This is a bananas concept, well executed.

This is kind of genius because I missed whatever comics it was where Cyclops killed Xavier, so I'm right there with the baby X-Men like, "Wait, what?" Still, there was a LOT going on in this volume and I was a little lost, but also I didn't really care. I just felt along for the ride.

omg I'm so into baby Jean Grey in this.

what a good way to bring her back (again).

This book gave me the same kind of whoa feeling that I got from like, the first time I saw The Matrix. I loved the mystery of it, and the hope amidst the despair.

I loved the flashbacks and the unraveling of events, and I loved the characters. I loved that our main trio was a queer boy, a fat black girl, and a Polish-British boy whose English wasn't perfect but who made himself perfectly understood.

Note: a couple of my junior high girls read this book. They both loved it but were VERY embarrassed by the brief but sort of explicit mentions of masturbation in this. Something for librarians to consider when rec-ing this book, I suppose. A good readalike for most of the philosophical dystopias out there, but a cut above most of them.

AHHHH

I'm so impressed by how equally compelling I find all these characters and their various plotlines. We still have Cinder and Scarlet from the previous books, and now we've added Cress to the mix, and it's a lot to juggle but I'm on board with all of it. And the fairy tale retellings are so cleverly done, while still allowing for plenty of surprising plot twists.

When does the next one come out??? Soon right?? November 2015? nooooooooooo

I noticed on the opening page that the "Angela" character was co-created by Todd Mcfarlane and Neil Gaiman, so I figured she was from Spawn. (Confirmed by Wikipedia!) So this probably would be a cooler crossover or whatever if I already knew anything about the character. IDK, it worked fine not knowing, since the Guardians didn't know either, and it was kind of fun to have some superheroes being like, "whoops maybe we shouldn't have just blindly attacked this new person."

Overall, this was a fun read for me but someone more well-versed in comics than I would likely appreciate it more.

At first I thought maybe I'd read this before, and then I realized that it's just that basically all of Emma's best lines from this have been all around Tumblr.

This was a fun read! I love Sinister as a villain and this was one of his most batshit schemes to date, like straight-up Carmen Sandiego mad scientist shit. Also he wears a top hat??? I'm here for that.

Ahhh what a fun read! Kind of a Star Wars-y Romeo & Juilet-y thing with enough cool details to feel really fresh. I'll definitely be picking up volume 2 ASAP!

I read reviews saying this glamorizes mental illness, and I'm not sure... if that's even... what it's doing? But I'm not really sure what it IS doing? I don't know if I can formulate any opinions about this book that don't end with a question mark? I liked it? I don't know what happened with the world-building? It was kind of cool though?

Give it to kids who like Holly Black and dark fantasy? Don't give it to tweens cuz it's got some sexy parts and some suicide-y parts?

I continue to be hella into this.