![]() The quality of writing It's easy to say that Sweet Tooth is good, but it's more than that. There's no doubt that Jeff Lemire is on fire right now, but this book shows you exactly why that is. Without a doubt it's the type of book that should be on everyone's books shelf - not thrown in with the other standing graphic novels, but right there next to Cormac McCarthy's The Road or Bambi: a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten. This really has all the marks of a modern literary classic. It's easy to say that Sweet Tooth is good, but it's more than that. Damn you Lemire!! But yeah, amazing story that I highly recommend if you haven’t checked it out already.more Plus my eyes were watering up through the entire final issue. There were a lot of small moments when I would see these hybrid kids faces and be so sad hoping nothing happens to them. However, as I read more, the art ended up kind of fitting the tone of the story. I will say at first glance, the art was weird looking and not my taste. Action, high tense situations, violence, a lot of heart, some really sad stuff and a bit of a mystery as far as what caused the sick and the hybrids. I don’t want to give anything more for the few people reading this review that haven’t read this book to not be spoiled. He runs across a man who says he can help and knows of a sanctuary where hybrids can be safe. But the boy, whose name is Gus, has his father die from the sick. So what’s left is just everyone scrambling trying to stay alive and some trying to find a cure to the plague that they call “the sick”. Really, a plague has broken out and most of the world has already died. His father always told him growing up to not ever leave the woods because there is nothing but bad men out there. Only thing in the boy is what the people in the book call a Hybrid. So there’s a young boy and his father living in the woods in a cabin. SWEET TOOTH COMPENDIUM HOW TOLemire knows how to tug at the heart strings. So what’s left is j Actually 4.5 stars but I’ll round up because this hits all your emotions. Actually 4.5 stars but I’ll round up because this hits all your emotions. ![]()
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