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Joe Goodhart (27 KP) rated Fables: Volume 1: Legends in Exile in Books

Nov 30, 2020  
Fables: Volume 1: Legends in Exile
Fables: Volume 1: Legends in Exile
Bill Willingham | 2002 | Comics & Graphic Novels
8
7.3 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
<i>Ed. Note: this review was based on a re-reading, some years after the first reading.</i>

So, prior to writing this review, I wanted to peruse the reviews on here, to see what others said, reducing the risk of writing something already said. What I found were a number of 1-Star reviews, something I found to be quite surprising!

Not every comic (or book, for that matter) will necessarily start with an amazing first arc. It may be good, yes, but it could also be polished in spots. However, despite little things that could be better, the overall content should be seen as good enough to warrant reading the second story arc.

That is how I felt at the conclusion of this first volume, a mystery of sorts that also served to introduce us to a number of characters who go on to appear as series regulars. Sure, the dialogue was not perfect (really? Comparing it to Gaiman's SANDMAN? Like trying to compare RICK & MORTY to THE LAST UNICORN!), but I can safely say that the series matures, like a well-aged wine, and later issues are much, much better.

Long and short: it's an urban fantasy with the fables we grew up with. Go in without an judgments or comparisons, and you might be pleasantly surprised. Jus' sayin'..
  
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated Baby Doll in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
Baby Doll
Baby Doll
Hollie Overton | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.2 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Having read a number of scathing reviews of this book, I have to admit that I was a little worried - I really dislike having to give someone’s hard work a poor rating but, fear not, it was quite good although as many have said, it could have been better which just goes to show that us readers are fickle human beings and what one person dislikes, another will absolutely love … well, if we all liked the same things, it would be a pretty boring world!

Full review - <a href="https://readingstuffnthings.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/baby-doll-by-hollie-overton_31.html">Reading Stuff 'n' Things</a>
  
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine in Books

Jul 24, 2017  
You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine
You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine
Alexandra Kleeman | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Slightly overhyped with massive plot gaps
I had read a great number of reviews about this eccentric book, but perhaps it was a little too quirky for my liking. There are major similarities with Chuck Palahniuk in terms of the exaggerated style of writing and general shock factor, unfortunately it did not seem to deliver. The characters were undeveloped and there seem to be a lot of loose ends at the end of the book such as what actually happened to B and C? While I can understand the moralistic nature of the story, attacking the usage of food as a means to control people, there seemed to be something missing.
  
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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated The Convictions of John Delahunt in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
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The Convictions of John Delahunt
Andrew Hughes | 2011
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book took me a long time to really get in to. It's not that it was poorly written, it just didn't hook me like I expected it to after reading some of the reviews. It wasn't until about half way through that I bought into the story. It is the story of John Delahunt, a real person though the story is fictional. Delahunt worked for the Castle in Dublin after failing out of college & losing his father's house to the bank. He eloped young & was forced to go to them to support himself & his young wife. The beginning drug on & the end was lacking. I just wasn't impressed.