Fables: War and Pieces (2008)

This only gets three stars from me since I liked Cinderella's story. Otherwise, meh. And that was the end? ( )

The ending of war is too abrupt. It has been building since start of series and for it to happen and end seems very anti climatic.
I still give this 4 stars cos I can't seem to stop reading. ( )

Cindy's new mission is to bring "the package" back to Fabletown, Rodney and June become bona fide members of the community, Sinbad and Prince Charming strikes a huge blow against the Adversary's forces, Briar Rose gets to use her particular "power" to help with the war effort, and Bigby gets a chance to take the Emperor down. Lots of good storylines, all having their impact on the war. All characters get to show themselves at their best - whether their best is to be good or to be bad. It's a great war story and especially the events on the airship Sky Treader and Bigby's great contribution to the fighting provide excellent action scenes. ( )

This is the 11th book in the Fables series and brings us to the battle between Fabletown and the Adversary. It was an excellent continuation in this series and ties up a number of things that the series has been building up to.

The book starts with a story that deals with Cinderella and her mission to recover a certain missing fable. After that we quickly get into the main story of the epic war between the Fables and the Adversary.

The illustration was very in keeping with previous installments; very well done and fits the tone of the story nicely. It’s never hard to follow what is going on and the characters have wonderful facial expressions.

This is the issue we have all been waiting to read. Finally we see the Fables engage the Adversary in war. It’s the Fables huge dirigible like machine supported by flying carpets with buttloads of ammo versus the Adversary’s dragons. At first it looks like technology will win the day, but the Adversary has some tricks up its sleeve.

There is some great humor in the story. Boy Blue and Prince Charming feature in much of the war scenes. We also hear a lot from Snow, Bigby, Rose Red, the Emperor, and the Snow Queen.

Lots of breath-taking action scenes and the Fables/fairy tales are woven into the story in many clever ways. I loved the way Briar Rose uses her “power”.

Overall one of the best installments in this series so far. I am curious as to what will be next for the Fables and can’t wait to read Dark Ages. Highly recommended to fans of fantasy/urban fantasy graphic novels. ( )

Book 11 in the series, this is the big war against the Adversary, with many threads converging, some new reveals, a few new characters, and even a main character death. all deftly and lovingly entwined. this series just keeps getting richer as it gets more complex, and Willingham's afterword suggests he might just be prepared to continue on with it indefinitely. which is fine with me, it's a neat idea well realized. inventive in all the right places, and the only serious successor to Gaiman's Sandman series. ( )