A review by absentminded_reader
Rose by Jeff Smith

3.0

This prequel to the [book:Bone] series was epic in scope, full of archetypal myths and the foundation for the battle to come. Although Princess Rose was well loved, she was not a perfect character. Her pride and naïveté were to be the near downfall of her kingdom. Normally, I am an enormous fan of Charles Vess' art, and certainly there were wonderful landscapes and magical touches here and there, but the faces were a disappointment. Their features seemed to swim from panel to panel and felt deformed at times. Still, for Bone games this will be a nice treat. Jeff Smith has captured the more serious aspects of his tale here without the comedic touches of the Bones. For some this will be a disappointment, but the Rose miniseries was not in any way a departure from his narrative skills. It fits nicely into the canon.