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Kind (The Good Neighbors #3)
by
Holly Black (Goodreads Author),
Ted Naifeh
The faerie world has been unleashed on Rue's city. The big question is: Will she stop it and save the world she's always known? Or will she take her place as the rightful faerie heir?
Another fantastic concoction of fantasy and suspense from Eisner-award nominees Holly Black and Ted Naifeh.
Graphic Novel, 128 pages
Published
October 1st 2010
by Grafix/Scholastic
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The end of this wonderful series, this one sends it out with a bang as Rue struggles with internal feelings that pull her in every which direction before making the choice that she feels is best.
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Fairies and humans are not alike. Sure, fairies can make themselves look like humans, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. And, Rue knows that she must face the fact that she is a faerie, regardless of the fact that she also has human blood flowing through her veins as well.
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Fairies and humans are not alike. Sure, fairies can make themselves look like humans, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. And, Rue knows that she must face the fact that she is a faerie, regardless of the fact that she also has human blood flowing through her veins as well.
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You know what I am tired of? I'm tired of books that have pretty tinkerbelle fairies in them, that imagine the Fae to be these wonderful dancing little sprites who do only good and delight humans...
That is not the Fae *I* know... nor the Fae held in ancient legends.
THIS is a book that depicts the Fae races as they always were in the OLD myths... but it is a story set in modern times!
What child doesn't dream of waking up and finding out he or she is REALLY something wonderful and supernatural??
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That is not the Fae *I* know... nor the Fae held in ancient legends.
THIS is a book that depicts the Fae races as they always were in the OLD myths... but it is a story set in modern times!
What child doesn't dream of waking up and finding out he or she is REALLY something wonderful and supernatural??
Ye...more
(note: I reviewed the trilogy together. What follows is a response to the three.)
Holly Black creates a complicated story of love and betrayal and it is necessarily dark. That the story is told in a trilogy is perfect because The Good Neighbors is all about threes; triangles are everywhere. It also all about two: author & illustrator.
In the first book, Rue Silver discovers a past that has been kept secret. In the second, the conflicts rise up to meet her in the present, with the consequences...more
Holly Black creates a complicated story of love and betrayal and it is necessarily dark. That the story is told in a trilogy is perfect because The Good Neighbors is all about threes; triangles are everywhere. It also all about two: author & illustrator.
In the first book, Rue Silver discovers a past that has been kept secret. In the second, the conflicts rise up to meet her in the present, with the consequences...more
I'm kind of a Holly Black fangirl, I'll admit, so the quality of this trilogy of slim graphic novels does not surprise me one bit. Black has a strong grasp on her version of Faerie, and it is an unkind place indeed, far more the stuff of old stories told to keep children out of the woods than something of light and good cheer. Tinkerbell would die horribly among this kind of fairy. They are the opposite of humanity, vividly alien and terrifying, and it's really rather refreshing.
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This is the third and final book in The Good Neighbours Series; I have to say I have enjoyed this graphic novel series. I am sorry to see it end, but I kind of like the way it ended. Rue, main female protagonist is half-fairy and half-human teenager who is fighting to keep her world safe. She is thorn between the two sides, fairy and human. Author and illustrator did a very good job at reflecting the struggle that Rue faces, in her personal life. The story line was fast moving and action filled;...more
This is the third and final book in The Good Neighbors graphic novel series by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh. It was a decent, if abrupt ending to the series. I enjoyed learning how Rue dealt with all of the issues facing her.
The land of fairy has taken over Rue’s city. Rue has to decide if she will take her place by her mother’s side and rule in Fairy or if she will try to save the city she loves. Rue is not human, so is it her responsibility to try and save humanity?
I enjoyed the story; it was in...more
The land of fairy has taken over Rue’s city. Rue has to decide if she will take her place by her mother’s side and rule in Fairy or if she will try to save the city she loves. Rue is not human, so is it her responsibility to try and save humanity?
I enjoyed the story; it was in...more
Overall, I really like the whole dark Fairy thing. I want to like Holly Black more. I would love to see her work with Neil Gaiman. When I read Holly Black, I feel that the fantasy world that she has created is clearly developed in her mind, but she has a very hard time expressing the details and developing characters that readers can empathize with. I thought that a graphic novel would help because pictures can say so much more then words. For me if didn't really help. Although; the artistry is...more
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Sep 15, 2011
Slayermel
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Recommends it for:
anyone who enjoyed the previous two in the series
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The third instalment wrapped it up nicely. Rue has become more trapped in the world of the Fae, she is trying to get to the bottom of what the second part of her Grandfathers plan was. He’s cut off the city from the outside world and the humans are still trapped inside, but what was the final step? What did he need all the strange daggers for in his planning room? Rue needs to find a way to get the humans out as there seems to be a war brewing between the humans and fae, and it’s not going to en...more
I enjoyed the premise of the story but overall it seemed very skeletal and not fleshed out. I thought there were weird jumps in time where I found myself flipping to the last page to see if I skipped something. Again, I had some trouble with the artwork. Some of the blocks were wonderfully expressive and others I had a hard time distinguishing characters because they all looked so similar. The art didn't help with distinguishing time changes. Though it took place during both day and night, it al...more
Rue’s world, with her grandfather the Elf King out of the picture, has gotten even weirder, but I just couldn’t care about the characters, or anything else in this slight graphic novel.
