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just_fighting_censorship's review
4.0
Jack is completely annoying...this is still a great volume.
In this volume we get a better understanding of Mister Revise and a glimpse into a new storybook type mythology (like Fables...but not. Intriguing!)
We discover who this John character is and get a few more Jack Homeland stories.
The final story is a Halloween Special, a story about Jack becoming THE Jack o'lantern and bargaining with various devils.
Fun!
In this volume we get a better understanding of Mister Revise and a glimpse into a new storybook type mythology (like Fables...but not. Intriguing!)
We discover who this John character is and get a few more Jack Homeland stories.
The final story is a Halloween Special, a story about Jack becoming THE Jack o'lantern and bargaining with various devils.
Fun!
jpv0's review against another edition
5.0
Jack is still on the run! With Gary. And one of the Page sisters? And himself/John ]> of Fables?
This time around, we find out far more (weird) backstory on the Fables Universe--including more backstory on exactly what Mr. Revise is and why Gary (the Pathetic Fallacy) does what he does.
Quite a crazy story. I wonder if this will have any implications on the mainline Fables stories?
Crazy scenes and spoilers:
Man, he could totally Flintstones a car couldn't he. But he's also not wrong about Jack.
That... did not go where I expected it to go.
You know, I really like this. He's spent so long putting himself in all of the stories and now the universe is apparently trying to appease him. But he can't be King Arthur--we already have Flycatcher--so instead? The stone. Because of course.
Wait. What? What is Gary exactly? The Metastory?
Heh. Jack has a history of just doing what he thinks should work and expecting the universe will go along with it... and for now the universe is actually listening to him.
The short asides from Babe the Blue Ox, Philosopher are bizarre and kind of hilarious.
Making a deal with the devil is a common trope, but selling that over and over again to more and more devils is even better. A fun idea.
This time around, we find out far more (weird) backstory on the Fables Universe--including more backstory on exactly what Mr. Revise is and why Gary (the Pathetic Fallacy) does what he does.
Quite a crazy story. I wonder if this will have any implications on the mainline Fables stories?
Crazy scenes and spoilers:
Man, he could totally Flintstones a car couldn't he. But he's also not wrong about Jack.
That... did not go where I expected it to go.
You know, I really like this. He's spent so long putting himself in all of the stories and now the universe is apparently trying to appease him. But he can't be King Arthur--we already have Flycatcher--so instead? The stone. Because of course.
Wait. What? What is Gary exactly? The Metastory?
Heh. Jack has a history of just doing what he thinks should work and expecting the universe will go along with it... and for now the universe is actually listening to him.
The short asides from Babe the Blue Ox, Philosopher are bizarre and kind of hilarious.
Making a deal with the devil is a common trope, but selling that over and over again to more and more devils is even better. A fun idea.
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
Three stars mainly because of Excalibur and Blue.
abetterbradley's review against another edition
3.0
This is volume 3 of the Jack series and I'm a little confused about what the hell is going on.
Jack is being chased by Mr. Revise, the head librarian at this Fables prison camp called Golden Boughs. Revise wants to rid the world of magic and somehow the Fables tie into this. I'm super confused.
Jack is being chased by Mr. Revise, the head librarian at this Fables prison camp called Golden Boughs. Revise wants to rid the world of magic and somehow the Fables tie into this. I'm super confused.
murderbot42's review against another edition
4.0
Got back into this cause a friend reminded me of it, and I'm not sorry I did! I forgot how much I liked this story and all the little meta winks and nudges it does. Jack is such a pain, I love him so much! (And the ox! I don't even know how to talk about how much I love the ox!)
vylotte's review against another edition
4.0
Further adventures of Jack. A few stories from his past, the fleshing out of a new major character (literally).
emkoshka's review against another edition
3.0
Quite the number of revelations in this one, not the least being that Jack is actually capable of caring about others, as evidenced in his desire to shield Gary from the worst of a car crash and his ability to set Priscilla's broken wrist. He also plays a game of bad news/good news, learns about his connection to Wicked John, gets stuck through with a sword (a nice voodoo link to a scene in The Good Prince in which the cubs are playing with a Jack figure and the same happens), makes a new friend/spirit guide and reveals that his longevity is actually due to ongoing pacts with different devils, each more soul-destroying than the last. Watch out, Jack Jnr (son of Lumi); your soul is in danger.
booksandyarniness's review against another edition
4.0
the plot begins to thicken as our protagonist proves why he is an antihero, and some of Mr. Revise's motivation starts to appear.
hopeevey's review against another edition
4.0
Oops, I read this out of order - I thought I'd read volume two, but hadn't. I realized it about three pages in, but read this volume anyway :) I may re-read this volume once I've read volume 2. This was a fun read, despite missing some of the intervening story.