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A review by bekahbooks1004
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu
5.0
Wow! Just wow is really all I can say after reading the second installment of Check Please! This book. This comic. These characters. Are all absolutely phenomenal! Picking up at the beginning of Bitty’s junior year at Samwell, this book goes through his last two years as a Samwell University student and a member of the Samwell Men’s Hockey team.
As with the first half of this comic, these characters are amazingly written and I love them all! Bitty’s beautifully crafted character growth continues as he navigates a long distance, and secret, relationship and struggles with coming out to his parents. Readers are truly able to feel Bitty’s inner turmoil as he deals with these issues. One of the most impactful moments of this entire comic is Bitty confronting his dad about being gay and his relationship with Jack. It’s so rewarding as a reader to watch a character grow so much and face his fears and insecurities. Watching as Bitty completes his final years at Samwell was definitely bittersweet and I definitely had a pang of nostalgia in my heart as I read the final chapters of this comic. I feel like that truly speaks to the realistic nature of these characters and this comic as a whole. Seeing the culmination of Bitty and Jack’s story truly made my heart happy and more than once I found myself literally cheering for them both and a more than a little emotional as the story came to a close. This will probably forever be my favorite comic, if not my favorite story of a medium, and I’m sure I’ll come back and read it several times in the future.
As with the first half of this comic, these characters are amazingly written and I love them all! Bitty’s beautifully crafted character growth continues as he navigates a long distance, and secret, relationship and struggles with coming out to his parents. Readers are truly able to feel Bitty’s inner turmoil as he deals with these issues. One of the most impactful moments of this entire comic is Bitty confronting his dad about being gay and his relationship with Jack. It’s so rewarding as a reader to watch a character grow so much and face his fears and insecurities. Watching as Bitty completes his final years at Samwell was definitely bittersweet and I definitely had a pang of nostalgia in my heart as I read the final chapters of this comic. I feel like that truly speaks to the realistic nature of these characters and this comic as a whole. Seeing the culmination of Bitty and Jack’s story truly made my heart happy and more than once I found myself literally cheering for them both and a more than a little emotional as the story came to a close. This will probably forever be my favorite comic, if not my favorite story of a medium, and I’m sure I’ll come back and read it several times in the future.