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  <title><![CDATA[Fables: The Mean Seasons (Fables, Volume 5)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Collecting issues 22 and 28-33 of the hit VERTIGO series, this trade paperback features two tales of Bigby's exploits during World War II as well as &quot;The Year After,&quot; which follows the aftermath of the Adversary's attempt to conquer Fabletown &#8212; including the birth of Snow White and Bigby's children!</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">4</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Fables Volume 5: The Mean Seasons</original_title>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Remember that time when Bigby got a weird WWII flashback story and Snow got put out to pasture to raise a litter of cubs? Yeah, that kinda sucked. ]]></body>
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    <review id="72756423">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 28 06:54:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 28 06:55:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reason for Reading: Next in the series.<br/><br/>Comments: The book starts off with a single issue that features Cinderella. It feels purposeless at first but a little secret is revealed that later comes into play with a slight significance. Next is a two-issue story line featuring Bigby which fla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72756423">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59938890">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jun 16 15:18:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[**Spoiler alert for those who haven’t read Bill Willingham’s Fables Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers.<br/><br/>The 5th volume starts out with a story of Cinderella entrapping a Fable who is collaborating with the Adversary, but exactly whom is she working for? The Cinderella story is fol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59938890">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52451768">
    <user id="2214498">
    <name><![CDATA[Purplycookie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 12 20:10:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 24 16:40:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The fifth collected edition of <strong>&quot;Fables&quot; </strong>is a much more subdued affair after the last one. It contains several shorter stories that advance many of the overall plot lines lingering about Fabletown.<br/><br/>Two shorter pieces show Bigby Wolf on a secret mission as a spy for the Allies dur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52451768">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45767849">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 08 16:06:41 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 08 16:06:41 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another interesting update. I liked the first short story about Cindy and Ichabod. Had me wondering who she was working for until the final twist. The second story, about Bigby in WWII didn't really interest me. I usually like stories that involve the characters backgrounds, but it wasn't really tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45767849">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45194491">
    <user id="369290">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 02 17:15:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 02 17:16:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection of the <em>Fables</em> series doesn't follow a single story line. Instead you get a little of this and a little of that--a tale of espionage, a two part flashback to World War II, an account of a concurrent election and multiple birth in Fabletown, and a bunch of long running plotlines that a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45194491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65784437">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 01 13:11:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 19 19:36:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed Bigby's backstory... part of the reason I love this set of graphic novels is because of the never ending references to awesome characters that are so intelligently incorporated into Fabletown and it's heritage. I must agree with other reviews I've seen; I much prefer the volumes tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65784437">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58022123">
    <user id="877714">
    <name><![CDATA[Anthony]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the better collections in the series thus far. The incidental nature of the election for Fabletown mayor, and the mounting instability of the Fables' society under the new direction of prince Charming is interesting. Plus, the seven children of Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf promise some int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58022123">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42793922">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 23:38:39 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't really care much for &quot;Cinderalla Libertine&quot; although I did like the beginning with all of Prince's Charming's ex-wives and the background on Cinderalla.  However I'm a fan of any story about the cubs so &quot;The Mean Season&quot; was the 4-star draw for me -- &quot;War Stories&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42793922">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22201410">
    <user id="1041498">
    <name><![CDATA[Ryan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mississauga, Ontario, Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue May 13 20:31:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This volume starts out with one of my favourite scenes from Fables - Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella gathering in a coffee shop, debating which of them was most screwed over by Prince Charming.  It's a fun, playfully twisted view on the original fairy tales, and sort of sums up what the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22201410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56142961">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jenny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri May 15 11:33:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I still feel like many of the characters are flat and one-dimensional, and I'm still mildly indifferent to the series as a whole, but the last few pages of this one made me almost care. Strike that--it did make me care, briefly, and for only three of the characters... but it did. =) ]]></body>
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    <review id="43355069">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I missed the fourth volume, so I was a little lost in this, but it's primarily three different stories, one following Cinderella as a femme fetale, one following Bigby the Wolf Man in WWII, and one following Snow White giving birth to a litter of kids.]]></body>
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    <review id="1687757">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The early tales in this volume see Bigby's war stories and Cinderella's true nature.<br/><br/>In the main story, we follow a year in the life of Fabletown. Charming wins the election and there's a new adminstration. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41424.Beauty_A_Retelling_of_the_Story_of_Beauty_and_the_Beast" title="Beauty  A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley">Beauty and the Beast</a> have a hard time learning the ropes and Charming sees that no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1687757">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16189175">
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    <name><![CDATA[Katherine]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 23 13:48:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 17 12:07:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[(This review is for all <em>Fables</em> graphic novels)<br/><br/>If you ever wondered what it would be like if your favorite fable characters had to live and work together, you should read <em>Fables</em>. <br/><br/>In these graphic novels, many of our beloved fable characters have been forced to leave their land...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16189175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dramatic.<br/><br/>This book was like a super soap opera.  I really enjoyed it, actually.  I had a hard time putting this down until I was finished with it.  And actually it is a very fast read, perfect for a short weekend or all in one night marathon.  <br/>No spoilers here...but I really enjoye...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44635810">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 23 21:17:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the slowest volumes in my opinion.  But after the battle for Fabletown in the last volume, these characters needed a break!  Plus the birth of Bigby and Snow's litter is pretty fun.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This volume contains a little of this and a little of that (if &quot;this&quot; is a quick tale of espionage and &quot;that&quot; is Snow White giving birth to baby wolf cubs). An amazing series that is still going strong.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We see the result of Snow White and Bigby's weekend away together as seven interesting children are born. Also, a flashback to what exactly Bigby was up to during WWII.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Snow White has her babies and we start to learn more deep secrets....I heard this is going to be a television series and I can't wait to see how they do it. So great!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series has really fallen into its wonderful self.  The past two collections have really hit their stride in full fantastical glory!]]></body>
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