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calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
I always enjoy these stories. They are getting thicker though, and it takes longer to read them. They are no longer a quick read and Vol. 10 gets even thicker.
WAR IS COMING.
We see both sides making plans to defend against the other side. Ghepetto sent a diplomat to Fabletown who is Hansel and he hates witches. We learn something interesting, almost about Frau Totenkinder. We also go to Bigby's mansion and see Christmas with the cubs and there is a flying carpet. They fly to the land of fables to spend time with grandpa, the north wind. The family tensions are high and they all come out when the cubs are threatened by something in the forest.
Not ever one gets a lot of page time, but the story revolves around Snow and Bigby and then Hansel. A lot happened and it's getting very tense.
I really don't want to see a war. I guess this is where it has all been leading up too, but I am tried of war in stories. I see the cover of Vol. 10 looks like it's coming.
I will keep on reading. I'm not even halfway yet in this series.
WAR IS COMING.
We see both sides making plans to defend against the other side. Ghepetto sent a diplomat to Fabletown who is Hansel and he hates witches. We learn something interesting, almost about Frau Totenkinder. We also go to Bigby's mansion and see Christmas with the cubs and there is a flying carpet. They fly to the land of fables to spend time with grandpa, the north wind. The family tensions are high and they all come out when the cubs are threatened by something in the forest.
Not ever one gets a lot of page time, but the story revolves around Snow and Bigby and then Hansel. A lot happened and it's getting very tense.
I really don't want to see a war. I guess this is where it has all been leading up too, but I am tried of war in stories. I see the cover of Vol. 10 looks like it's coming.
I will keep on reading. I'm not even halfway yet in this series.
nwhyte's review against another edition
"http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1288963.html?#cutid1[return][return]This volume really illustrates the problems of passing meaningful judgement on subsets of an ongoing series. It is very bitty; the bits make sense as contributions to the entirety of the narrative, but don't hang together especially well combined rather arbitrarily here. It doesn't help that of the numerous artists involved, one or two are distiinctly sub-standard."
theartolater's review against another edition
4.0
A lot going on in this volume:
* We get a march to war-style arc that often felt like a lot of war-themed art written during the height of the post-Iraq occupation and comes across almost as ham-fisted from time to time.
* We get a really fun Christmas chapter.
* We get a good story revolving around the wolf pups.
* We get some excellent short vignettes, both from reader questions and from as short little check ins to break the war comics up.
Overall, one of the better trades even with the missteps. Especially in the wolf story, the artwork sometimes tends to get a little too artsy for my liking, but on a whole, very enjoyable (and very long for a paperback trade).
* We get a march to war-style arc that often felt like a lot of war-themed art written during the height of the post-Iraq occupation and comes across almost as ham-fisted from time to time.
* We get a really fun Christmas chapter.
* We get a good story revolving around the wolf pups.
* We get some excellent short vignettes, both from reader questions and from as short little check ins to break the war comics up.
Overall, one of the better trades even with the missteps. Especially in the wolf story, the artwork sometimes tends to get a little too artsy for my liking, but on a whole, very enjoyable (and very long for a paperback trade).
beyadob's review against another edition
4.0
Really liked this volume. Expands on Bigby's relationship with his father and also talks about his siblings. The companion stories are also quite fun.
thiefofcamorr's review against another edition
5.0
Wheeee <3 Why did I wait so long before continuing with this series? My goodness.
just_fighting_censorship's review against another edition
4.0
In this book we see a committee formed in the Homelands plotting their revenge against the Rebel Fables. Snow, Bigby, and the pack visit the Homelands to see the North Wind and there are various shorts. Some of the shorts are to introduce and further explore smaller characters while the entire last issue is dedicated to answering fan questions with s few panels.
My favorite answered questions were:
Besides Fly, who else has asked questions of the magic mirror? and Who was Prince Charming's first love?
There were a few scenes with Pinocchio and Geppetto that were especially disturbing and the Homeland committees plans to destroy the Earth got real dark. However, the Christmas story provided a nice balance. Very interesting to see the Fable take on Santa, his scene with Flycatcher was heartbreaking.
My favorite answered questions were:
Besides Fly, who else has asked questions of the magic mirror? and Who was Prince Charming's first love?
There were a few scenes with Pinocchio and Geppetto that were especially disturbing and the Homeland committees plans to destroy the Earth got real dark. However, the Christmas story provided a nice balance. Very interesting to see the Fable take on Santa, his scene with Flycatcher was heartbreaking.
mikaiya's review against another edition
5.0
This series just gets better and better. This was FANTASTIC.
And the art was particularly striking.
And the art was particularly striking.
angrygreycatreads's review against another edition
4.0
Sons of Empire gets back to the current story arc and in it we get to see what is happening with the adversary and with Bigby and his family. We also get a back story for Bigby, who is my favorite character so I quite enjoyed this one. As always, the artwork is well done. In this volume, the tension is building for confrontation between the adversary and the refugees. There is also a charming Christmas story in this volume that I enjoyed. Another good read for fans of graphic novels and the series.
merixcil's review against another edition
3.0
The journey to get there was fun, and I do like the subs, but the reaction Bigby meets out to his siblings for the danger he put his children in is so bizarre. Increasingly I feel like Fables just expects me to side with Bigby without doing the leg work of making him likeable. I liked him a lot more in the early volumes where it seemed to me the point was that he was a generally disagreeable dude.
merer's review against another edition
3.0
The stories were still great, but I liked Snow and Bigby better before they became so..."domestic." I felt like Bigby was especially wussified in this particular issue. What happened to Snow's endearingly pushy and assertive personality? Why is Bigby wearing comfy sweaters and decorating a Christmas tree? I feel like my two favorite characters died and were replaced by doppelgangers.