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The List 12-26 May 2005: " Consistently impressive...knowing humour and a convincingy flawed cast of characters."
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"Unquestionable one of the strongest ongoing comics being published today, Fables fuses comedy, horor, politics and drama..."
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the very best of the Fables series... they can work on there own, but if you're intersted I sugest you start with Vol 1.
In this story arc, Boy Blue goes on an epic (and yes it really is epic!) quest into the homelands he and the other fables used to live in. Anyone familliar with the "heroes quest" will see it here, clear as day. It is a full on fantasy romp, where he defeats and out-smarts his opponents along the way, learning all the time.
A great book!
In this story arc, Boy Blue goes on an epic (and yes it really is epic!) quest into the homelands he and the other fables used to live in. Anyone familliar with the "heroes quest" will see it here, clear as day. It is a full on fantasy romp, where he defeats and out-smarts his opponents along the way, learning all the time.
A great book!
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Another great book in the Fables series, with plenty of the things which made Fables In Exile brilliant, lots of good artwork, although I found it different from the first book, and all the fabled creatures and characters are featured. It is brilliant to see just which one will be featured next and how it will be featured, such as talking animals thumping on Tom Thumb's door and not finding him home speculating if he is is Thumbellina's house.
This book features the other residence of the Fable refugees in our world, the farm, where all those which could not and would not fit in unnoticed to the Fable community living underground in New York are resident. There are rumblings of upheavel as the pigs encourage, especially the non-human Fables, to rebel against the Fable authorities with the ultimate aim of reigniting the war which was once lost with The Adversary causing them to take refuge in this world. This forms what is essentially the background, the main story is really the relationship between Snow White and her sister Rose Red, and also the ongoing Fables world building and development (the abilities of Fables to recover from mortal injury is contingent on the strength of belief or memory of them among human/mundane world).
Its funny because while there are other literary reference, Lord of the Flies for instance, which are refered to no one really mentions the obvious Orwellian fable, besides there being treacherous pigs with revolutionary pretentions and the title of the tale. There is a chance that the authors could have reflected on how a modern fable story could effect or exist alongside a traditional fable story (the pigs are not Orwell's usurper pigs but the three little pigs of huffing and puffing big bad wolf fame) but it doesnt happen. Instead there's a vague but unambiguously negative reflection upon revolution and revolutionaries, they are just bullies or conniving, power hungry schemers.
I also thought there were some radical departures from the characterisations of the earlier book, Snow White isnt the commanding figure of the first book now but a sort of naive and unwary innocent who has an emotional breakdown when she has to defend herself with leathal force, she's also not able to figure out a simple puzzle involving a key. It was like a different character altogther. On the other hand Rose Red is the hero of this tale really and it fits with that.
This book features the other residence of the Fable refugees in our world, the farm, where all those which could not and would not fit in unnoticed to the Fable community living underground in New York are resident. There are rumblings of upheavel as the pigs encourage, especially the non-human Fables, to rebel against the Fable authorities with the ultimate aim of reigniting the war which was once lost with The Adversary causing them to take refuge in this world. This forms what is essentially the background, the main story is really the relationship between Snow White and her sister Rose Red, and also the ongoing Fables world building and development (the abilities of Fables to recover from mortal injury is contingent on the strength of belief or memory of them among human/mundane world).
Its funny because while there are other literary reference, Lord of the Flies for instance, which are refered to no one really mentions the obvious Orwellian fable, besides there being treacherous pigs with revolutionary pretentions and the title of the tale. There is a chance that the authors could have reflected on how a modern fable story could effect or exist alongside a traditional fable story (the pigs are not Orwell's usurper pigs but the three little pigs of huffing and puffing big bad wolf fame) but it doesnt happen. Instead there's a vague but unambiguously negative reflection upon revolution and revolutionaries, they are just bullies or conniving, power hungry schemers.
I also thought there were some radical departures from the characterisations of the earlier book, Snow White isnt the commanding figure of the first book now but a sort of naive and unwary innocent who has an emotional breakdown when she has to defend herself with leathal force, she's also not able to figure out a simple puzzle involving a key. It was like a different character altogther. On the other hand Rose Red is the hero of this tale really and it fits with that.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading (and being totally unimpressed by) the first volume of this series, I decided to give "Fables" another shot, simply because I wanted to understand why this is acclaimed widely as an amazing comics series.
Taking inspiration from Orwell's Animal Farm, this volume follows the story as the non-human looking Fables, forced to live away from the eyes of the non-magical population, decide to rebel against their more human looking counterparts, who live in recluse in New York City. With a half-baked plan to overthrow their "oppressors" and then invade the lands that were taken from the Fables by "The Adversary", characters like the Three Little Pigs, the Three Bears, Shere Khan and Baghera, led by Goldilocks, champion a revolution by overthrowing Weyland Smith, the mayor of the Farm, and enslaving him so they could force him to make weapons modified for use by the non-human Fables. Snow White and her sister, Rose Red, get caught up in this affair when they go visit the farm (Rose on community service because of the events in the last book) and Snow is forced to take matters into her hands, while her sister seems to fall in with the traitors.
The characters were all much more fleshed-out than in the first book, staying true to their storybook originals, but still showing a twist (often very macabre) that made them interesting and unexpected. However, if you were annoyed by Rose Red on the first volume, be prepared - she is still an arrogant, spoiled brat, and Snow White's naivety towards her is sometimes infuriating. The story is much better as well, and this time I found myself caring about what would happen next. The jokes were also funnier and didn't feel forced at all, just part of the story and world.
All in all, a huge improvement over the last one, and a series to keep reading.
Taking inspiration from Orwell's Animal Farm, this volume follows the story as the non-human looking Fables, forced to live away from the eyes of the non-magical population, decide to rebel against their more human looking counterparts, who live in recluse in New York City. With a half-baked plan to overthrow their "oppressors" and then invade the lands that were taken from the Fables by "The Adversary", characters like the Three Little Pigs, the Three Bears, Shere Khan and Baghera, led by Goldilocks, champion a revolution by overthrowing Weyland Smith, the mayor of the Farm, and enslaving him so they could force him to make weapons modified for use by the non-human Fables. Snow White and her sister, Rose Red, get caught up in this affair when they go visit the farm (Rose on community service because of the events in the last book) and Snow is forced to take matters into her hands, while her sister seems to fall in with the traitors.
The characters were all much more fleshed-out than in the first book, staying true to their storybook originals, but still showing a twist (often very macabre) that made them interesting and unexpected. However, if you were annoyed by Rose Red on the first volume, be prepared - she is still an arrogant, spoiled brat, and Snow White's naivety towards her is sometimes infuriating. The story is much better as well, and this time I found myself caring about what would happen next. The jokes were also funnier and didn't feel forced at all, just part of the story and world.
All in all, a huge improvement over the last one, and a series to keep reading.
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Goldilocks is still at large, the lilipuddlins have only one female between them, Snow white and the big bad wolf go camping, while prince charming reveals he isn't all bad. Read more
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