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Summary: This couldn't be the end of the story, could it?
Review: Strangers in Paradise: Volume 9: Child of Rage compiles the following issues into one collection: Volume 3, Issue 31: The Black of Your Heart; Volume 3, Issue 32: Kings and Queens; Volume 3, Issue 34: Crossroads; Volume 3, Issue 35: Pretty Maids All in a Row; Volume 3, Issue 36: Requiem; Volume 3, Issue 37: Child of Rage; and Volume 3, Issue 38: Shhh!. (Volume 3, Issue 33: Not With My Cape, You Don't! is a special issue and is not included in this compilation.) I very much recommend reading the first eight volumes of this series (The Collected Strangers in Paradise, I Dream of You, It's a Good Life, Love Me Tender, Immortal Enemies, High School, Sanctuary, and My Other Life) as they provide vital backstory (and are well worth reading in their own right. David's on the road to recovery. Casey's still in love with David. Francine has lost thirty-three pounds and is engaged to Brad, the loving intern. Everything is well, except... where's Katchoo? The time has come for Katchoo to face her past, time to do or die. The road before her is short, dangerous, and full of emotional and physical terrors. But if she can make it, then maybe, just maybe, she can escape the horrors she's spent the last seven years of her life running from. Along the way, we'll learn about secrets she would probably rather not share about her past, about her family, about her soul. Tagging along for the tempestuous ride are, of course, David and Francine. We learn some of their secrets, too, and they learn much about themselves, more than they probably wanted to know. Sometimes the worst thing you can learn about yourself is the truth, especially when you find it in a moment of rage, when you thought you had buried the past, and forgotten your own secrets. In a whirlwind tale of betrayal and backstabbing, double-crosses and deadly arguments, we learn the answers to many of the questions we've had about Francine, David, and Katchoo from the beginning. I'm eager to read the next compilation, to find out what happens from here. It couldn't possibly lead to ... peace?
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