While the character elements of Peter and MJ living as a couple in Queens and working to make ends meet and balance a superhero life were strong, it was otherwise a largely paint-by-numbers experience with little substance and a lame attempt at a twist ending.

Supposedly a build-up to another Spider-Man novel, Goblin's Revenge. I unfortunately don't own that one yet, but I'll get there eventually.This is only the fourth Spider-Man novel I've read, but it's the flimsiest so far. In terms of plotting, it really doesn't get going until the midpoint where Carnage escapes. Mary Jane has her own subplot with helping Aunt May, and Peter has a personal subplot with The Daily Bugle, but each of these are cookie-cutter and by-the-numbers with no real stakes or

WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE AHEAD, I BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT EMOTIONS AND SHIT...SUPER FAST REVIEW:Not terrible but not for me.So in all fairness I have been feeling very sad and fucked up in general lately... like to the point of frequent uncontrollable crying (there’s a pandemic right now and it’s been fucking with a lot of shit including adding to stress which fucks with my physical health and that adds to stress and... yeah, all kinds of crazy stuff going on there). Figured I should clear that.Anywa...

This is a good, sense-tingling Spidey adventure. The main plot is Peter's conflict with Carnage (never one of my favorite villains, to be honest), but the secondary story with M.J. and Aunt May is equally compelling. The characters are all well-portrayed, and their voices rang true. There's an attempt to fit this one in a framed continuity that didn't do anything for me, but I enjoyed it as a stand alone. Excelsior!

A thrilling novel where Spider-Man faces off against the villain Carnage, who arms himself with a deadly new weapon to threaten New York City.

Carnage is a result of an alien symbiote joining with serial killer Cletus Kasady, and one of Spider-Man’s deadliest foes. Spidey has defeated Carnage in the past and he has been placed under heavy confinement. New York has been safe. But researchers believe that they can separate the two entities, and bring Carnage to New York for this experimental treatment. Unfortunately, Carnage escapes and begins a deadly rampage. Spider-Man must stop him again… and that is just one problem Peter is facing....

A passable story marred by large amounts of filler. Between several pages of illustrations and white space, one chapter that adds nothing to the story, and abysmally large print and wide margins, paying full price for Carnage in New York is a cheat. If you've enjoyed other Spidey novels, and can find it on the cheap, this novel may be worth a shot, but those who are new to the wall-crawler's prose should start out by reading Adam-Troy Castro's Sinister Six trilogy.

It was... Meh.I wanted to like it more because I love Carnage. But the author repeated himself a lot and it felt a lot like he had to meet a word count in an essay so he found multiple ways to say the same thing.The story was good though and it had some decent action scenes between Spider-Man and Carnage. It was a good book, it could have been a lot better tho.

Star Rating Art:  4 Stars Star Rating Story: 5 Stars   Self purchase for Kindle.   First Impression:  Fantastic, great story.   Like the first volume, I’m loving how the Vampires are really freaking scary, not like twilight. Don’t get me wrong, I actually liked Twilight, they were good reads. But Vampires, really, really ought to be scary, have fangs, wings, claws etc.   Scott Snyder is a very good good author.  Though I must admit I was a bit confused as to what was going

Set in Peter Parker's college years and early married life, this book details the adventures of Spider-man battling the escaped Carnage, the symbiotic alien which attaches itself to humans to act out evil deeds.Peter, alter ego Spider-man, is thrust into saving the city after Carnage targets a charity event being thrown by his employer, the Daily Bugle. His personal life becomes a struggle when the attack makes him late for a bank appointment with aunt May, who had previously asked Peter to co-s...

I first read this novel back in 1995 and enjoyed it enough to read it again when I came across It in audiobook format. Micheline and Smith give good Spiderman. The book has a very fast tempo with Spiderman’s life causing difficulties for Peter Parker as he tries to stop the serial killer, Carnage, from causing the deaths of thousands of New Yorkers. While this is happening, Aunt May desperately needs Peter’s help to save her house, putting Peter once again in the position of having to disappoint...

One of the best Spiderman books I have read in a long time it introduced carnage as a villain that has been a problem before. So he isn't anyone new to Spiderman but it still explains it in a way to the reader as if we have never heard of him before which I love.

This is exactly what you would expect a mass market paperback comic book story to be like. It's like the ur-superhero fiction novel adaptation. Breezy and enjoyable enough to pass the time, doesn't do anything even remotely new or interesting with its characters. I'd go 2.5 stars if I could

I first read this book forever ago and back then I absolutely loved it and was captivated by the story. Here it is almost ten years later since then and I'm curious as to whether or not it will still have that same impact. I intend to purchase the book, reread it, and then offer a new review!

It was super short, but that helped it. Also went quite bloody at parts, which I did not expect. But for a comic novel? Its not the best, its not the worst. Its a solid story.

a decent, short novel. moves really fast and is pretty entertaining

I found it kinda boring. The Carnage POV sections were definitely the best parts.

I really love seeing different peoples takes on the same characters! David Michelinie and Dean Wesley Smith did a great job with Peter and with MJ. Just a fun story with lots on the line. Great read!

Really enjoyed this. Im not well versed in my marvel comics being a DC guy as a child. So this Carnage story was great.

Pretty slow, not too much action. It felt like a drawn out plot from a two issue arc.