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This was such a good GN, I started it and was sucked back into Fabletown and out of my own world. Now, Mr. Willingham, you know how to do a fairy retelling very well. While I found some parts of this book quite graphic and disturbingly violent, it fits in with the storyline and the series and the grim kind of world of fairy tales, and the situations that the characters find themselves in.
I never did like Bluebeard. I was prejudiced by his past of murdering his wives. It's really hard to get past ...more
I never did like Bluebeard. I was prejudiced by his past of murdering his wives. It's really hard to get past ...more
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After reading the first two volumes in Bill Willingham’s well-praised graphic novel series “Fables,� I just had to check out the third volume “Fables: Storybook Love� and at this moment, this volume has restored my faith in the “Fables� series! That is not to say that the first two volumes were not great, but when I read the first two volumes, there was not enough development going on for the characters and I felt that I was reading filler stories rather than a good introd ...more
After reading the first two volumes in Bill Willingham’s well-praised graphic novel series “Fables,� I just had to check out the third volume “Fables: Storybook Love� and at this moment, this volume has restored my faith in the “Fables� series! That is not to say that the first two volumes were not great, but when I read the first two volumes, there was not enough development going on for the characters and I felt that I was reading filler stories rather than a good introd ...more
This third collection of the Fables and contains a stand alone Jack story, a stand alone Thumbelina story, as well as a story arc involing Sleeping Beauty, Prince Charming, Bluebeard, Bigby, and Snow.
The ending is somewhat opened ending, and I hope there is some examination of the issue in the next story arc. The edition contains Bigby going big, bad wolfish, Goldilocks, and an intersting way for Sleeping Beauty to wake up.
In many ways what sells this series is the creative use of fairy tale, fo ...more
The ending is somewhat opened ending, and I hope there is some examination of the issue in the next story arc. The edition contains Bigby going big, bad wolfish, Goldilocks, and an intersting way for Sleeping Beauty to wake up.
In many ways what sells this series is the creative use of fairy tale, fo ...more
Dec 03, 2011
Stephanie Cook
marked it as to-read
Jun 20, 2012
Jennifer
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Beth
marked it as retelling-graphic-novels
Jul 29, 2015
Angie
rated it
it was ok
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Jul 11, 2016
Fi
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Dec 10, 2018
¸.�*¨*•Gina *A Bookwyrm in Belgium*�*¨*�.¸
rated it
it was amazing
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