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articulatemadness's review against another edition
5.0
These are short stories but Marv is back! While I could have done without more Dwight, Hartigan and the girls of Old Town, Marv's back!
Some of these stories tie into events that happened in other books (like when Marv sees Hartigan and Nancy cozied up in what's innocent but he doesn't know their story), and in a lot of ways its a prequel for Marv. It opens with him in a fender bender going through the windshield, and having flashbacks of different events where he helped people, essentially becoming a street-anti hero.
Dwight's back in a lackluster story with two discount hitmen that make cameos throughout this series alongside more Old Town girls saga, this time which goes into detail of their rules of law, order, and decorum plus the consequences of anyone who dares violate them.
There are a few other stories but to be honest, after Marv's stories everything else is a blur. For fans of the film a few of these shorts wound up in the movie.
Some of these stories tie into events that happened in other books (like when Marv sees Hartigan and Nancy cozied up in what's innocent but he doesn't know their story), and in a lot of ways its a prequel for Marv. It opens with him in a fender bender going through the windshield, and having flashbacks of different events where he helped people, essentially becoming a street-anti hero.
Dwight's back in a lackluster story with two discount hitmen that make cameos throughout this series alongside more Old Town girls saga, this time which goes into detail of their rules of law, order, and decorum plus the consequences of anyone who dares violate them.
There are a few other stories but to be honest, after Marv's stories everything else is a blur. For fans of the film a few of these shorts wound up in the movie.
mikaiya's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed these quick vignettes very much- but it was over too quickly!
octavia_cade's review against another edition
3.0
A collection of unrelated comics - well, they all take place in Sin City and the characters have been around before, but all the storylines are separate. Some work better than others. There's just not a lot of space in a single issue comic to develop plot or character, and the ones that work best here do so because they realise that and actively pared right back. "Silent Night", for instance, is so stripped back that there's hardly any dialogue and it's the best of the bunch. Others, like "Rats", which was also excellent, rely on small bits of repeated dialogue and the sense of the reader to figure it all out. At the other end of the scale were comics like the ones containing the "Blue Eyes" character (Delia) which tried to stuff so much in that it ended up relying on a bunch of tired old tropes and just not being that great, really. Averages out at three stars, I reckon.
linddykal's review against another edition
3.0
This Sin City book is a bit different - it's all interludes/short stories, not a main one. I did like the bits with Marv, and the assassin Blue Eyes. I'm looking forward to seeing her in the movies.
stacys_books's review against another edition
4.0
A hodgepodge of short stories, but I like the way some of them link to earlier stories from this series.
ant's review against another edition
4.0
I am really enjoying the series, but felt this has been the weakest instalment so far. Not in terms of the artwork or the panelling but the stories. I might have to read this again, to see if I wasn't just distracted at the time.
etienne02's review against another edition
4.0
Cool collection of short stories in Sin City, they are all good, some better than others, but good overall. Again old and new characters, lot of action, but with an average of 3o pages for each story, they sure are less complexes. Still very good!
booknooknoggin's review against another edition
3.0
Really short stories. Some ok and some just meh. Did not mind the limited color, but sometimes the black and white looked confusing.
bookpairings's review against another edition
3.0
This volume is more of a short story collection which is interesting. I enjoyed some stories more than others. The previous volumes’ main characters are featured as well as a couple new ones. I love that the art is adding one pop of color to the black and white theme in the later volumes of the series. It was enjoyable for the most part. I just hope they are leading up to something in the final volume and are not just filer.
guiltyfeat's review against another edition
3.0
Inessential Sin City shorts which hardly benefit from being slung together like this. I still find Miller’s art breathtaking but the noir tropes are starting to wear thin.