cathepsut's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This volume is a collection of romance-themed stories. Shorter stories with changing artwork and artists.
Starting with Jack from the Mountain during the American Civil War. Never heard of the guy. Anyway, he cheats the devil… Content warning/rating: graphic sex, for mature readers. And lots of blood and mutilated, walking corpses. We have left fairyland. Forgettable.
Next is a two-part caper with several of the main characters of the previous volumes. Prince Charming is still a douchebag. The caper is entertaining, the solution to Sleeping Beauty‘s wake-up kiss is amusing.
PS: why do we keep meeting the Big Bad Wolf, but not Red Riding Hood? And why is she called „Riding“? There is no riding in that fairytale. Anyway…. Anne Rice is mentioned! I liked this little story arc.
The next part featured the Mouse Police. Followed by a bunch of other chapter headings—it was somewhat confusing, I eventually lost the plot. Anyway, one was called Into the Woods and Chris Pine started singing in my head… followed by The Wolf‘s Tale… Finally we got to see Bigby Wolf as a wolf! About time, a well drawn wolf and much prettier than the human version. Who strangely enough in some scenes didn’t seem to have a mouth. Very odd. Plus this mouthless version was definitely the ugliest rendering of Bigby Wolf, which made the romance a little challenging. More graphic violence, lots of blood and murder along the way.
Generally better artwork than Vol. 2. I liked the page layouts in the middle. I‘m not a fan of artists changing throughout a collected volume, it makes the whole experience so uneven.
The stories were ok, I did like the caper story and the part with Snow White and Bigby Wolf in the woods. But all things considered, this was just ok.
Collecting: Fables 11-18
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Blood
inferiorwit's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping
Minor: Infidelity, Stalking, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Suicide
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