Paper Girls, Volume 3 (Paper Girls, #3)

by Brian K. Vaughn

Cliff Chiang (Illustrator) and Matt Wilson (Illustrator)

The multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning
series from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues, as newspaper deliverers
Erin, Mac and Tiffany finally reunite with their long-lost friend KJ in an
unexpected new era, where the girls must uncover the secret origins of time
travel... or risk never returning home to
1988.

Collects issues 11 through
15!

• ISBN13: 9780606402002
• Publish Date: 8 August 2017
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 September 2023
• Imprint: Turtleback Books
• Edition: Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 128
• Language: English

Reviews

[leahrosereads]

Yada yada yada still not getting the whys or reasonings for the plot yada yada yada. Doesn't matter. I'm done with hurting my brain on a concept that I don't get in this situation other than on a very basic level.

This volume was so cool! The Paper Girls (Erin, KJ, Tiffany, and Mac) continue to show their adaptability well beyond what an adult would probably do in the same scenarios. BKV shows that kids/teens really have the strength and the flexibility to deal with situations that may seem "too mature" for them. He shows that kids/teens can deal better than adults sometimes at handling the tough stuff.

And I love it, because it's so true.

Definitely going to continue with the series, because I'm absolutely invested in these 4 kids' adventures.

[manonblackbeak]

Esto esta cada vez mas raro, e interesante.

[Quirky Cat]

First, can we just take a minute to appreciate how pretty this cover is? I’m completely loving Cliff Chiang’s works, and the artwork here is no exception. Vaughan’s (author of Saga) writing won’t disappoint either, which really isn’t a surprise. Volume three will make no sense if you haven’t read the previous two, so I urge you to do that if you haven’t already.



From looking at other people’s reviews, I’m seeing that many were disappointed in this volume. I’d like to address that first. I think volume three is a build-up novel – where all the details have to be presented and set in motion before something big happens. I could be wrong, but I’ve noticed that heavy hitting authors have a tendency to do this, so I anticipate that it is the case. Regardless, I actually quite enjoyed this novel and the details it revealed.
The time travel and distortions are continuing – though some loose ends finally got tied up. The (possible?) start of the whole time travel escapade is finally revealed, though some other questions were raised in its stead. Such as, apparently humans cannot travel unshielded through time, but our paper girls troop did so successfully multiple times. What exactly does that imply? Were the different from the start, or were they made different by something else? Or is it the manner in which they keep getting pulled around that makes it safe for them?
I also find myself wondering about the cave men – what on earth where they up to? Did they have a goal, intent? It certainly appeared that they had purpose in their actions (even if those actions were pretty horrible) I just don’t know what it is yet.
The four dimensional being was also interesting – it’s implied that the being is dangerous, but at worst it seemed disinterested in the girls. Given that it may have revealed images of the future to KJ, I can’t help but wonder if it’s actually trying to guide them to do something or go someplace (or not, it could just be a bored inter-dimensional being for all I know).
I’m not really sure where volume four is going to take us, but I can promise you that I’ll be reading it to find out! At this point I’m just too curious to drop it.


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