Inaki Miranda

CW: immense gore, kids get mangled

This one was dark but captivating. The world is dangerous and kids get hurt. A zombie virus is wreaking havoc in a post-apocalyptic world and select kids are hoarded as a beacon of hope since they will be transported to a new planet. It’s all fantasy but with the way mankind is set up I could see it happening. The premise also reminded me how during Hurricane Katrina they were taking kids to safety in boats to different shelters and whatnot, but some of those kids never saw their families again. Infinite sad vibes.

Anyway, everything is not explained well in this story. And the ending could be considered seriously jumping the shark. This doesn’t deserve a 4 from a technical standpoint, but I liked reading this. A particular scene where Tala, the older sister character, convinces her bro he's leaving to train as a superhero saddened me. The emotional implications of kiddies surviving in such a gory, scary world hit me hard.

3.5… (more)

Back to Fairest (slightly out of order). This time we have Rapunzel in Japan, somehow or another, and another appearance of Jack--isn't he a Dragon now? Did I miss something?

With the influence of Japanese Fables to the mix, this is by far one of the weirder books:



But hey, it's not just the Japanese Fables that are weird:



Because of course:



But hey, you get giant talking cats.



It's fun.

It's a pretty crazy story all around, but I'm glad to have read it for that. It's really something that Fables can do well: weird.… (more)