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amyjoy's review
3.0
This is my least favorite Fables arc, apart from any Jack stories. I did not like the story being told from Sunflower's perspective, and the Reynard story felt corny, in a bad way.
vernip's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Dishonest Fox Learns to be an Honest Man, but Can't Stop Swiping Stuff (aw, man!)
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Seriously, WHO decided the last volume in the spinoff should be about a fox who was always kind of a simpering stooge for Snow White? And as mentioned before, doesn't know how to be an honest man and ropes a sweet redneck Mundy girl into his schemes. Doesn't make sense, and it detracts from the real issue at hand, nobody knows how to end this series, and yet they have to!
Centuries of relative peace at the Farm, a couple of inciting incidents involving the main cast, and BOOM, just clamoring for revolution & sweeping changes every couple of years it seems!
I really could care less about the various animal characters that want to pass for human so they can not only live out their best lives but also have some sorta feigned equality with the rest of their fairy tale people. Made even more evident that the last story is a weird standalone issue of Goldilocks monologuing into the "camera" about how she's trying to find her "JUST RIGHT (tm)" place that either matches her twisted ideals of equality or a hapless world that she can institute Communism as the default government. Bah!
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Oh ok, I'll admit that a couple of pages dedicated to the Owl & the Pussycat, one of my favorite nursery rhymes, was hella delightful. Especially when the owl asked for a runcible spoon when he's been around long enough to see the change in popular English declare them sporks.
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Seriously, WHO decided the last volume in the spinoff should be about a fox who was always kind of a simpering stooge for Snow White? And as mentioned before, doesn't know how to be an honest man and ropes a sweet redneck Mundy girl into his schemes. Doesn't make sense, and it detracts from the real issue at hand, nobody knows how to end this series, and yet they have to!
Centuries of relative peace at the Farm, a couple of inciting incidents involving the main cast, and BOOM, just clamoring for revolution & sweeping changes every couple of years it seems!
I really could care less about the various animal characters that want to pass for human so they can not only live out their best lives but also have some sorta feigned equality with the rest of their fairy tale people. Made even more evident that the last story is a weird standalone issue of Goldilocks monologuing into the "camera" about how she's trying to find her "JUST RIGHT (tm)" place that either matches her twisted ideals of equality or a hapless world that she can institute Communism as the default government. Bah!
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Oh ok, I'll admit that a couple of pages dedicated to the Owl & the Pussycat, one of my favorite nursery rhymes, was hella delightful. Especially when the owl asked for a runcible spoon when he's been around long enough to see the change in popular English declare them sporks.
rdyourbookcase's review
3.0
I liked it. It’s just been so long since I started the series that I forgot a lot of important information!
ecote525's review
3.0
maaaaaybe 3.5 stars....only due to the fact that the lesser known animal fables get a spotlight...however, AGAIN - thought Fairest was supposed to be about the FEMALES of the Fables universe, yet we get plotlines revolving around males. LAME.
joanarcherknight's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
samrossvolante's review
3.0
This was entertaining. I love any storyline set at the farm, though I’m still not keen on Rose Red. I also far preferred Reynard as a fox, and I didn’t really enjoy his journey with Meghan (though I liked her and I was rooting for her!). Interesting to see Goldilocks again at the end, especially after her presence in Jack of Fables. It’s slightly uncomfortable to see one of the most unlikeable Fables villains painted as essentially a left-wing extremist... makes me wonder what kind of philosophy the series is pushing, i.e. possibly a pro-capitalist one.
gentlemanbeggar's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0