Fairest, Volume 5

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In this new epic, refugees from Fabletown have returned to New York s Castle Dark, and Reynard, now able to shapeshift from fox to man, travels the mundane world to regale the animals with tales of his exploits, rubbing the other Fables noses in his good fortune Frustration at their restriction to the Farm threatens to become a issue once Can the animals find a way out of their situation Long time Fables artist Mark Buckingham takes over writing duties in this concluding volume to the New York Times best selling series Fairest.Collecting Fairest 27 33 Best Read [ Fairest, Volume 5 ] Author [ Mark Buckingham ] – kino-fada.fr Reading this after finishing the core Fables series was a little bit like eating some stale bread at a gourmet restaurant right after you threw a juicy steak and some delicious chocolate torte down your gullet Or, like shaking hands with someone after engaging in copious amounts of fornication in manners strange, wonderful, and forbidden with them.In other words, it just felt a little off As I ve made abundantly clear, I love Mark Buckingham The guy s an amazing artist, and THE artist on my f Reading this after finishing the core Fables series was a little bit like eating some stale bread at a gourmet restaurant right after you threw a juicy steak and some delicious chocolate torte down your gullet Or, like shaking hands with someone after engaging in copious amounts of fornication in manners strange, wonderful, and forbidden with them.In other words, it just felt a little off As I ve made abundantly clear, I love Mark Buckingham The guy s an amazing artist, and THE artist on my favorite comic series of all time As a writer, however Well, he s basically me overly wordy and inclined to talk over the story Part of what made Fables so brilliant was the fact that though Bill Willingham certainly didn t shy away from some heroic overwriting when the occasion called for it, he also knew when to get ou...Requesting and getting volume 5 in a series I haven t read before well I think I may have started reading this series, but stopped reading for some reason may seem to be a bit foolish and I was a bit worried that I wouldn t understand much and have trouble getting into the story.But when I started reading this one was it hard to stop reading it I will just read a couple of pagesoh the first issue is already finished I made a heck of a lot of screen caps, but I don t want to spoil the fun Requesting and getting volume 5 in a series I haven t read before well I think I may have started reading this series, but stopped reading for some reason may seem to be a bit foolish and I was a bit worried that I wouldn t understand much and have trouble getting into the story.But when I started reading this one was it hard to stop reading...Reynard the Fox creating problems Lots of trouble on the Farm.Overall, a fun and light read but not as high quality as the original series OVERALL GRADE B.Firstly, it s weird this came out after the final Fables, so it s out of order Second, isn t Fairest supposed to be about the women of the Fables universe NOT the animals Though I will grudgingly admit it handled the muddy world going magical better than the end of t...This was another good volume of Fairest, mainly because it was basically a volume of Fables in disguise It s also the last volume in the series This one involved a glamour lottery for the animal fables living on the Farm where a few of them would get to be glamoured as human for a while Of course, things never work out as planned Reynard the Fox also has a new adventure and a kid, long story and a few interesting mundy characters are introduced We also get to see what Goldilocks had bee This was another good...2.5 stars What The Hell Well, ok, Reynard s story was entertaining if a bit implausible But overall this didn t really add to my Fables experience The only significant section is the one at the end about Goldilocks since it ties up to another story arc Otherwise, I could ve done without this Also, I thought Fairest is supp...And verily did the Fables saga end, not with a bang but a long drawn out fart.Of the five volumes of Fairest this is the only one that comes close to the the creative quality of the original early Fables books by Willingham Buckingham.OH MY GOD That was painful And it added almost nothing to the ongoing narrative.I am so happy Reynard got a story in this It was absolutely adorable In fact, all tales in this were adorable, and well told I am going to miss this series so much.

Fairest, Volume 5
  • English
  • 02 March 2018
  • Paperback
  • 144 pages
  • 1401254268
  • Mark Buckingham
  • Fairest, Volume 5