This was fun. I've always admired detective stories. I don't know if the clues are set up in a way that the average reader can deduce and figure out what's happening, but I had fun reading. Holmes and Watson's banter is great, and there are constant twists and turns.

The artwork is supposed to have a gritty feel, but some panels look unfinished due to the sketchy line art. The last issue has a "hamster eyes" problem where they're too spaced out and pupil-less. One of the side characters Junior is supposed to be a young teenager but looks like he's pushing 50. Despite these minor things, I think the artwork was mostly effective, and I believe the New York setting.

I was really intrigued by Holmes. What's driving him? The sense of accomplishment, the need to do good, his mother's approval, etc? This question may be enough to make me read the second volume. 

Still, deeply intrigued with this series. Macht's history is fun.

The demons are still overpowered, but there's always a unique exploitable gap if the person's clever enough.

Great narrative voice but the romance/connection between Scott and Barda was shallow. Maybe he personified freedom to her, which would explain the attraction. Overall, I still enjoyed the story and thought the author worked well with what they had.

 This has my interest so far. A rare look of a male pick-me or diet-yandere for the anime girlies.

I really like how cute and earnest Hotaru is. Hanoi has obvious issues, so we will see how that unfolds. 

Weeds is my favorite, weird and poignant with many ways to interpret it. I also liked The Biggest Ball of Twine for being emotional with minimum words. 

The Wizard one was okay; spectators thinking him weird or projecting these huge adventures for him when he just simply lived a mundane life. 

Ayee, the sequel’s just as creepy good as the first. No drop in quality! The character designs are so sleek.

I love Hiro and Bea so much! And the fact that they all become friends in the end. This is a perfect ending, but I’d read more in this series.

Cute! I feel like there were a lot of subplots to the point where Olivia had less focus on her own story

 I feel like Ifueko has a large cast of characters that mainly remain shallow. I loved her Raybearer duology, but it had the same problem here. 

And there wasn’t enough interaction with Sade and Crocodile. Their connection was insta-lovey, but I didn’t dislike them. Crocodile was in-story super fine and progressive, and Sade was resilient but kept her head down. The romance was lacking. But the magical cleaning was fun.

Overall, this had an interesting unique take on activism and class issues— activism will not look the same for everyone. Some will do it from positions of power as politicians, others in grassroots efforts, and some by raising awareness. 

 feel badly rating this so lowly for a book I'm not in the audience for, but Tatertoes's dumbness was grating