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elysareadsitall's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jakekilroy's review
4.0
This thing has a different tone than the volumes before it. There's almost an epilogue quality to it. Despite it still having the raucous energy, it's strangely reflective, even when it carries the cartoonish flag of mockery. The world's changing and all that, and yet, even in an insane alternate history where all the scientists and politicians were madmen at best and literal other-dimensions beasts at worst, you can feel the yearning for the younger days of exploration rather than living in the world they themselves created. It's all ruins, but there once felt a chance at kingdom, if not utopia — even when everyone was all batshit weird, manipulative, or straight-up evil.
themattacaster's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nharkins's review
4.0
This series is just plain bonkers at this point. Doubted I would go much farther, but the prolonged fight between General Westmoreland and the blue Genestealer-esque alien with the brain of a stoned intellectual was pretty amusing (I would've been fine if went on even longer). Anyway, glad I continued, as I loved Vol 6. And it looks like it's finally done now (probably for the best).
maryk171's review
4.0
The Manhattan Projects, Volume 5: THINGS GET EVEN WEIRDER. But that's kind of why I read these. For the weirdness. Pretty good, but not as good as some of the earlier volumes.
nigellicus's review
5.0
Can't believe it actually took me this long to notice that the only character in this book that isn't a white male is the dog, but at least she gets a chapter to herself recounting her adventures in space. She's a bit of a pioneer, because the mad bad science is on an outward trajectory, to other worlds and other realities, even as it consolidates power on Earth, losing Star City to an alien infestation that has taken over Russia. There's a lot of pondering the relative morality or lack thereof in this, mostly for the purposes of noting how that there isn't any. Hard to like, let alone love, Manhattan Projects is still a dark, nasty comedy of science in the hands of sociopaths.
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