crabbygirl reviewed Fables by Bill Willingham (Fables, #1)
Review of 'Fables' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
[guessing at the star rating / mining my old FB notes now that they are almost impossible to find]
These are the first 10 comics (of a very popular series) bundled into book form, but my impression was only so-so. perhaps it's the date of publication (10 years ago) or that i've seen plenty of coy and/or humorous treatments of the well-known fairy tales, but i found the plots predictable and lifeless. the sisters grimm, in particular, is an excellent series for the junior fiction crowd that is much more charming than this series. and it has the added bonus of NOT containing so much violence and sex. most of the actual gore was superfluous to the story; it felt like it was meant to titillate and shock the people sitting next to the reader. i'd rather an author play to me.
