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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed reading this one. The storylines were pretty fun. A fun read for sure!
Filler book that closed off a bunch of storylines. I patiently read three books to get to this point and it was not worth it.
A few fun issues that make the 50th issue of Fables, starting with the locating of Bigby, then a Special Seekrit Mission in a bumper-sized Happy-Ending 50th issue, and finishing with another Cindy Bond-capade. Things are being mostly too happy in the Fables story at the moment (aside from one brutal wolf killing), I predict things are going to get bloody again soonish. But, before I get to that, I'm onto the first Jack of Fables volume.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content
The four stars are really for Big and Small. Cindy's issue was great, a breath of fresh air and fun.
While it didn't blow me away I did enjoy the rest of the trade, was nice to see the Cubs and the return of Bigby. The reunion and wedding could have been much better, rushed and oddly handled.
While it didn't blow me away I did enjoy the rest of the trade, was nice to see the Cubs and the return of Bigby. The reunion and wedding could have been much better, rushed and oddly handled.
Ughh, that was a disappointing end to a story arc. Bigby and Snow are two of my favorite characters in comics, but they make no sense in this. And don't get me started on their stupid, boring litter
Then he meets back up with Snow, she's like, "oh hey, long time no see...by the way, I've been raising your wolf babies who I had no conscious part in conceiving." He's like, "I have a woods girlfriend, but you smell better. Want to get married?" She shrugs agreement, even though they've never actually been together romantically at this point (except for the time they were both roofied and neither remembers). Two pages later they're hitched, and that's the end of that.
Spoiler
Bigby leaves town and goes to extreme lengths to make himself completely untraceable (and cut off from his kids) because Snow cares about the Fable community and doesn't immediately go along with his crazy scheme to live in the woods together...or something...I wasn't sure exactly what he wanted (he did have a point about her wanting a fairy tale and what not, but I'm not sure that justified such a gigantic hissy fit). So then she's stuck raising his 6 annoying kids for like 5 years, completely devoid of any story line for that entire time while he shacks up with some woods-bimbo. Then he decides to come back, spends like 5 pages single handedly defeating the enemy who has been mercilessly persecuting all of them for several hundred years (personally, I like Bigby because he's flawed and even though he's a gigantic wolf, he also needs the rest of the Fable community to keep the Adversary at bay, so this felt silly).Then he meets back up with Snow, she's like, "oh hey, long time no see...by the way, I've been raising your wolf babies who I had no conscious part in conceiving." He's like, "I have a woods girlfriend, but you smell better. Want to get married?" She shrugs agreement, even though they've never actually been together romantically at this point (except for the time they were both roofied and neither remembers). Two pages later they're hitched, and that's the end of that.
Ah, now this is more like it! Back to the primary characters I've come to thoroughly enjoy!
I really enjoyed Mowgli's search for Bigby and the adventures with Cindy. I think I'm going to have to seek out her spin-off series, because I am really enjoying her. That is the reason for the three stars.
But, oh my god, can we just not with Bigby and Snow. Snow started off as a powerful political force who also happened to be a divorced women with seemingly little interest in romance. She had a secret city to run for god's sake.
Then she gets a horrible storyline full of unwanted stalkerish behavior from Bigby, NON-CONSENTING sex with Bigby, and then an unwanted pregnancy with a complete dismissal of termination from freaking Willingham. Then she gets shipped off to the farm for FIVE years with NO plot development. What the hell. I started this series because it was ABOUT Snow and everything powerful and inspiring about her has been systematically stripped away from her character for the last six volumes.
And now, we have to watch her manufacture a relationship between Bigby and her children, because he couldn't be bothered to write, forgive his infidelity (and don't even get me started on choosing a Native woman for the role of throwaway girlfriend) despite her apparent five year abstinence, agree to marry him with the ominious terms "You defeated me" and have a traditional religious marriage where she promises to obey and serve him? What complete and total tripe. Disgusting.
At this point, I am happy to see Snow and Bigby (seeming) to exit the series. I don't want any more of their forced, unbelievable, barely consenting relationship and have zero interest in their weird children. I'm hoping that the final shot of them passing the threshold together indicates that they will be leaving the main story for awhile because I am SO done with that rubbish.
But, oh my god, can we just not with Bigby and Snow. Snow started off as a powerful political force who also happened to be a divorced women with seemingly little interest in romance. She had a secret city to run for god's sake.
Then she gets a horrible storyline full of unwanted stalkerish behavior from Bigby, NON-CONSENTING sex with Bigby, and then an unwanted pregnancy with a complete dismissal of termination from freaking Willingham. Then she gets shipped off to the farm for FIVE years with NO plot development. What the hell. I started this series because it was ABOUT Snow and everything powerful and inspiring about her has been systematically stripped away from her character for the last six volumes.
And now, we have to watch her manufacture a relationship between Bigby and her children, because he couldn't be bothered to write, forgive his infidelity (and don't even get me started on choosing a Native woman for the role of throwaway girlfriend) despite her apparent five year abstinence, agree to marry him with the ominious terms "You defeated me" and have a traditional religious marriage where she promises to obey and serve him? What complete and total tripe. Disgusting.
At this point, I am happy to see Snow and Bigby (seeming) to exit the series. I don't want any more of their forced, unbelievable, barely consenting relationship and have zero interest in their weird children. I'm hoping that the final shot of them passing the threshold together indicates that they will be leaving the main story for awhile because I am SO done with that rubbish.