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Finishing up the The Good Neighbors trilogy, Kind makes it all the more clear that our kindly neighborhood fairies are not so good or kind. Now that Rue's city is trapped in the fairy world, things have not calmed down -- her boyfriend is still being eaten alive by water sprites, her father is on the crazy train, and groups of humans and fairies are at war with one another.
While this entire series is very short and could have done with some expansion of plot and characterization, it's still quit...more
While this entire series is very short and could have done with some expansion of plot and characterization, it's still quit...more
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Rue has always been able to “see things” out of the corner of her eye. Now the things have stopped hiding. Her friends, a group of urban explorers, discover a different kind of hidden world as vines begin taking over the city and people they know begin to disappear.
Holly Black’s faerie twist on Supernatural Romance is a quick read, not too deep, but great fun. There’s not much dialogue either, but that’s OK, because Naifeh’s art is so tasty. His fresh, simplistic renditions capture your interest...more
Holly Black’s faerie twist on Supernatural Romance is a quick read, not too deep, but great fun. There’s not much dialogue either, but that’s OK, because Naifeh’s art is so tasty. His fresh, simplistic renditions capture your interest...more
the third and final installment in holly black's fabulous graphic novel series, the good neighbors. this one finds rue trying to find a way to separate and keep peace between the humans and the faeries...none of which seems to be working...that is until she finds out the purpose of the knives her grandfather left. this is a great finale in a wonderful series that just oozes "faeri-ness" to its very core. i highly recommend this to anyone into the urban fantasy or "elfpunk" genre as it doesn't fa...more
I hate to say it, but I think Ms. Black really dropped the ball on this last section--especially after the second book ended on such an unexpected note.
Overall, this really is a roller-coaster of a series in terms of quality. Book one is a bit slow in starting but intersting enough. Book two took the whole work to the next level, then this one just fell flat.
The art is still gorgeous, and I'm glad I finished the series and all, but I just felt let down after the goodness of book two.
Overall, this really is a roller-coaster of a series in terms of quality. Book one is a bit slow in starting but intersting enough. Book two took the whole work to the next level, then this one just fell flat.
The art is still gorgeous, and I'm glad I finished the series and all, but I just felt let down after the goodness of book two.
Holly Black, The Good Neighbors: Kind (Graphix, 2011)
Black finishes up her Good Neighbors trilogy of graphic novels, illustrated by Ted Naifeh, with a kind of anticlimactic volume. Note that I don't mean this in a bad way; the whole series has had that kind of off-putting feel about it. It's risky, but since it mirrors the psyche of the series' main character, the half-faerie high school student Rue Silver, it makes perfect sense. In this volume, the war is over, the city has been taken over by...more
Black finishes up her Good Neighbors trilogy of graphic novels, illustrated by Ted Naifeh, with a kind of anticlimactic volume. Note that I don't mean this in a bad way; the whole series has had that kind of off-putting feel about it. It's risky, but since it mirrors the psyche of the series' main character, the half-faerie high school student Rue Silver, it makes perfect sense. In this volume, the war is over, the city has been taken over by...more
3.5 stars
If you're a fan of The Good Neighbor's series, than you'll be pleasantly surprised with the unexpected twists that Holly and Ted throw into Kind. I enjoyed the unexpected in this series and the ending was just that. Holly and Ted put a unique spin on the faerie world, deliver answers you may have had in the other two books, and finish the series with an ending fit for the series. If you're a fan of Holly's faeries, I recommend picking this book up.
If you're a fan of The Good Neighbor's series, than you'll be pleasantly surprised with the unexpected twists that Holly and Ted throw into Kind. I enjoyed the unexpected in this series and the ending was just that. Holly and Ted put a unique spin on the faerie world, deliver answers you may have had in the other two books, and finish the series with an ending fit for the series. If you're a fan of Holly's faeries, I recommend picking this book up.
3.5 stars
If you're a fan of The Good Neighbor's series, than you'll be pleasantly surprised with the unexpected twists that Holly and Ted throw into Kind. I enjoyed the unexpected in this series and the ending was just that. Holly and Ted put a unique spin on the faerie world, deliver answers you may have had in the other two books, and finish the series with an ending fit for the series. If you're a fan of Holly's faeries, I recommend picking this book up.
