Reviews and Comments

Okay, that was excellent (as usual) but now I'm so unsure as to what's going to happen! What I thought was going to be the end/final climax of the entire series happened about two-thirds of the way through this compendium... And there's still two more to go! Where are we going with this!? So much unknown! So exciting!

I might regret this... Friends of mine rave about this series. But even they caution against starting it, given that it's over 50 books long, not including the expanded stories...

I got halfway through this a while ago, but have just picked it up again. It's great. Right up my alley. Really enjoying it (again).

Interesting start. I'm interested to see where it goes.

Public Service Announcement: If you ever need to remember the order of Lucy Maude Montgomery's classic Anne series, just remember the place where Anne is "of" just gets bigger each time: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne of Canada Anne of the Americas Anne of Earth Anne of the Solar System Anne of the Milky Way Anne of the Local Group Anne of the Universe Anne of the Multiverse

Fables is one of the best ongoing comic series, in my opinion (although it did stop... And then has started again? This is the first compendium of four, which covers the original run of 150 issues).

Essentially, all your fairy tale characters are real, and have fled into the mundane world, living in New York. The reason for their departure from their various "Homelands" is due to an enemy known only as "The Adversary", who's swept over the various fable lands, killing and conquering.

What I think is really good, and the real strength of this series, is the sheer amount of depth that is allowed and explored in what are very familiar characters, and then how they fit in with each other and as a community.

I would, and do, thoroughly recommend this series to anyone.

I got the deluxe box set of all four compendiums a while ago, so it's about time I finally got around to reading them.

I'm pretty sure I've actually already read all the content on this first compendium, but I'll appreciate the refresher!

Beatty and Dixon have written a few of these, inspired by and in homage of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One. Barbara Gordon is such a great character, and this story gives her a great starting point. One that's independent of any future reboot of change of canon. She's fierce, independent, and generally just kick-ass!

Yep, I'll be buying this.

I'll be honest, I was enjoying the first two Poirot novels, but the third book of shorts was less engaging for me, and I considered reading something else instead of this, but boy am I glad I didn't!

In 2013 this book was voted as the best crime novel ever, and I can understand why.

Admittedly, I don't have an abundance of mystery genre experience, but I thought that even though this book is so old, it still felt fresh once I finished it. Definitely would recommend!