Check, Please!: Year Three

Check, Please! #3

by Ngozi Ukazu

Eric Bittle—vlogger, baker, and starting forward for Samwell men's hockey—is entering his junior year with a secret. He's dating Jack Zimmermann. And Jack? Just happens to be starting his professional hockey career with the Providence Falconers.

Off the ice, Jack and Bitty must figure out how to come out to friends, teammates and family. But on the ice, the stage gets even bigger. Follow Bitty as he dodges every check life throws at him during his junior year!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Romance, LGBT, Sports, Contemporary, Queer

292 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2017

About the author

Ngozi Ukazu is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist. She is the author of the online graphic novel series Check, Please!. She studied at Yale University and the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Reviews

[human · Rating 4 out of 5]

AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH SO CUTE

[Carlos Peguer · Rating 5 out of 5]

MADRE MÍA. M A D R E M Í A. Este cómic me ha traído por el camino de la amargura y no me puedo creer que me hayan dejado con ese final. Es que de verdad, no sé qué hacer con mi vida hasta que empiece el cuarto año (porque va a haber cuarto año, right?).

Si Check, Please! no me convencía mucho al principio era porque era una historia muy... ¿banal? Por decirlo de alguna forma. Pero cómo evoluciona todo es brutal. Los personajes son maravillosos y es que los quiero muchísimo a todos y son mis hijísimos. La trama se ha hecho mucho más compleja y madura, y los tema que trata cada vez son más delicados (pero lo hace de forma maravillosa). Este cómic me ha hecho reír tanto como me ha emocionado. Y el estilo de dibujo del autor ha mejorado muchísimo desde el primer número hasta el último. Se vuelve mucho más refinado y personal, los colores que usa son preciosos y se vuelve capaz de transmitir mil emociones con sólo una imagen. Este señor hace magia, de verdad.

Y nada. Que tengo el corazón roto con esta mierda. No puedo esperar a que salga el cuarto año porque necesito saber qué pasa con mis niños. Por favor, leed todos este cómic que es gratis y es una pasada que se merece todo el apoyo que tiene y más. Yo os dejo el link para que me hagáis caso: checkpleasecomic.com

[Hamad · Rating 4 out of 5]

RTC when Volume 2 is out!

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

There was no way their relationship was going to stay a secret and I loved the reaction of the others when Jack and Bitty decided to tell them they're together.
I was laughing so hard when Bitty started stress cooking! 😂
Every graduation makes me cry, I know they're coming but still, it's all so emotional!
This was probably my favourite chapter ending, I'm really happy that there are no more secrets and that Bitty can finally stop worrying. I don't like seeing him worry, I just want to protect him and see him happy.

[Briar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just realised that Volume 2 isn't coming out till next year and I couldn't wait that long so I read the rest of the series on the author's website 😅 and SHE REALLY HAD ME GOING FOR A WHILE THERE.

loved this, love the boys, love the world. can't wait for more! 💕

[Jane (It'sJaneLindsey) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who knew I could get so emotional over fictional hockey?

[Hilda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanna tell her more than anything I just don’t have the words.

Goodness the feels. Where part one and two were about the team and finding your tribe then telling them two of you were secretly together. Part three was about the outside world and how hard it is to tell your parents. I was so heartbroken. Poor Bittle. This kid was so strong and still scared of disappointing his parents. This book was definitely darker but also amazing and realistic and the friends and friendships are the best part of this series.

You can find the whole series online. All three books and part of the fourth. It’s a very good comic.

[Morgan (The Bookish Beagle) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best one yet- the character development is so nuanced and awesome and I find it interesting how it skips time between chapters, sometimes time has passed and sometimes it hasn't. Plus ugh this is just SO cute and that ending was TOO MUCH. How am I supposed to wait for the rest?! My only complaint is how often Bitty says honey- not one of my favorite pet names tbh but he's the sweetest Hufflepuff through and through. Loved the sandwiches :D

[lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I reread this because I needed a good pick me up read to get out of my reading slump(?) and ugh, I will never get over how good this graphic novel is.

[TJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s been a while since I read Check, Please! Years 1-2, but that didn’t affect my enjoyment of Year 3 at all! Ngozi’s art is better than ever, and it’s so fun watching Bitty and Jack navigate their relationship, which was soooo built up over the previous two years. I think Ngozi really captured the struggle of coming out here, specifically to your parents. I can’t wait to see how the series wraps up with Year 4. 5/5 stars

[Gretel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am SWEATING! This comic is killing me!

