This volume is part of the DC Rebirth series. It is the third volume in the Conner and Palmiotti run of Harley Quinn comics. In this volume, Harley Quinn may think all she has to worry about is her parents visiting. Oh, but there is more. She has to deal with New York City's corrupt mayor and his plan to deal with the homeless population, then Harley Sinns returns, and there is still more.

The volume features various plots going on, and initially we may not be sure how they connect or not. Some plot elements work better than others. The future Gotham plot line does not work as well, and we probably could have done without it. The rest of the stories would have been fine. For this part of the run, the writers may have tried to pack too much in. This part of the run does end in a cliffhanger, so we'll need to read the next volume to see how things turn out.

Overall, the comic as a whole remains pretty good. I appreciate Harley Quinn's moments of empathy here. The humor throughout remains good and a good reason to read the series. The art is also very good. In comics, for me this is a favorite rendition of Harley Quinn.

This volume collects stories from Harley Quinn, issues 14-21, and it includes a section of extras and cover gallery. I recommend it for libraries with graphic novel collections, especially if they already collect this series and/or other Batman comics. I liked it, but it felt a bit crowded in terms of material at times. Still I am willing to read the next one.

While I usually love Harley Quinn, I can't say I'm a fan of the art on this one. It's a bit too chaotic for my taste. The world building is nice enough fun, there are quite a few characters involved in three different tales. My favourite was definitely the Cannibals one and to see Harley dealing with a few nasty villains. The other stories didn't do much for me and I simply couldn't fully submerge myself in the story like it happened with the previous installments.

I was never able to say much about comics. Especially those which are so incredibly popular. So, I'll just say I enjoyed it and end it there...

I love female anything so this was a pleasure to read. I've reviewed Batman and Superman and The Flash and this was my first female protagonist.

I recently finished this book after having to borrow it from the library since I didn’t read it in time when I received it from Netgalley. Throughout most of it, I found myself to be a bit bored with the storyline. The art is very good (as I tend to think for most of the DC Rebirth line), but I did not find myself gripped by the tale. Harley is sleuthing to discover why homeless people in her town keep going missing, and the reason (and the government’s involvement) is quite shocking! There are typical kick-butt moments that you’d expect here. If you’ve read this one, let me know your thoughts on it since I felt so strange not being pulled in to this story.

You can really tell when a comic team is getting towards the end of their run, and this is a prime example. Within Red Meat, there's four different storylines and they clashe horribly. None of them are properly fleshed out, and only one truly reaches a proper conclusion. Individually, (or at least two per volume) they could have been really good stories but here they just end up tedious. Particularly poor and under-developed, the Harley Sinn plot could have been so much more but it seems to suffer from lack of space to develop. It's lost out mainly due to the awful futuristic 'Batfan' saga that drags on, only to really provide a 'twist' about a long-established Quinn-verse character.

One real positive here is that they allow Dr. Harleen Quinzel to make an appearance and it's refreshing. Too often Harley is written just as the 'kooky/mad/horny' nutter completely disregarding her pre-Joker life. These moments of empathy and understanding were a welcome relief.

I think Conner and Palmiotti have one more volume left before their run ends, and I for one welcome someone else having a chance to write HQ before she gets truly stale.

In the past volumes, Harley Quinn slayed zombies, aliens, and even took on The Man Of Steel. I'd be so exhausted to be her. This time around is different.
Harley's friend Skip and other homeless people disappear without a trace.
She will search the ends of the Earth and do what must be done. It's up to the Ex-Princess Of Crime to solve this case.

This collection was not the typical homerun I've come to expect from Conner and Palmiotti. Maybe it was just the creepy eating the homeless subplot or the regular discussion of alien penis, but it just kind of got old. I'm still a fan of the series, but this one just wasn't what I"m used to.

ARC from Netgalley.
Less on the comedy and much more on the violence, Harley Quinn Volume 3, deals with some true nasties...
Beginning with Harley sticking her nose where it doesn't belong, she accidentally releases Zorcromp, a seemingly invincible conqueror, from his earthly prison in Strata. Atlee (Terra) and Power Girl join in on this adventure, which is full of the obvious hijinks, but also some excellent fight scenes.
In the background though (and the second half of the Volume), the mayor has hired some fairly ravenous cannibals to "take care of" the homeless population. This doesn't sit well with Harley and she (showing more blood and gore than readers are used to seeing in a DC book) takes their whole group out, earning further respect from the Chief of Police.
All seems peaceful until a woman, Devani Cage, dressed as a "Bat-hero" shows up, claiming to be from the future where Harley has killed Batman. Cage is stopped and send back, but only after a huge reveal.... Red Tool was the first person sent back from that time to stop Harley, but he ended up falling in love with her. When will this come out, and how will Harley react?
Much better Volume than the previous, and showing the violent side of Harley is much needed.
Recommend.

