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mburdette's review against another edition
5.0
This is a review of the entire Transmetropolitan series:
What a wild and wonderful ride this series has been. There is a lot of commentary, social and political, throughout the series. Some I agree with, some I don't, and some seems to be edgy for the sake of being edgy.
That being said, I love Spider Jerusalem and his Filthy Assistants. There's a nearly bipolar wave to ride with Spider, and it feels reminiscent of real life. Some days I feel like I could take on the world, and others I feel like I'd rather be anyone else.
I think the second half of the series is really the heart and soul of the story, and there's much more meat on the narrative bones. And obviously, some of these situations of chaos and uncertainty take on even deeper meaning the more they mirror our own current events.
Overall, if you can jump some of the "shock value" hurdles plopped on the path, then you're in for a book with a lot of violence, comedy, twisted stories, and a voice about the world that's well worth being heard.
What a wild and wonderful ride this series has been. There is a lot of commentary, social and political, throughout the series. Some I agree with, some I don't, and some seems to be edgy for the sake of being edgy.
That being said, I love Spider Jerusalem and his Filthy Assistants. There's a nearly bipolar wave to ride with Spider, and it feels reminiscent of real life. Some days I feel like I could take on the world, and others I feel like I'd rather be anyone else.
I think the second half of the series is really the heart and soul of the story, and there's much more meat on the narrative bones. And obviously, some of these situations of chaos and uncertainty take on even deeper meaning the more they mirror our own current events.
Overall, if you can jump some of the "shock value" hurdles plopped on the path, then you're in for a book with a lot of violence, comedy, twisted stories, and a voice about the world that's well worth being heard.
jsjammersmith's review against another edition
5.0
This was an great and perfect end to an amazing series. Got nothing else. Read the fucker.
auntie_social's review against another edition
5.0
I love the way they ended this series. I will say no more, lest I give something away.
Reread the whole series over a weekend in 2015. So damn good.
It's funny. I first started reading Transmet in 2000 because my then-boyfriend was super into it. (I still consider Transmet to be one of the only good things I got out of that relationship.) But it was an incredible experiment to reread the whole series in a few days in 2015, over a decade after this last trade paperback was released. Reading the first volume just weeks after the 2000 presidential election, as a college freshman... was very different than reading it now, as a damn grownup with kids and whatnot. At the same time, it did remind me of what it was like to be that college freshman-- I'm not sure I would have picked up the book at this point in my life if I didn't already have a history with it. That combination of anger and optimism and gradually eroding naiveté, with a fun dash of look-how-well-I-curse-do-I-sound-grownup-yet?
Reread the whole series over a weekend in 2015. So damn good.
It's funny. I first started reading Transmet in 2000 because my then-boyfriend was super into it. (I still consider Transmet to be one of the only good things I got out of that relationship.) But it was an incredible experiment to reread the whole series in a few days in 2015, over a decade after this last trade paperback was released. Reading the first volume just weeks after the 2000 presidential election, as a college freshman... was very different than reading it now, as a damn grownup with kids and whatnot. At the same time, it did remind me of what it was like to be that college freshman-- I'm not sure I would have picked up the book at this point in my life if I didn't already have a history with it. That combination of anger and optimism and gradually eroding naiveté, with a fun dash of look-how-well-I-curse-do-I-sound-grownup-yet?
drewsof's review against another edition
5.0
I hate it here. And I hate all of you.
Spider Jerusalem taught me those words - and taught me that they can actually be the warmest, most affectionate things anyone can ever say. May the truth continue to kick you in the face and leave you bleeding. I think that's all we can ask for, really.
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Spider Jerusalem taught me those words - and taught me that they can actually be the warmest, most affectionate things anyone can ever say. May the truth continue to kick you in the face and leave you bleeding. I think that's all we can ask for, really.
Review TK at RB: http://wp.me/pGVzJ-O1
jgkeely's review against another edition
3.0
vylotte's review against another edition
5.0
I am incapable of writing this review without spoilers. So, be warned.
Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Thank you for giving Spider the best possible outcome that fucker could ever deserve. In the sun, his ladies doting on him as he tinkers in his garden, quiet and at peace. Not dead. Not dying, but living, on his terms in his own time, like the glorious bastard he is.
Incredibly satisfying wrap up as the baddies fall and the good guys STAY ALIVE!
The back half of this volume includes a sampling of Spider's columns. Funny and painful and insightful, beautifully written, I would follow his writing anywhere, any when, were he a real person.
Spider is my hero, I wish I'd read these back when I was majoring in journalism. I did okay with my column in the school paper, but now I know I could have done better. I keep my pair of red and green geometric glasses in my jewelry box, even knowing my amply curvy girl bod will never be able to cosplay them.
Read during the October 2015 24-hour Read-a-thon.
Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Thank you for giving Spider the best possible outcome that fucker could ever deserve. In the sun, his ladies doting on him as he tinkers in his garden, quiet and at peace. Not dead. Not dying, but living, on his terms in his own time, like the glorious bastard he is.
Incredibly satisfying wrap up as the baddies fall and the good guys STAY ALIVE!
The back half of this volume includes a sampling of Spider's columns. Funny and painful and insightful, beautifully written, I would follow his writing anywhere, any when, were he a real person.
Spider is my hero, I wish I'd read these back when I was majoring in journalism. I did okay with my column in the school paper, but now I know I could have done better. I keep my pair of red and green geometric glasses in my jewelry box, even knowing my amply curvy girl bod will never be able to cosplay them.
Read during the October 2015 24-hour Read-a-thon.
ant's review against another edition
5.0
Does not disappoint. I might have preferred a different ending, but mere personal preference. I've decided the gushy review I have for this series should go on vol 1.
speculativebecky's review against another edition
5.0
Well ended. I really enjoyed this series. Spider is a horrible, wonderful man.
booknooknoggin's review against another edition
3.0
This one just wasn't as good as the first volume I read. An okay story.
ehawk's review against another edition
5.0
hope? maybe? I want a bowel disruptor and a place in the mountains to escape.