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I’m a little late to jump the Hunger Games bandwagon. I only just finished The Hunger Games this past weekend. I’m two books away from starting Catching Fire. No clue when I will get around to reading Mockingjay. I’ll probably have to ignore most book blogs for a week or two, until the excitement dies down.
Read my thoughts on Vol. 1 – 3.
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Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
The volume is pretty good. We learn, much to Scott’s surprise, that Ramona dated a girl who is one of her seven evil exes. In addition to fighting her, Scott must also fend off attacks from a mysterious ninja-like figure. Ohhh, Mystery. Not much happens in this book I feel. It feels as if this book is just filler for the series as we get closed to the end. Scott get’s a job, busts out the L word and moves in with Ramona. I guess that’s considered “getting it together”, hence the titled.
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe
Mayhaps the darkest volume in the Scott Pilgrim saga. Something’s up with Ramona, and I’m beginning to think she’s not all that great. She’s started to open up but is still too damn mysterious at this point in the story. Anyway, in this volume Scott fight’s some robots and a pair of twins. The twins are the evil exes, the robots are just there to be robotic-like. I did find it funny that in this book we would often find Scott fighting robots in the background while other people carry on normal conversations as if nothing odd is happening. It was funny at first, but it drew the relationships to the forefront of the story which may or may not be a good thing depending on your point of view. I do like that Kim Pine get’s more story time here. There are even hints that perhaps Kim and Scott will end up together.
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
First off: It’s not. His finest hour, that is. If you have been follow Scott Pilgrim’s adventures from the beginning you would know this book probably contains the Scott vs. Gideon fight. Until now very little had been known about the mysterious 7th evil ex and how they all banded together to form the league of evil exes. The story picks up after the cliffhanger in Vs. The Universe and Scott is trying to live his life without Ramona. He’s not doing a very good job at it. One thing leads to another and the epic battle commences. What I did not like about this book is the sense of finality that it gave. You know how the finale of a TV show tries to wrap up all the lose ends in the final episode? It’s kinda like that where we are constantly encountering characters who tell Scott what their plans are for the future and how they don’t involve him. If this were a TV series you could easily follow any of these characters and start a spin-off feature them. It’s annoying because everybody ends up conveniently happy, unlike real life. Another issue I had was Gideon wasn’t nearly as cool of an evil ex as the first six. As it turns out, he’s just crazy. Almost James Bond villain crazy. I just wanted something more logical than Gideon having a hard time getting over the girls that dump him. Lastly, while the previous books had their fair share of video game references, this volume felt sorely lacking in that department. There were some, it’s a trademark of the series after all, but they did not stand out as much as Ramona quoting Monkey Island or Scott noticing a Save Point.
To sum up, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour isn’t. It’s a conclusion to the series and is overall too convenient of an ending and lacks the charm of the previous books. It’s sad that Scott Pilgrim ends on such a flat note.
Second Opinions:
Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
The upcoming movie is suppose to have a different ending from the books, so maybe the movie will give me the closer I am looking for.
As pointed out by DivineCaroline…
I was sent this video. I think it’s pretty interesting to see how book covers are made. It goes by really fast so you can’t see what all the creator is doing, but it it still neat.
Hi there.
Since Paper Towns
And because I’ve been playing The Beatles: Rock Band most of the weekend…
I’ve been playing a lot of Tales of Monkey Island on the Wii lately. It’s been a blast. If you haven’t played any of the Monkey Island games you should totally check them out (assuming you enjoy pirate themed point-and-click adventure games as much as I do). If you don’t feel like playing it, you can watch this animated recap of the first game The Secret of Monkey Island.
After 26 years, Reading Rainbow will be ending. It’s a little sad. I remember watching this show when I was little.
I read the book a few years ago. I liked it for the most part. However, from what I remember, the movie feels different than the tone of the book.
Plus I dislike Peter Jackson.