The next collection in the New York Times best selling series.
Rose Red, sister of Snow White, has finally hit rock bottom. Does she stay there, ... read full description
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Dec 04, 2011
David
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This volume was one of the most satisfying in a long while. There was a ton of backstory (mostly involving Snow White and Rose Red) and then an all-out smackdown between Mister Dark and Frau Totenkinder. The backstory is mostly stuff we've inferred from earlier volumes -- Rose Red and Snow White used to be the closest of sisters, and then Snow White went away, and Rose, consumed with jealousy, sets out to destroy Snow's life. So we find out that Rose really was an evil, manipulative bitch back i
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Nov 16, 2011
Megan
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I'm not sure if this book was supposed to make me more or less sympathetic toward Rose Red, but I still pretty much hate her guts. But at least maybe she is over her shit now and we can move on? I did enjoy seeing more of Snow White's back story though. And I pretty much adore Frau Totenkinder/Bellflower.
Feb 05, 2012
Justyn
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Fables continues to be one of the most consistently clever and engaging mainstream comics in publication with the release of Volume 15 of Fables including the super special deluxe 100th issue!
I was a bit apprehensive about reading this volume because in all honesty, Rose Red is not one of my favorite characters in that I disagree with who she is as a person. She is often a drunken, irresponsible, sad sack who hops from bed to bed in an effort to fill some void in her life. She has de More...
I was a bit apprehensive about reading this volume because in all honesty, Rose Red is not one of my favorite characters in that I disagree with who she is as a person. She is often a drunken, irresponsible, sad sack who hops from bed to bed in an effort to fill some void in her life. She has de More...
Feb 01, 2012
Doreen
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After King Cole's rather silly shenanigans in the last trade, it was nice to see him back to his realpolitik ways in his exchange with Ozma. And while Rose Red is the focal point of the first half of this book (which was a much needed explanation on why she's so antagonistic towards her sister -- oh, the love that twists itself into hate!) I really wanted to know who she saw when she asked her Mom for an explanation.
The second half of the book belongs firmly to Frau Totenkinder/Bell More...
The second half of the book belongs firmly to Frau Totenkinder/Bell More...
Jan 25, 2012
Jonathan
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Read this fifteenth instalment in the Fables set of graphic novels as part of my learning about comics/reading for the Hugos process. It collects the 'Rose Red" story arc (issues 94 to 100), which provides backstory for the Snow White/Rose Red story and is a major instalment in the battle against Mr Dark.
I couldn't help feel I lost a lot of significant context/ back story coming to Rose Red cold, not having read isses 1-93. I did greatly enjoy the early issues in the arc, which d More...
I couldn't help feel I lost a lot of significant context/ back story coming to Rose Red cold, not having read isses 1-93. I did greatly enjoy the early issues in the arc, which d More...
Dec 14, 2011
Cassy
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I decided to wait until the final one (or at least up until the final one that was out) to review this series. I had read it once before, and I remembered liking it then, but honestly, I like it more now.
I love stories that turn the old fairy tales upside down and Fables really does that. It takes all the old stories and turns them on their head. I like the idea that it's the humans (or mundies) that keep them alive, or at least strong. I think it's interesting that it's the Huma More...
I love stories that turn the old fairy tales upside down and Fables really does that. It takes all the old stories and turns them on their head. I like the idea that it's the humans (or mundies) that keep them alive, or at least strong. I think it's interesting that it's the Huma More...
Nov 06, 2011
Jake
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I'm really starting to wonder why I used to love this series so. This used to be a series about friendship, redemption, finding love and happiness in the face of adversity, where sacrifice and loss meant something because we cared about those who were lost. The adversary and the paranoia of not knowing who could be a spy created moments of real fear. Now Fables is a joyless thing. The current villain is supposed to be the embodiment of fear, but he's an incidental threat who can't sustain a chap
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Oct 31, 2011
Growing restless during the final days before National Novel Writing Month, I sought a diversion. And I found it, or rather her, reposing in a literary fortress that overlooks the town in which I reside. For many months, I have gazed longingly at Rose Red, ever since her Fables compilation appeared on the New Release shelf at my public library.
