Matt Fraction

Chip Zdarsky

Jon and Suzie must decide where their relationship will go once the thrill of new lust has faded.

Sex Criminals: Two worlds, one cop [#6-10]

Sarah Escorsa

If you pick this up thinking it will be criminally sexy, think again. Criminally boring is what it is.

I knew I shouldn't have bought this. I mean, I thought  volume 1 was meh as hell. But I'm an idiot so I ordered this anyway. Why? Because I liked the concept. You have to admit that the idea of literally freezing time whenever you have sex is pretty cool, right? The idea might be cool but if you don't know what to do with it, it won't get you anywhere. And that's exactly what happened here. There is no plot whatsoever. It's all blah blah blah and little else.



Volume 1 was pretty underwhelming but at least there was some action: Jon and Suzie, the MCs, had sex to freeze time and robbed banks while time was standing still. They were chased by the Sex Police. There was a plot, the story seemed to be going somewhere and things were actually happening. In volume 2 nothing happens. Gone is the original storyline, gone is the sex police. Bye bye fun, hello boredom. All we get is Jon suffering from depression, being a hypocondriac and rambling incessantly about his childhood. All this while Suzie is having doubts about their relationship. Yay. How exciting. 



And don't get me started on the scenes involving Suzie and her ob-gyn (who also happens to be Jon's friend *eyeroll*). They made me feel like I was in a high-school sex ed class. Will there be a multiple choice test at the end of this lecture? Fascinating stuff, really. I have to admit I liked the colors in those scenes, though. That's good, right? Right. Not nearly enough, but good. 



What bothered me most is probably the immaturity of the whole sex part of the plot. It feels like the authors are just two teenage kids trying to be naughty by writing about sex. The problem is, the end result is not naughty, it's boring. And completely lacklustre. And juvenile. And childish. Oooooooh, dildos!! Ooooooooh, porn!! How positively outrageous! How insanely risqué! ← in case you didn't know, this is called irony. I guess it would have helped if I'd thought this was as funny as other people seem to think. But it didn't even make me smile once and everything just fell flat. I guess it's just not my kind of humour. 

►► So let's see, what do we have here? Time for simple maths: 

Bleh + Meh + Yawn = I'm done with these sex criminals.

Julie D.

is this cheating when i'm trying to catch up on my goal of the year ;p

Nat Welch

Really disjointed and confusing compared to the previous trade.

Olivera Mitić

Volume 1 was so much better that this kinda broke my heart a bit. I mean, sure, it was good, but volume 1 blew me away.

b.andherbooks

The honeymoon appears to be over for Suzie and Jon, and the Sex Police may have won. Introducing several new characters, Volume 2 of Sex Criminals is compelling, but does lose a little of the pure joy and fun of the first. Can't wait to keep reading - and I hear a TV show may be under development?!

Sex Criminals: Two worlds, one cop [#6-10]

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