Books like Sweet Tooth, Volume 3: Animal Armies

Re-read: 06.19.19Gus's slow loss of innocence breaks my heart, and the story unravels in such a great place, I'm so glad to be re-reading this. My original thoughts are the same:4.5 Stars\ As we ride down on this goddamned place, ready to kill or be killed, I feel something I ain't felt in a long time... fear. When you ain't got nothing to lose, you ain't got nothing to be scared about, but all that's changed now. I think of Louise. I think of my baby... the baby I'll never know. The baby I'll never hold. Then I think of the kid... Gus. If there's even a chance that he's still alive in there, then it's a chance worth dying for. These men have taken so much from me... I ain't gonna lose him too.\ Sweet Tooth's world is heartbreaking, it really is. It's a world in ruins, a world of madness and pain and hopelessness, but in the middle of all these tragedies and rage there's the sweetness of Gus. The innocence of the little hybrid kids. There's no one in the world who cares about them, so they cling to each other, they may be alone, but they're not lonely together. That innocence and that affection that they feel for one another it's such a wonderful contrast to everything else happening. From the cruelness of the lab and the madness of the tribes, from the pain of Jepperd. The kids are the heart of the story and I care about them so much.This third volume is quite intense. Jepperd and the two women are still on the quest to save Gus, but for them to have a chance, they will need some extra help and so the Mad Max-like tribes will play a big part. There's a big confrontation, some shocking moments, some things revealed, but I don't wanna say more 'cause I don't wanna spoil. If you like volume 2 you are in for a treat with volume 3.The tone was set so well from the beginning of this series, it's a great, if not really emotional, read and I'm really invested in these characters. Jeff Lemire is not only a talented writer, but a great artist too. His artwork complements the setting and ambiance of Sweet Tooth in a way that's so personal, I honestly don't think another artist could have managed to do the same.