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"Scott Pilgrim is the best book ever. It is the chronicle of our time. With Kung Fu, so, yeah: perfect." Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"One of the best things to happen to printed comics this millennium." Ain't It Cool News
"A hilarious, idiosyncratic gem." Washington Post
"A great oddball tale that captures the energy of a generation." Publishers Weekly
"An inventive, genre-tweaking tale of young love, platonic bed-sharing and epic battles unlike anything else you will likely pick up. So, go on, pick it up." E! Online
"Scott Pilgrim is the best 23-year-old ever. Like Proust's Swann, he has a story that takes multiple volumes to unfold, except Pilgrim is even more awesome because he's in a comic book … the series is wildly enjoyable for its absurdist humor, its indelible characters and its growing, inevitable sense of melancholy as Pilgrim becomes that most terrifying of things: 24 years old." Glen David Gold, author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside
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The fifth Scott Pilgrim volume!
Scott Pilgrim just turned 24, and things couldn't possibly be better! This means things are about to get infinitely worse! Suddenly, TWO of Ramona's evil ex-boyfriends are in town, and they're playing dirty. His band is in turmoil, and his own exes aren't making things any easier. And what's up with Ramona, anyway? She's been acting kinda weird ever since they moved in together! Scott's precious little life is coming back around to bite him in the butt, and it may not be pretty!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The first thing to say about this book is that it is not a good place to start. If you want to get into the Scott Pilgrim series, then you'll need to go back to the beginning rather than jumping in to the penultimate volume. Not only will you be completely lost, but you'll be missing out on all the great writing of the last four books.
However, if you've already been following this series, and have enjoyed it so far, then you'll definitely want to pick this up, even if it's just to see where the story goes. The dialogue and characterisation remains fantastic, and while some seem to be unhappy with the illusatration, I really like the simplified style.
My only complaint with this book is that the story is somewhat less eventful than previous volumes; the Scott Pilgrim series has often done a good job in mixing fantastical plot elements with well written interactions between the characters, but volume 5 seems to have abandoned most of those elements in order to focus on the relationship between Scott and Ramona. This is still well done of course, but it does make the story feel slower than previous entries. I would also say that the villains of this volume are the dullest so far, haven been given less personality and back story than other evil exes. Because of this, I'd say this is the weakest entry in the Scott Pilgrim series so far.
It's important to state that it's only the story I found lacking, and the rest of the book keeps up the high standard I enjoyed in previous volumes. Really it seems like a lot of this volume is set up for the final book, Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour, and it does that fine, but this volume does suffer as a result.
However, if you've already been following this series, and have enjoyed it so far, then you'll definitely want to pick this up, even if it's just to see where the story goes. The dialogue and characterisation remains fantastic, and while some seem to be unhappy with the illusatration, I really like the simplified style.
My only complaint with this book is that the story is somewhat less eventful than previous volumes; the Scott Pilgrim series has often done a good job in mixing fantastical plot elements with well written interactions between the characters, but volume 5 seems to have abandoned most of those elements in order to focus on the relationship between Scott and Ramona. This is still well done of course, but it does make the story feel slower than previous entries. I would also say that the villains of this volume are the dullest so far, haven been given less personality and back story than other evil exes. Because of this, I'd say this is the weakest entry in the Scott Pilgrim series so far.
It's important to state that it's only the story I found lacking, and the rest of the book keeps up the high standard I enjoyed in previous volumes. Really it seems like a lot of this volume is set up for the final book, Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour, and it does that fine, but this volume does suffer as a result.
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I now believe that O'Malley is a fantastic comic writer and love his artistic stylings. You couldn't go anywhere last year without hearing about Scott pilgrim, so I finally decided to buy the books and I wish I'd done it sooner. His characters are appealing and not always for positive reasons. I missed this series after I'd finished. I wish there were more out there.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
really enjoyed this one along with the rest. they explain things a lot better than the film did so i am glad i read them all
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Loving the series!
Thanks to Prime, I have been buying these books pretty much non-stop since I read the first one :P
The story is brilliant, it's funny, and the in-jokes for nerdy people are... Read more
The story is brilliant, it's funny, and the in-jokes for nerdy people are... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Swede
Excellent
A thoroughly enjoyable read, as are all the other volumes. Arrived on time and in good condition. recommended product and service.
Published 16 months ago by A. Keen
awsome
This is the best Graphic Novels I have read in a long time. Arrived Quickly and on time. Very funny read. Make sure you read them from the start tho
Published 19 months ago by David
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm twenty four?
Fifth volume [of six] in the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series.
If you've not read any go and read Scott Pilgrim - Scott's Pilgrim's Precious Little Life: Volume 1... Read more
If you've not read any go and read Scott Pilgrim - Scott's Pilgrim's Precious Little Life: Volume 1... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Paul Tapner
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