The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Back to Basics

Up and down. I appreciate the idea of resetting Peter. The most interesting Peter is a hungry Peter. However, I didn't love a few aspects of the book. For example, the humour. It was constant and felt forced. And it always jars me when all the villains pitch in. Nor did I care for Pete narrating events that he wasn't present for or even aware of.
Other things are spoilers. It felt to me that MJ coming back came from nowhere. I didn't love the split at first, but at least it didn't last long. Living with Boomerang doesn't feel right, and I think it was awkwardly contrived for the heist of the reuniting ray. Which I don't think Pete, especially a Pete with heightened responsibility (it seemed) would go for.
By the end I was feeling strangely better about the series, so will return, but I didn't have a great time this outing.