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lukeisthename34's review against another edition
5.0
Just terrific. I loved the emotion and interesting directions the plot took.
wishesandpages's review against another edition
4.0
The Cancerverse! The Venom storyline! Peter Quill and Kitty Pryde dating! This one was great, I can't wait to see how it will wrap up in the next volume.
gswizzel's review against another edition
3.0
Actual Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.
So... this one was kind of a mess.
I was very interested seeing how the cancerverse was presented in this volume and I liked the 1st half of this volume where Quill is telling the story of what happened to Richard Ryder. I liked it, didn't love it. Expected it to go up from there and it didn't really.
But, I still enjoyed this because I'm a trashy Guardians fan. The cliffhanger of this volume was insane for me personally.
Interested to see where the last volume takes me.
So... this one was kind of a mess.
I was very interested seeing how the cancerverse was presented in this volume and I liked the 1st half of this volume where Quill is telling the story of what happened to Richard Ryder. I liked it, didn't love it. Expected it to go up from there and it didn't really.
But, I still enjoyed this because I'm a trashy Guardians fan. The cliffhanger of this volume was insane for me personally.
Interested to see where the last volume takes me.
jmanchester0's review against another edition
4.0
While this volume starts off a little slow, it really picks up. Star-Lord's retelling of what happened in the Cancerverse was interesting, if a bit slow.
But the team's interaction with the symbiote was great. I really enjoyed this one.
But the team's interaction with the symbiote was great. I really enjoyed this one.
puddingtaco's review against another edition
2.0
Meh... Picked this up after not reading the last book for a long time and was lost. Didn't think the whole stuck in another dimension thing was remotely interesting, though it should have been. The arc after that took a long time it get good. The Guardians simply don't spend a lot of time together in his book and they don't work as well without one another. The very last story was almost worth it all, though. :)
noveladdiction's review against another edition
4.0
I have consistently enjoyed this series, and I'm hoping I will continue to do so. Also, I totally ship Starlord/Kitty Pryde. I ship it so hard.
ruzgofdi's review against another edition
4.0
Now that's more like it.
One of my big complaints from this series so far has been that the Guardians haven't really had their own storyline to deal with. It's felt in previous collections like they would be written into a position to be used in a major story event, and then they'd tread water until the event started. And then when the event ended, they'd be dropped randomly back into a holding pattern for next time.
This collection is still a tie in to another event, but it is handled much better. It's the telling of a story that's unknown to many, that doesn't derail any stories currently going on in the series to tell. It does put one on hold, which they get to in the second half of this collection, but it's not nearly as jarring as other attempts have been.
I also have to admit that I really liked the Alien riff they were doing with the second half of the book.
More like this one please.
Also, some of the reviews mention an annual issue which doesn't seem to be present in the hardcover edition I picked up from my local comic store. Didn't see it, so can't say anything about that part.
One of my big complaints from this series so far has been that the Guardians haven't really had their own storyline to deal with. It's felt in previous collections like they would be written into a position to be used in a major story event, and then they'd tread water until the event started. And then when the event ended, they'd be dropped randomly back into a holding pattern for next time.
This collection is still a tie in to another event, but it is handled much better. It's the telling of a story that's unknown to many, that doesn't derail any stories currently going on in the series to tell. It does put one on hold, which they get to in the second half of this collection, but it's not nearly as jarring as other attempts have been.
I also have to admit that I really liked the Alien riff they were doing with the second half of the book.
More like this one please.
Also, some of the reviews mention an annual issue which doesn't seem to be present in the hardcover edition I picked up from my local comic store. Didn't see it, so can't say anything about that part.
booknooknoggin's review against another edition
4.0
Bit of a slow start to this with the remembering events that Star Lord had been a party to. But it was worth it to read the origin of Venom's species, and just what exactly they are.
squidbag's review against another edition
4.0
If you're already a fan of the GotG, then this will be the treat you're looking for; it's one of those magical mixtures of a team where I think if you took anyone away, it wouldn't work, but adding people just expands the reactionary dynamic potential into new stories. This one has two major arcs; how did Peter, Thanos and Drax escape the "cancerverse," and a Venom-centric one that has a very space-operatic symbiote planet and Flash Thompson at its core. Bendis' punchy dialogue saves one or two scenes that would otherwise be talking heads, and the art here is fun and layered without hindering the flow of action. Peter's ongoing relationship with Kitty is explored here, and Gamora does a lot of being Gamora. Fun stuff.