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Fables, Vol. 2 by Bill Willingham
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it was ok
bookshelves: read-in-2017, comic-graphic-novel, folklore-myth-fable-fairy-tall-tale, retelling

I had to push myself through this, to be honest. I want to continue with the story/world, but I could have done without this volume, I think. I said in the last one that my tolerance for unlikable, horrible characters is at an all-time low, and that's basically all this volume was. I get the allusions to Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies, and all that, and I even get why this was an aspect of the Fables that needed to be explored, but I just felt very anxious reading it, and wanted to be done.

Also, I hate Rose Red. I don't care how it turns out in the end, she's the worst. (Aside from maybe Goldilocks.)
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Reading Progress

November 27, 2017 – Started Reading
November 29, 2017 – Finished Reading
November 30, 2017 – Shelved
November 30, 2017 – Shelved as: read-in-2017
November 30, 2017 – Shelved as: comic-graphic-novel
November 30, 2017 – Shelved as: folklore-myth-fable-fairy-tall-tale
November 30, 2017 – Shelved as: retelling

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message 1: by Cara (Wilde Book Garden) (new)
Nov 30, 2017 10:11AM

Cara (Wilde Book Garden) I definitely feel like the market has lately been saturated with so-called "antiheroes" that are really just excuses not to put any effort into creating characters the reader actually cares about. In my opinion there are ways to make characters different and flawed without making them devoid of any good qualities whatsoever. Thanks for the review, Misty! This looks like a fairytale retelling I won't be picking up.


message 2: by Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) (new) - rated it 2 stars
Dec 01, 2017 02:17PM

Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) Here's the thing about Fables. It starts SO weak, but keeps slowly gaining ground until you just can't live without it. I still miss it!


message 3: by Misty (new) - rated it 2 stars
Dec 01, 2017 03:50PM

Misty Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) wrote: "Here's the thing about Fables. It starts SO weak, but keeps slowly gaining ground until you just can't live without it. I still miss it!"

I've heard that before, actually. I think when I first started reading this series, I was fairly new to comics and it just wasn't strong enough -- artistically or in story -- for me to want to stick with it, and NOW I'm so Trumped-out on awful people that I'm hesitant to really commit. Also, Bill Willingham as a person leaves a bad taste in my mouth, so I was on the fence about reading it and supporting him thusly. BUT I'm a fairy tale person, so it seems inevitable...


message 4: by Misty (new) - rated it 2 stars
Dec 01, 2017 03:51PM

Misty Cara wrote: "I definitely feel like the market has lately been saturated with so-called "antiheroes" that are really just excuses not to put any effort into creating characters the reader actually cares about. ..."

Yeah, being a "gritty" retelling about fairy tale characters as fairly awful people is kind of this series' thing. I mean, I'm all for adding complexities and nuance, and I think it will have enough in the way of rootforable characters and arcs to win me over, but I'm just awful-peopled out.


message 5: by Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) (new) - rated it 2 stars
Dec 01, 2017 07:06PM

Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) Oooohhhh, didn't know about Bill Willingham.


message 6: by Misty (new) - rated it 2 stars
Dec 01, 2017 08:47PM

Misty Yeah. Turns out, he's a dick.


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