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lilaezz's review against another edition
4.0
I’m gonna have to ask Mr Brian K Vaughan to personally pay for my therapy bills cause I’m gonna need a lot of that after this volume
julianam's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
iconicavocado's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Book 📖: 4/5 stars
Wow. The last few volumes of Saga have been absolutely incredible. This one is no exception. That ending... It made me run right to the next volume!
grey_jayne's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
5.0
This volume is one of the better ones. Wildly imaginative, dangerous and deadly, Saga takes some swings I wasn't expecting and manages to be riveting 9 volumes in. That's no small feat.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Animal death
ratcousin's review against another edition
5.0
Dear Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples,
You will be receiving an invoice for the costs of the therapy that I required after reading this volume.
You will be receiving an invoice for the costs of the therapy that I required after reading this volume.
abbyistrying's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
3.25
mandalor3960's review against another edition
3.0
Maybe the past two dull volumes led me to find such enjoyment in this one. Atlas The Will returns to his former shape and brutal ways. The death of Prince Robot IV was more heartbreaking than Marko's. Probably should receive four stars but this volume returns Saga to its upbeat ways, not so much as the content that was provided, but the emotion that I felt. Looking at some of the pages makes me feel reinvigorated to imagine myself in the story. And if Saga can do that for me again, this volume deserves five stars.
The past two volumes did not introduce any noteworthy characters and had little character development. This spices things up finally although I feel as though the end is very near for the series. This arc's senseless killings of the original characters seems like an amateur move. Oh well.
Rating Update 26 May 2019
Five stars to four stars. The whole volume does not contain five star sections making up the majority of it.
August 25, 2019
Update
With the adoption of my new rating system, a four star rating is befitting. The original review conforms to the new rating system. I will agree with the rating demotion from the rating update from May 26, 2019, but I will not agree with the reasoning. Instead, I find that the only five star-rated section, Marko's death, is a justified five star rating because of the flashback, while Prince Robot IV's death was more sensationalist at his loss, and disliking at the back of my mind because of the choice of killing my favorite character. The rest of the volume was two star content because of its blandness. This choice of a four star rating is also a safe rating, for now.
January 26, 2020
Rating Update
Four stars to three stars. I have read the Wikipedia synopsis of each chapter from this volume in determining whether this volume receives a four star-rating. I believe that the five and four star-rated segments of Marko's flashback and Prince Robot IV's death, with their buildup, do not allow for the volume to sustain a four star-rating since this volume does have 160 pages. If my memory is correct, the beach setting and the focus on other characters contribute to the two star-rated content.
Also, there is controversy in this statement from the original review: "Looking at some of the pages makes me feel reinvigorated to imagine myself in the story. And if Saga can do that for me again, this volume deserves five stars". I am not sure what pages the statement is referring to. I believe this feeling is largely drawn from the last scenes of death. Even this feeling of wanting to "imagine myself in the story" sounds more sensationalist and fitting for a four star-rated feeling of "really liked it" rather than "it was amazing".
The rating type has thus changed from 4C to 3I. I have also changed the color from grey with a grey outline to blue with a grey outline. I feel that I have gauged my feelings for all sections in this review accurately (including the two star-rated mass).
February 5, 2020
Update
I have changed the color of the rating from blue with a grey outline to green with a grey outline. Blue is an absolute guarantee that the book is rated at three stars, and considering that my notes are sparse on this volume, I lean towards being comfortable (green colored rating) with the rating and reasoning behind the rating.
March 15, 2020
Update
I have thought of raising the rating of the volume to four stars because of the four and five star-rated sections needing a lot of buildup from the two star-rated content which could life the rating to a 3.5 star-rating. I do not believe this because, even if there is a large amount of two star-rated content, I did not find this volume to have any good parts or parts that I could enjoy in a holistic viewing of the volume because I only was moved by the four and five star-rated scenes. I am also disappointed in the killing of Prince Robot IV, so I did not view this volume in a perfect five or four star-rated lighting, instead with some criticisms and the view that the two star-rated content is not purposeful and instead fluff. As the 3I rating type states: "The two star-rated content, although some of it can be accredited as buildup, is alright and just feels like fluff and not pertinent to the four and five star-rated heights, which hurts the rating and lowers it to three stars".
The past two volumes did not introduce any noteworthy characters and had little character development. This spices things up finally although I feel as though the end is very near for the series. This arc's senseless killings of the original characters seems like an amateur move. Oh well.
Rating Update 26 May 2019
Five stars to four stars. The whole volume does not contain five star sections making up the majority of it.
August 25, 2019
Update
With the adoption of my new rating system, a four star rating is befitting. The original review conforms to the new rating system. I will agree with the rating demotion from the rating update from May 26, 2019, but I will not agree with the reasoning. Instead, I find that the only five star-rated section, Marko's death, is a justified five star rating because of the flashback, while Prince Robot IV's death was more sensationalist at his loss, and disliking at the back of my mind because of the choice of killing my favorite character. The rest of the volume was two star content because of its blandness. This choice of a four star rating is also a safe rating, for now.
January 26, 2020
Rating Update
Four stars to three stars. I have read the Wikipedia synopsis of each chapter from this volume in determining whether this volume receives a four star-rating. I believe that the five and four star-rated segments of Marko's flashback and Prince Robot IV's death, with their buildup, do not allow for the volume to sustain a four star-rating since this volume does have 160 pages. If my memory is correct, the beach setting and the focus on other characters contribute to the two star-rated content.
Also, there is controversy in this statement from the original review: "Looking at some of the pages makes me feel reinvigorated to imagine myself in the story. And if Saga can do that for me again, this volume deserves five stars". I am not sure what pages the statement is referring to. I believe this feeling is largely drawn from the last scenes of death. Even this feeling of wanting to "imagine myself in the story" sounds more sensationalist and fitting for a four star-rated feeling of "really liked it" rather than "it was amazing".
The rating type has thus changed from 4C to 3I. I have also changed the color from grey with a grey outline to blue with a grey outline. I feel that I have gauged my feelings for all sections in this review accurately (including the two star-rated mass).
February 5, 2020
Update
I have changed the color of the rating from blue with a grey outline to green with a grey outline. Blue is an absolute guarantee that the book is rated at three stars, and considering that my notes are sparse on this volume, I lean towards being comfortable (green colored rating) with the rating and reasoning behind the rating.
March 15, 2020
Update
I have thought of raising the rating of the volume to four stars because of the four and five star-rated sections needing a lot of buildup from the two star-rated content which could life the rating to a 3.5 star-rating. I do not believe this because, even if there is a large amount of two star-rated content, I did not find this volume to have any good parts or parts that I could enjoy in a holistic viewing of the volume because I only was moved by the four and five star-rated scenes. I am also disappointed in the killing of Prince Robot IV, so I did not view this volume in a perfect five or four star-rated lighting, instead with some criticisms and the view that the two star-rated content is not purposeful and instead fluff. As the 3I rating type states: "The two star-rated content, although some of it can be accredited as buildup, is alright and just feels like fluff and not pertinent to the four and five star-rated heights, which hurts the rating and lowers it to three stars".