Breaking the spell of procrastination, I seized Ms. Red from yon stacks and carried her to the Circulation Desk. “No, Mrs. Librarian,” I said More...
Breaking the spell of procrastination, I seized Ms. Red from yon stacks and carried her to the Circulation Desk. “No, Mrs. Librarian,” I said More...
Aug 03, 2011
Nicola
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Reason for Reading: next in the series.
First, this is a satisfyingly huge volume coming in at over 250 pages; this is because it includes the celebratory 100th issue in which they included lots of extras. I loved this volume! The main story is carried along nicely, plenty of characters have resolutions in their lives, we see the departure of a character that's been in from the beginning and then the start of new story threads are briefly introduced.
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First, this is a satisfyingly huge volume coming in at over 250 pages; this is because it includes the celebratory 100th issue in which they included lots of extras. I loved this volume! The main story is carried along nicely, plenty of characters have resolutions in their lives, we see the departure of a character that's been in from the beginning and then the start of new story threads are briefly introduced.
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Jul 12, 2011
Grace
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The absolute best part of the newest volume from the always-riveting Fables world was, at least to me by far, the story of Snow White and Rose Red / Snow White. As a long time aficionado of fairy tales, I was familiar of course with both the well-known story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and also the lesser known fairy tale of Snow White and Rose Red. And like many others have I'm sure, I also wondered about the same name being used in two very different stories. Well, Willingham finds
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Jul 06, 2011
Thomas
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This is a pretty hefty collection in the Fables anthology series, in more ways than one. For one, it's longer than the previous collections, partly because it collects the issues up to #100, which itself was a hefty issue. For another, the issues that take place in the series are darker, heavier, and carry more consequences than the previous volumes. Rose Red, who's been in a deep depression since Little Boy Blue's death, finally comes back around to remembering her responsibilities, and the
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Jun 23, 2011
Mark
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While the quality level varies from book to book (both "The Good Prince" and "War & Pieces" are personal favorites... while "The Great Fables Crossover" is readable only for the bits that don't involve Jack of Fables), the Fables storyline, spread out over 15 graphic novel collections (and a couple of "extra" books: Peter & Max and 1001 Nights of Snowfall) is a sprawling & epic story of what happens when characters as diverse as the Big Bad Wolf, Snow Whit
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Jun 11, 2011
Matt
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May 11, 2011
Andrew
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I have been looking forward to Fables coming to bear its focus on Rose Red. But this book unfortunately gyps the reader more than rewards. You finally get backstory that went way too long considering the payoff. I appreciate it, but if I had been reading this month to month it would have been frustrating. And then issue 100 hits... And you get left asking, what was the point? Did it make for some entertaining reading in the midst of it? Yes. But you just know where things are going to go
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May 01, 2011
Andrew Shuping
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Fables, in my opinion, is the most unique continuing series on the market right now. Bill Willingham has taken familiar characters, like Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf, and given them new life and new purpose. This series constantly leave me speechless, in a good way, at the twists and turns that you never see coming. And the art work for each issues is always spectacular. The characters live and breathe on the page and there is such depth to the world around them that I always have to go back
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Apr 23, 2011
***Dave
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Fables is unquestionably one of the best comics on the market today -- smart, imaginative, gripping, and doing a great job of blending fantasy, iconic characters, myth, magic, and modern sensibilities.
The glory days of the series were earliest on, establishing the characters and the great war against the Adversary. Since that war's end, the series has drifted a bit -- good tales, but missing a focus. That's now returned with a decent antagonist to the Fables in form of Mister Dark, a More...
The glory days of the series were earliest on, establishing the characters and the great war against the Adversary. Since that war's end, the series has drifted a bit -- good tales, but missing a focus. That's now returned with a decent antagonist to the Fables in form of Mister Dark, a More...
