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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I generally think Fables can do no wrong (well, besides the typical reader complaint of bad things happening to characters I love). And I understand that a crossover is...well, just that: a crossing over of two different things into one apparently glorious creation. But I think it would have really behooved Bill Willingham (and, by association, us) to have included an explanation of some kind, in some fashion, as to who and what people were. I figured it out for the most part, but I was pretty lost for the majority of the book. Still...as a lit nerd, I found a lot of joy here.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Ableism, Incest, Sexual content
It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the series goes now that it's eliminated it's largest, most efficient threat to date, but then again you could argue that for any antagonist in a long ongoing series. It'll be tough to top the Literals, though.
Easily the worst of the Fables series so far, The Great Fables Crossover takes a break from the threat of Mr. Dark to take a look at what Jack has been up to and introduces the Literals. The Literals consist of a group of immortal characters who are essentially just literary jokes (Mr. Revise, The Pathetic Fallacy and the Page sisters). The main problem I had with this one was the sheer amount of literary jokes about librarians and genres and random tropes. If you are/were an English major/teacher, maybe it's hilarious. But for those of us who aren't, it's funny for a second but quickly becomes boring and annoying. And Jack is a selfish jerk. Always has been and always will be, so I couldn't care less what he's been up to since being booted from Fabletown. My advice would be to just skip this one and continue with Witches, which is (so far) as awesome as the rest of the series.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Probably my least favorite in the whole series - except for some clever characters like the "literals" and the "genres" this book was entirely forgettable.
A must read if you've read and enjoyed previous Fables tales. Not a great book to just jump into the series.
A Jack intermission that's characteristically clever, fun, and annoying.