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4.32 AVERAGE
4.32 AVERAGE
a little too much over the top paradise creation for my tastes. I want more espionage, scary Frau Totenkinder, and secret agent Cindy!
My favourite Fables so far. I am so happy to finally have Flycatcher take the centre stage. This is one of the stories that has a definite begininng, middle, and end, which makes almost a stand alone story. This allows for a feeling of satisfaction that the other books did not have. I found Fly's story full of bravery, adventure, interesting twists, and i can't wait to se where this will go next in terms of the fight with the Empire.
From the moment Santa Claus talked to Fly in the previous volume, I was excited for this one! You get a good sense when the series starts that Fly might be more important than just his role as a janitor for the amount of spotlight he gets and when the time come for Fly to shine, he delivers. I really appreciated his journey from a broken man, devastated by the loss of his family, who sets his mind on going on a suicide mission to ease his pain, to a man being happy to go back home after a good day's (months') work. It was very satisfying.
In The Good Prince, the war between the Fables and the Homelands picks up some momentum and the plot significantly moves forward. With Frau Totenkinder being more intriguing than ever, and Bigby and Snow (and King Cole) back on the official meetings, you know that war is closer than ever. We also reconnect with characters we didn't really expect to meet again and I thought it was a clever way to bring them back.
The mirror scenes made me laugh, as if all the characters were captivated by some TV soap.
This volume introduces us to Lancelot and his universe. While we get some backstory for him, I really hope we get to see more of the Arthurian legend, as it's always been one of my favourites.
It felt like wish-fulfilment from the authors to think a conflict of this sort might to be resolved without violence. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, it simply is a little too unrealistic for me. I also have a hard time agreeing with the authors that Fly has no part in the violence that occurs outside his kingdom, because, even though it's indirectly, he still has a part to play in it.
One chapter that stands out, and not in the best way: the 5th birthday of the cubs. While I really enjoyed the chapter on it's own, it might have been better placed in another volume.
A thing I didn't really like: some of the artwork changes between different chapters, to the point where it gets distracting.
In The Good Prince, the war between the Fables and the Homelands picks up some momentum and the plot significantly moves forward. With Frau Totenkinder being more intriguing than ever, and Bigby and Snow (and King Cole) back on the official meetings, you know that war is closer than ever. We also reconnect with characters we didn't really expect to meet again and I thought it was a clever way to bring them back.
The mirror scenes made me laugh, as if all the characters were captivated by some TV soap.
This volume introduces us to Lancelot and his universe. While we get some backstory for him, I really hope we get to see more of the Arthurian legend, as it's always been one of my favourites.
It felt like wish-fulfilment from the authors to think a conflict of this sort might to be resolved without violence. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, it simply is a little too unrealistic for me. I also have a hard time agreeing with the authors that Fly has no part in the violence that occurs outside his kingdom, because, even though it's indirectly, he still has a part to play in it.
One chapter that stands out, and not in the best way: the 5th birthday of the cubs. While I really enjoyed the chapter on it's own, it might have been better placed in another volume.
A thing I didn't really like: some of the artwork changes between different chapters, to the point where it gets distracting.
Flycatcher, Prince Ambrose, is a character that's close to my heart and I absolutely love this volume. The inclusion of Arthurian legend into the Fables was neat. I look forward to finding out how Prince Ambrose's gambit affects war plans of the Fables and the Adversary in future books.