Apr 18, 2011
Chibineko
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I was eagerly awaiting this from amazon & trust me, I was almost ready to purchase the individual issues on back order so I could find out what was going on. Big things happen in this volume, after all.
This volume not only covers the showdown between Frau Totenkinder & Mr. Dark but also Rose Red's past & re-emergence into the world of the living. There's also a few extras at the end in the form of the game "Escape to Wolf Manor" & other goodies. (My personal favorite was a Q More...
This volume not only covers the showdown between Frau Totenkinder & Mr. Dark but also Rose Red's past & re-emergence into the world of the living. There's also a few extras at the end in the form of the game "Escape to Wolf Manor" & other goodies. (My personal favorite was a Q More...
Apr 14, 2011
Janet
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I've been less than impressed with the last couple of volumes of the Fables series, and almost didn't order this one -- but I've always liked Rose Red, and decided to give the series one last chance. I'm glad I did.
I feel like the story grounded itself again in this arc, and I loved the graceful way that Willingham told the original fairy tale "Snow White and Rose Red" and then grafted his own, twisted, version of Snow White's story onto it. (One he told in the very first is More...
I feel like the story grounded itself again in this arc, and I loved the graceful way that Willingham told the original fairy tale "Snow White and Rose Red" and then grafted his own, twisted, version of Snow White's story onto it. (One he told in the very first is More...
Jul 07, 2011
Caroline
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This is definitely one of my favorites in the series. Not only does it go into detail about Rose Red's and Snow White's relationship and history, but we get some really fantastic Frau Totenkinder action. Rose Red has been pretty much a background character for so long that it was nice to finally see her get out of the slump and into the foreground again.
There's a lot of exciting action in here, mainly involving Frau Totenkinder and the Dark Man. <spoiler>Initially I was disappo More...
There's a lot of exciting action in here, mainly involving Frau Totenkinder and the Dark Man. <spoiler>Initially I was disappo More...
Jun 13, 2011
Erin
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The fifteenth volume of "Fables" shows a still-distraught Rose Red mourning the death of Boy Blue. Taken to her bed for months, she's been depressed and talking to dead people - one of the three little pigs who was previously killed, as well as her mother. The drama unfolds as Rose Red tries to come to terms with her feelings.
In order to show the source of Rose Red's true depression, her "mother" takes the reader back to her childhood, showing that Snow White was More...
In order to show the source of Rose Red's true depression, her "mother" takes the reader back to her childhood, showing that Snow White was More...
Jun 11, 2011
Dan
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There's a reason why I don't buy serialized comics anymore... and unfortunately this volume of Fables tales exemplifies those reasons rather brilliantly. While the characters and the story are still entertaining and compelling, there is a definite flagging in the overall spine of the series... it just doesn't seem to have the same feel and spirit that it had in the earlier issues, but that's normal for an ongoing comic book series. The fact that Bill Willingham has been able to carry it this l
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Jun 18, 2011
zxvasdf
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Rose Red finally comes out of her long funk over Boy Blue and re-commands the farm under her control, brutally crushing dissident forces and soothing wounded prides with authorial wisdom. The reader is also allowed a glimpse into the mutual pasts of Snow White and Rose Red to discover the true cause of their animosity.
The transformed Totenkinder searches for a solution to the Dark issue and the farm fables feel the urgency of the matter. A monumental and tolling battle conflagrates to More...
The transformed Totenkinder searches for a solution to the Dark issue and the farm fables feel the urgency of the matter. A monumental and tolling battle conflagrates to More...
May 29, 2011
Alan
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One of the best installments in Bill Willingham's long running series. We get closure, for the most part, on two separate story lines. The first is Rose Red's return to being a functioning person again, after being so clinically depressed following Boy Blue's death. Someone, we don't know who, takes her mother's form and we get the entire Snow and Rose back story and that sets the relationship between these two on a new level. At the same time Frau Totenkinder finishes the quest she began in
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Apr 07, 2011
Sigrid
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I really like Fables. I really dislike Willingham's political and social views. My compromise is to buy the trade collections and not the single issue.
