Rating: 4/5
What would you do if your orgasms stopped time? Rob a bank, naturally.
There is a bit more to Fraction and Zdarsky's offbeat series than that. It begins as a coming of age story, which leads into a story about a young woman trying to keep her local library from being shut down. That is, until she meets a man that has the same power that she does.
As silly as this book should be, it's written well and takes time to develop the characters. This makes it a lot more palatable when something ridiculous does happen. The creators manage to keep this from being merely amusing, instead creating something that is highly entertaining and readable. More importantly, they create something that makes you want to keep reading no matter how out there it gets.
My favorite part of this book, aside from the musical number in the bar, is the art. It's done spectacularly well. Especially when the characters enter the Quiet, which is what one of the characters calls the period when time is stopped. So sit back, relax, and probably don't read this in public unless you want to get some funny looks.
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