Peach Fuzz, Vol. 3 by Lindsay Cibos

Peach Fuzz, Vol. 3 Reviews

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  Tom Gaetjens

  This one’s a real puzzler. Suddenly we are introduced to a mushroom-based religion. Our hero’s mother doesn’t approve of the shroom faith, so I’m guessing the religion was made fictional so that it wouldn’t be weird for her to be prejudiced against it, but that just raises the question of why she needed to be prejudiced at all. We also stress that this other family is from a noticeably lower economic background, which is a weird thing to introduce but not deal with in a kids book.
  
  It’s a busy volume for the mom as she also finds time to name a ferret after the hunk from a bodice-ripper romance novel she’s reading. I remain very unsure of who the audience is for this book.
  
  I think I would come down on the side of not recommending this volume for kids. There are better ways to introduce and talk about religious prejudice than this.
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  Hayley Heinz

  NO!!! No no no!!! The peach fuzz series is over? That was my thoughts after finishing this book. This series was one of my favorite manga books. I loved this one although Mimi's religion was a little bizarre it added so much humor to the book! I truly will miss these books I recommend it to any people who haven't read it yet.
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  Red

  The target audience for this series is always all over the place. Somebody else pointed it out but I knew this when it was made that the male ferret is named after a bodice ripper character. Which for the people who don't know that's basically early on NSFW books with softcore erotica.
  
  Also implied ferret sex due to subtext.
  
  Um.
  
  I don't need to tell you that I'm sad the series is over, I was sad the series was over when it ended. Three manga issues is nowhere near enough, even though some mangas have been just one issue and done.
  
  On to the incorrect ferret representation and the problematic handling of ferrets that will inspire children to possibly mimic this. Don't leave your ferret out alone with a bunch of junk, if they eat anything the size of a pencil or eraser they will often die. Do not leave them alone with Bunches of pillows and looming outside their cage, they will burrow into your sofa and you will sit on them and kill them. Ferrets will get into everything and every possible nook and cranny.
  
  She is often left in a situation where she could escape that house in under ten minutes.
  
  I feel like there is a lot to dissect as well because there is irresponsibility in here. Peach is unhappy and trying to escape her cage and also expressing boredom which is something ferrets can express but often they are occupied by simple things like toilet paper rolls and a jingle ball. If your favorite is expressing displeasure the solution is not to get a second one which will also get bored, it's to spend more time with your ferret. This is why they're not supposed to be handled and given to children because they are a little bit more exotic. Hence being called an exotic pet.
  
  If your ferret is acting lonely or bored, do not just buy them another ferret of the opposite sex. This sounds like an obvious thing but I have had so many people get their pet rat, pet hamster, pet rabbit mate of the opposite sex and not realize the implications. If you're reading this, it should be obvious.
  
  I did not include this in the other Peachfuzz reviews but unfixed female ferrets that go into heat will die due to a medical condition that happens if they do not reproduce. They will actually have everything build up into their body and cause a heart attack and it is very painful and uncomfortable. In this manga the ferret expresses a lot of moodiness and snapping and biting which could be correlating to that syndrome. This book seems like it wants me to believe that she was upset and feeling down because she was not reproducing and she was basically saved from death, that is the only reason I can think that they bought a male ferret and introduced it to a female ferret.
  
  I do not care for the actual implications of this, if I could say nobody in my class was inspired by this to go get a male ferret for their female ferret, I probably would never overthink this.
  
  That said seeing Peach and Edward hang out together I adore the scenes of them and I adore all of the interactions. I think it's very cute when it's just these two animals hanging out and not the humans doing weird things and abandoning these animals to their own stuff. Especially when they're not in a cage and just sort of looming around in a big room that could have countless hazards and also dangers to a pet animal.
  
  That said, I will always think of Peachfuzz fondly, and I will always miss it. Rest in peace you intriguing manga trilogy.
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  Michelle

  I loved this series of books. I have ferrets and love them and loved seeing life through a ferrets eyes in this book. It made me laugh as I thought of my ferrets seeing life in that way. A fun and creative book about a little girl and her pet ferret.
  
  In this one, the little girl and her mom think her ferret needs a friend, so they buy the ferret her "prince". However, this prince is anything but the suave prince she imaged having in her life. Can they live together in happiness, or is this relationship doomed from the start? Cute little read and a great series.
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  Magenta Cooly

  All in all, this series is pretty good. I'm almost sorry that they only made three; I kind of wanted to see what happens next.
  The only problem I had with this volume was the strange family and their belief in some kind of mushroom "religion."
  Anyway, I'm in need of some hard cover mangas in my collection, and since I saw that these were HC published, I'd be happy to own them all.
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  Madelyn

  It was ok. It was a little hard to under stand.
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  Heydi Smith

  The third installment is fantastic and left me searching for the next!
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  Holly Letson

  3.75*