This is a decent collection. It's not a single unified story because, well, it's part of an ongoing series. There are loose ends looking both forward and back. But that works for me, since I know the backstory from the first fourteen volumes.
I like the story of Rose Red quite a bit. One of the things I appreciate about Fa More...
This is a decent collection. It's not a single unified story because, well, it's part of an ongoing series. There are loose ends looking both forward and back. But that works for me, since I know the backstory from the first fourteen volumes.
I like the story of Rose Red quite a bit. One of the things I appreciate about Fa More...
Feb 18, 2012
Nina
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Jan 09, 2012
Nicholas
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A volume in this generally excellent ongoing series with two main plot lines: the first being the healing of Rose Red, reaching a moment of personal redemption, and the second being the epic battle between the rejuvenated Frau Totenkinder with the evil Mr Dark, which is fairly light in plot terms but has some fantastic art. But the end of the book has their heroes evacuating their last refuge on our world, setting up for the next element of th More...
A volume in this generally excellent ongoing series with two main plot lines: the first being the healing of Rose Red, reaching a moment of personal redemption, and the second being the epic battle between the rejuvenated Frau Totenkinder with the evil Mr Dark, which is fairly light in plot terms but has some fantastic art. But the end of the book has their heroes evacuating their last refuge on our world, setting up for the next element of th More...
Jan 10, 2012
Morgan
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I've been a Fables fan since issue #1. Reading this volume really took me back to issue #1 by having issue #100 start off the same way. Issue #100 on it's own is worth reading. The art work is done to almost perfection and the story is something us Fable fans have waited for. However, what I loved most about this volume is the story of Snow White and Rose Red. I loved reading this tale because I've known about the fairy tale long before Fables and Willingham really showed a good relationship wit
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Jan 29, 2012
Niek
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Wat is dit toch een ongelooflijk gave serie. Je zou kunnen denken na 15 delen dat de koek wel een keertje op zal zijn maar niets is minder waar. Het doorlopend verhaal blijft intrigerend zoals altijd en laat je op het einde hongerig achter wachtend op het volgende deel.[return]De tekeningen zijn ook weer van dezelfde kwaliteit zoals we in de hele reeks al gewend zijn. [return]Ik wil niets van de inhoud weggeven omdat dit een avontuur is dat het mooiste is om helemaal zelf te beleven. En eigenlij
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Jan 24, 2012
P.
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Rose Red is back.
After spending Volume 13 in a deep depression and having joyless sex with -- *shudder* -- Jack Horner, Rose finally pulls herself together and takes up the mantle of leadership at The Farm, the home now to both the nonhuman Fables and the former residents of Fabletown (now once again refugees).
And not a moment too soon, as the various factions are fomenting all kinds of insurrection and mischief. Geppetto is still a power hungry bastard. The cult of Blue, le More...
After spending Volume 13 in a deep depression and having joyless sex with -- *shudder* -- Jack Horner, Rose finally pulls herself together and takes up the mantle of leadership at The Farm, the home now to both the nonhuman Fables and the former residents of Fabletown (now once again refugees).
And not a moment too soon, as the various factions are fomenting all kinds of insurrection and mischief. Geppetto is still a power hungry bastard. The cult of Blue, le More...
Jun 28, 2011
Alex
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With the war done and over, the next chapter in the incredible saga of Fables kicks it into high gear under the skilled pen of Bill Willingham and artistic pencil and color of Mark Buckingham as Mr. Dark is finally confronted and a character that has been hiding from the world for some time returns.
Rose Red has shut herself away from everything since Boy Blue died, unable to face her job and role as the one in charge of The Farm. But now things are going downhill fast, and dissension More...
Rose Red has shut herself away from everything since Boy Blue died, unable to face her job and role as the one in charge of The Farm. But now things are going downhill fast, and dissension More...
