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Crowded, Vol. 3: Cutting-Edge Desolation by Christopher Sebela

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4.0

Vol. 1: Soft Apocalypse ★★★★☆
Vol. 2: Glitter Dystopia ★★★★☆
Vol. 3: Cutting-Edge Desolation ★★★★☆ (3.5)

I liked this concluding a volume a bit less than the previous two, but still found it to be a fun, chaotic, high-octane ride. Love all the queerness, love the dystopic satire, love the wild heist. Wish there'd been more of Charlie in the epilogue, or just a longer epilogue in general. The characterization (especially of Vita) seemed a bit weak in comparison to the rest of the series, but it's been a while since I read the first two volumes so I could be misremembering. I'm going to try to do a full series re-read sometime soon. Would love for Crowded to get a TV/film adaptation!

"So your evil master plan endgame is, what... Nothing changes, bad people stay in power, same as it always was."
"Well, yeah. What do you think the government does?"

My advanced digital copy had some missing or misappropriated speech bubbles, which I assume will be fixed in the finished copy.

TW: violence, recreational drug use, captivity

Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this eARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review!
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