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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Still rich with feminist snark and satire, but light on story. I wish this weren’t cancelled.
Warnings: mentions of violent maulings by wild animals, blood, gun violence
Man-Eaters continues to highlight the impossible standards that girls are subjected to, as well as society's obsession with protecting masculinity. In this volume, one of Maude's classmates has turned into a big cat, and the missing girl is a big hole of a question mark that has everybody on edge. They are being monitored even more, and the fear of an attack has increased. Meanwhile, Maude has yet to have a discussion with her father (who suspects she has turned too), and about her and her friends shunning the estrogen-laced products that they are all supposed to have. As usual, the last chapter is fully dedicated to in-universe ads that highlight just how ridiculous companies have become over this outbreak, and honestly I don't have enough words to go into how perfect they are for the tone of the book. There's an UNO-like card game with cards having tampons, lemon, etc, a propaganda-filled school activity game that is 'not a game' meant to scare all the uterus-havers into compliance. But the biggest bombshell is dropped at the end of Ch 7, and while I love this series even with its jokes and slapstick comedy, and its bare-bones plot that doesn't advance much, I did welcome that development very much! Oh, and one final thing I liked - they did acknowledge trans kids in this one, something that was missing (outright, at least) from the first volume.
Man-Eaters continues to highlight the impossible standards that girls are subjected to, as well as society's obsession with protecting masculinity. In this volume, one of Maude's classmates has turned into a big cat, and the missing girl is a big hole of a question mark that has everybody on edge. They are being monitored even more, and the fear of an attack has increased. Meanwhile, Maude has yet to have a discussion with her father (who suspects she has turned too), and about her and her friends shunning the estrogen-laced products that they are all supposed to have. As usual, the last chapter is fully dedicated to in-universe ads that highlight just how ridiculous companies have become over this outbreak, and honestly I don't have enough words to go into how perfect they are for the tone of the book. There's an UNO-like card game with cards having tampons, lemon, etc, a propaganda-filled school activity game that is 'not a game' meant to scare all the uterus-havers into compliance. But the biggest bombshell is dropped at the end of Ch 7, and while I love this series even with its jokes and slapstick comedy, and its bare-bones plot that doesn't advance much, I did welcome that development very much! Oh, and one final thing I liked - they did acknowledge trans kids in this one, something that was missing (outright, at least) from the first volume.
3.5 stars. Not quite as good as the first but it is still a very funny and entertaining social satire. My biggest issue with vol 2 is the same as the first, in that the plot doesn’t wrap up. In this one it doesn’t even really progress. With only one volume left I hope it wraps the story up well.
Este segundo sigue el patrón del primer tomo: tres números de cómic y un cuarto número con publicidad y otros contenidos sobre este mundo distópico. ¡Y en esta ocasión ofrecen varios juegos sobre el panterismo y la menstruación!
La historia me sigue pareciendo interesante, incluso si solo vemos la parte más dura a través de la publicidad, y tengo ganas de saber cómo cerrarán la historia en el tercer tomo. ¡Compra segura! :)
La historia me sigue pareciendo interesante, incluso si solo vemos la parte más dura a través de la publicidad, y tengo ganas de saber cómo cerrarán la historia en el tercer tomo. ¡Compra segura! :)
So far I'm kinda disappointed? It might just take a minute to get going, idk. I'll read it when my library gets the trade.
Ooo, Issue 2's a good one! I was hoping for a bit more, but all in all I'm liking this so far.
I want more of the history, and I'm hoping Issue 3 will have it.
Maude's going to be a fun POV, and I'm definitely digging the dynamics of the family components here. Again, hoping to see it flesh out more in the future.
I want more of the history, and I'm hoping Issue 3 will have it.
Maude's going to be a fun POV, and I'm definitely digging the dynamics of the family components here. Again, hoping to see it flesh out more in the future.