugh quite so much when HQ isn't around, and when I saw this in my local bookstore, I knew I just had to have it...even if it meant wielding a giant inflatable mallet at the bookseller!
A must-have for Harley Quinn enthusiasts and perfectly compliments her other collections - Mad Love and Batman: Harley Quinn. A definite keeper for me!
reickel's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good but not up to the Mad Love heights of Timm and Dini's best. Some of the art in the backup stories was strong but some felt aptly described as "backup." Spandexed punching outside of a greater narrative doesn't really do it for me so much.