If you're a fan of The Good Neighbor's series, than you'll be pleasantly surprised with the unexpected twists that Holly and Ted throw into Kind. I enjoyed the unexpected in this series and the ending was just that. Holly and Ted put a unique spin on the faerie world, deliver answers you may have had in the other two books, and finish the series with an ending fit for the series. If you're a fan of Holly's faeries, I recommend picking this book up.
The end of the trilogy felt really rushed. It could have easily stretched into another issue if the characters were allowed to develop more. Even the love interest Tam just sort of "was". I can't come up with much of a description of him (or most of the characters, for that matter). The way the story ended was bittersweet, and it couldn't have happened any other way. I wish that we had at least a few more pages afer to give the series more closure.
Read the first two books of the series ages ago, and to be honest I was pretty much satisfied with those two books. Holly Black's prose has some good bits; I'm not sure if she's written this pre-Curse Workers or not, but this has the same hurried feel to it that is apparent in her Modern Faerie books. Good, but not her best. The illustrations are dark and wonderful, but not as detailed as I would have liked, considering the themes.
A great and surprising ending to the Good Neighbors trilogy! Rue is forced to choose a side: human or faerie, but instead chooses what is best for all the people in her city: to continue Aubrey's plan to isolate the fey or remove the border and invite all to live together. Her choice decides the future for all involved, including friends, family, and loved ones. A great and unexpected ending that I thoroughly enjoyed. (14+)
Eh.
This was the third and final installment of The Good Neighbors trilogy. I was honestly hoping it would be a bit better than it was, though. The plot was kind of thin, even for a graphic novel, but it was ok.
I sill hate the fugly art. Can't help it. Everyone looks exactly the same!
I would recommend reading all three (The Good Neighbors, Book 1: Kin, Kith, andKind) together in one sitting. They don't take long to read, and I think it would have helped me enjoy them more if I had been able to d...more
This was the third and final installment of The Good Neighbors trilogy. I was honestly hoping it would be a bit better than it was, though. The plot was kind of thin, even for a graphic novel, but it was ok.
I sill hate the fugly art. Can't help it. Everyone looks exactly the same!
I would recommend reading all three (The Good Neighbors, Book 1: Kin, Kith, andKind) together in one sitting. They don't take long to read, and I think it would have helped me enjoy them more if I had been able to d...more
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Good build up but the ending felt rushed and underwhelming. Very anticlimactic which took away from the entire series. Still feel nothing towards Rue. I couldn't sympathize with her at all and really could not care less what would become of her. I think it was the mythology and faerie-human conflicts that kept me reading. Overall, not a spectacular read but decent series, elevated mostly by the artwork and the details.
This series is amazing. It seems pretty basic to start, the usual dark-faerie stuff (recommendations Spiderwick Chronicles, Courtney Crumrin series, Gloomcookie). I did have some trouble telling the difference between characters visually. But it's an intense story about -people- and that's why it's amazing. Beautiful, brutal, inhuman faeries, and flawed, hopeful people.
The foreshadowing was so...strong. The ending of the book was quite typical.
It had been so long since I've read the first two books I forgot the little details. I knew the big details - faerie took over her town, Rue is half human-half faerie - but I forgot who the other characters mentioned were and what had happened to them/with them.
Eh, I guess I'm getting over-saturated with the influx of faerie/human crossover books in the past years and this was a little too much for me. It reminded me o...more
It had been so long since I've read the first two books I forgot the little details. I knew the big details - faerie took over her town, Rue is half human-half faerie - but I forgot who the other characters mentioned were and what had happened to them/with them.
Eh, I guess I'm getting over-saturated with the influx of faerie/human crossover books in the past years and this was a little too much for me. It reminded me o...more
The first volume had so much potential, but not sure how I feel about the rest of the series. I mean…it was a bit too weird and a bit too flat and mostly I just didn’t feel the romance at all and that just kills it for me but it was a good way to pass a gloomy afternoon. Appropriately creepy and atmospheric and Black really does make her fae dark.
Having been disappointed by the second book, I forgot about this series until I happened to see it on the shelf at the library. Good thing, because this last was much better than the second. Good art doesn't hurt, especially when it creates a world that amalgamates faerie and our world. Yes, delightful little love story thing and all that, and how sad.
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Holly Black is a best-selling author of contemporary fantasy novels for kids, teens, and adults. She is the author of the Modern Faerie Tale series (Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside), The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), and The Good Neighbors graphic novels (with Ted Naifeh) The Poison Eaters and Other Stories, a collection of short fiction, and The Curse Worker series (White Cat, Red Gl...more
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Dec 01, 2010 07:56am