As is usual with Harley, mayhem is around. First, there is the giant green ants that free a very naked alien villain that required another alien and Power Girl to contain. Then, Harley Sinn was released to do a couple of killings. Plus there were the cannibals that had been brought in to deal with the NYC homeless population. And then there was the time traveler who had come back to kill Harley Quinn for killing Batman. Plus, Harley has a big problem! Her parents are coming to visit! Fun times!

Giant beings, reluctant allies and a kick-ass Harley! I liked this but I felt that the story fell a little flat on this occasion compared to past volumes

'Harley Quinn Vol. 3: Red Meat' by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and John Timms collects the lead stories from Harley Quinn #14-21. Harley continues her life of being an antihero with her weird group of friends.

When a group of large beings that live under the ground show up, they unleash a being that Harley isn't capable of handling, so she calls in some friends like Power Girl, who reluctantly shows up.

The mayor of New York has hired a group of people to take care of the homeless population and Harley Quinn is sent undercover to find out what is going on.

I keep thinking there are interesting things to do with this character, but I haven't found what I'm looking for yet. The humorous antihero thing has been done before and better. When I have a hard time staying interested to finish a graphic novel, that's a sign that I've just lost interest.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

There's a lot going on in this volume: Harley dealing with this crazy narcissistic alien, cannibals wanting to get a piece of her, and even a huge Batman fan coming from the future to kill her (yep!).

And I seriously have to ask, how does this girl manage to cause so much trouble? It's admirable, really. And she doesn't even do it on purpose, we all know she's become a good girl now, no matter how crazy she might be. Bad stuff just happens wherever she goes... which actually makes things more fun.

Oh and I was really happy to see that Harley meditates! I know it may sound dumb, but it's just that I also meditate a lot myself, so I thought it was pretty cool.

The art for the most part was amazing, as always, although I think this is the first volume where I wasn't such a big fan of some of the art.

Also worth mentioning, I can't get enough of Red Tool! I just love how crazy he is about Harley, and how nice he is. Hopefully we get to keep him around much more.

Fun as always, I love reading these comics :)

Quite possibly my favorite Harley book this year. I'm sad the writer and artist are going to be moving on from Harley Quinn for a while, because I've really enjoyed their work and their art for sure. I'll keep reading since I have fun with the characters and the stories, but theirs was a great run.

Harley teams up with Power Girl and Atlee to fight an all powerful being from Atlee's underworld city. Meanwhile, the mayor has hired cannibals to rid NYC of its homeless population. This guy is worse than the mayor from Buffy. Then a Batfan from the future comes back in time to kill Harley because she thinks Harley will kill Batman. None of the stories really grabbed me and the jokes are starting to fall flat.

At last, some traditional storytelling for this series, that actually makes it worth reading. Not only do we get the ribald flippancy (a polite term for smut) when a big bad comes up from below and displeases Harley and others, but we get the campaign to get the homeless eaten, and a threat from the future, and an assassin from some other book I've long forgotten about - and at last - AT BLOODY LAST - after at least six books o' shite, we get something coherent, non-ugly, non-grating, and actually fully readable. If some of the verbosity could take a long run off a short Coney island pier we'd be laughing. But at least this is a mahoosive step up from the dross that has come from these authors before now.

This was cool.

We start with the Mayor wanting to clean up NY and the Mayor's lackey woman hiring a group to take care of the problem by very gruesome means for sure.

But then the story gets embroiled in a weird underground (Strata) alien story, where he attacks everything and everyone, but then he and Harley talk for a bit, and then a hero from his part of the Earth as well as Power Girl (with a little help from Harley) save the city.

There's also a story with Harley Sinn and the Macabres.

There was a lot of different (and really cool) stories in this TPB, but, it also sorta seemed like the series was treading water a little bit, waiting for something bigger to happen as well. It was a weird dichotomy.

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.

I enjoyed this volume but felt it was not as good as volume one. i love harley and think this is a fun read and loved adding it to my collection.

Harley Quinn has come onto the main stage recently through many titles. Her character often makes the difference in how you will enjoy the graphic novel. Interesting and quirky, often unpredictable, her character is usually a stand out. This graphic novel was oddly inconsistent and the obsession on the writers' part to use infantile humor throughout much of the book, ranged from tiresome to irritating. I didn't know if we were supposed to laugh or giggle like school children pointing at a naughty book. Very distracting. Some parts of the storyline were quite good but not enough to save the book. Read it to keep updated on the Harley Quinn lexicon, but don't expect much.

Always ready to read another Amanda Conner , Palmiotti Harley. Fun and always with a great story that keeps you reading. You can and will not stay in a bad mood when reading this series. The art pops off the page. love it