Reviews

Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 5: The Clone Saga by Saladin Ahmed

sayre_94's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Mile Morales has lost the line between superhero and teenager. He only think about crime fightning, and has lost personal relationships because of it. Someone has stolen Miles DNA, and three evil clones are on the loose, led by Selim. Eventually, the other two clones turn on Selim and Miles remembers the importance of living a normal life. I personally have never read the original clone saga with Peter, however this was a fun read and it draws me to read the original even more. 

scam_likely's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

rakoerose's review

3.0

This was interesting! Ahmed’s control of his characterization is really good.

The clone issue in this volume took up most of it and, unfortunately, was kind of underwhelming for me. I’m also not about this Ganke versus Miles thing that has been started, why can’t we just be happy for our friends? Yet also it’s true to teenage drama so… we suffer for realism.

Seeing Peter and Miles fight together was a treat though. And Shift is a super interesting new element that I hope we see more of in the coming volumes! The final battle of the clones was well done and I wonder what new overarching issue Ahmed will conjure next.

joseperth's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

breesnick's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

iamoneee's review

Did not enjoy the storyline. 

justkaty's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

elderkinhv's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

dcommet's review

4.25

A little overwhelming as clone stories often are, but it feels authentic and the stakes all hit. Love the stuff with Miles dealing with his anger and wondering if his heroics are making him a worse person as he quickly jumps to violence.

markkaj's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

4.0