[Suzi!!! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Obviously, I love this entire comic and it makes me happier than Timothee Chalamet (which btw, is a very hard thing to accomplish). I love Bitty. I love Jack. I love Shitty and Lardo. I love Ransom and Holster. You can read it using this dandy link right here.

Can I just mention happy everyone's supportiveness makes me? The real world needs to get its life together and take notes. It's one of my favorite things about this comic, and the whole thing just makes me feel all happy and fuzzy inside.

Also, everyone's leaving and it makes me sad. Next year's gonna be Bitty's last and this fact makes me not okay. And that shizzling cliff-hanger! I'm offended-- why would the author do this to me!!

[lauren ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I STARTED READING THIS LAST NIGHT AND BINGED THE WHOLE THING AND SKSJSJS I LOVE IT SO SO SO MUCH OH MY GODDDDD THE DYNAMIC AND COMRADERY OF TEAM SPORTS IS THE BEST THING EVER IDK WHAT TO DO NOW I’VE CAUGHT UP

[Flor ):) · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I really love the romance, but I don’t really get the hockey, which is way even though I’ve been squealing I just can’t give it five stars. That ending though

[Naw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack Laurent Zimmermann is everything.

(And could we please get some action between Shitty and Lards next year? That'd be 'swawesome.)

[Maia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it's impossible to overstate how much I LOVE the Check Please series, which I have been reading online as a webcomic since late 2015. This book covers Eric Bittle's junior year at Samwell and his growing relationship with former-teammate-turned-pro-hockey-player Jack Zimmerman. The way this story handles coming out to friends and family, with the threat of media scrutiny, is just so well done. The art gets better and better with each chapter. I hadn't wait to see what Year Four has in store for these two, and all of their friends. Ngozi Ukazu is really a master storyteller, a totally unique talent.

[•°• gabs •°• · Rating 5 out of 5]

I keep rereading check please and it always, ALWAYS leaves me with a warm, tingling feeling, it just heals me like no other thing in the world.

I mean if I ever met a genie my wish would be "let ngozi make more check please" even if the world was ending, I just love it with all my little, broken heart.

this is one of the best things that have ever happened to me I'm emo ;--;

[˗ˏˋ eg ˎˊ˗ · Rating 5 out of 5]

AJSBFLIHB THIS WAS SO CUTE WHAT THE HECK

[Virginia · Rating 5 out of 5]

BROOOOO

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I may have cried. I little bit.

[bella issa · Rating 5 out of 5]

talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show-stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before.

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eeep! This one was just the best. Bittle and Jack are just the cutest couple ever. I was so rooting for them, and I felt so heartbroken that it wasn't always easy. Coming out to your friends and teammates, to your parents (though Bittle still has to do that, but I guess given the end...). I was so happy that most people were accepting of their relationship. The Samwell team made it even cuter by having a money pot in which our couple had to put money if they were to cutesy. :P
Of course seniors are once again leaving, and Bittle is becoming closer to graduation as well. We see him get quite a big role in the Haus and the team. We meet new teammates and housemates.
Jack also didn't have it easy, he has to fulfil all sorts of promises to his new team and show he is really good for the team. Thankfully, he has Bittle.
The ending, oh my. Oh my.

[El · Rating 5 out of 5]

let the records show I truly adore jack laurent zimmermann and his beautiful, bisexual québécois heart

[Gillian · Rating 5 out of 5]

How am I supposed to wait for Year Four???? Ahhhhhh

[Littlebookterror · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best one so far! I loved every second if it.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack heads to the Stanley Cup and his boyfriend Bitty is baking up a storm with all his nervous energy! This comic gets real and I loved it. See my spoiler. Jack wins the cup w a game winning goals and when Bitty runs to him, he tells Jack it’s ok to kiss him and they do. Everything changes. The media goes nuts for the first gay player. Teammates support Jack whose already told them. Bitty hasn’t come out to his family yet, though. Oh boy.

[Justine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I still have the same issue I had with the first two years, in which I feel like I definitely missed stuff by not following along with Twitter etc. in real time, but I still love this and all the ways the characters have grown together and changed since year one, sooooo five stars.

[L. C. Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

ITS AMAZING AND SWEET AND I NEED MORE.

[minyard · Rating 3 out of 5]

No tengo mucho para decir, los personajes son adorables, la historia es muy linda, y si tengo que destacar algo es el final porque O M G REALMENTE HICIERON ESO...

[Katie • forevermorepages · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, the ending was the best part, but this kinda fell flat in the other parts...I just...don't completely see the hype still :(

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