I've long been a fan of the Fables universe and I love being able to find out more about the characters that exist and inhabit that world. But...sadly I've often found the spinoffs or standalones (Werewolves in the Heartland or Jack of Fables) are somewhat lacking and Fairest in all the Land fits into that category as well, at least for me. While the story is so so a killer on the lose, I found that the artwork was often distracting. Instead of presenting a cohesive view of a character it seemed...

Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/In case you aren’t aware, I’m more than bit of a graphic novel noob. I pretty much request whatever the library has available (which is basically next to nothing). Imagine my surprise when I found out Fairest: In All the Land is a standalone story written by a guy who has like eleventy thousand other “Fairest” stories . . . This one works great if you’re like myself and would prefer your princess tales to include a bit more of the

Read as digital ARC.Oh man, the details in that description were so vague and I've read so much Fables recently, that it took me about five minutes to remember which one this was. Without giving too much away, I will say that this is a murder mystery/serial killer event of sorts, and Cinderella makes important decisions that she'll have to justify. As always, the story was fascinating. And, I know a lot of people are complaining about the art, which was kind of rough on me as well since when I r...

3.5 stars! An interesting story but I find Cinderella's choice controversial even tho she explained it to Snow White. The art is amazing tho.

3.5 starsNot bad.The story is told in two different ways. The Magic Mirror starts everything off with a few pages in novelization form, then it switches over to a regular comic, then back to the Mirror, etc. The graphic novel part of the story is supposedly being told through the Magic Mirror, somewhat like a tv show.Cute. Someone is murdering Fables!And with Bigby gone, the mayor calls on Cinderella and her mad spy skills to suss out the killer.She does. The End.Ok, not really. But it was the l...

It's the first spinoff from Fables that I read and I really enjoyed it. A detective story with Cinderella in the lead, thrilling to the last page. What makes this even more interesting and great is the fact that not one but 27(!) different artist contributed to the book! So every 4 to 6 spages the pencils and colorings change. And it matches the episodic narration perfectly. As it works completely fine on its own, you don't have to be familiar with the Fables story at all. But if you are, there

With a shocking double murder discovered, Cinderella is asked to investigate... a case that leads all over the Fable worlds!Yet another huge under-usage of Cinders using her as a detective despite her centuries of experience! The OK is the actual mystery and the different story telling mechanisms used to relate it. At this stage every single volume across the Fable-verse is a must read, this included, as we come to the end of many stories and sub-arcs. 7 out of 12.

Whilst this is labelled as a Fairest story, it has much greater connections with the main Fables story than previous books in so much as it involves the return of the long-lost business office. It is also a murder mystery, something we haven't really seen in this series since the very beginning.Someone is murdering Fables, two at a time, and Cinderella is tasked to try and find the murderer and stop the killings. She is a reluctant detective as she doesn't see it as her strength but (view spoile...

Another great Fairest book.I'm enjoying this series.Willingham scores again along with FABLES!

"In All the Land" is an "original graphic novel" as their creators called it, coming out all together instead of issues. It gathers a bunch of artists and writers to continue the story from the 5th FAIREST volume with Goldilocks and Hadeon. This story arc, along with Cinderella's one from vol. 4 were the only ones that actually lived up to the hype and offered something more than just extra info on the FABLES multiverse.In total though, Fairest was a big letdown, confirming that most of the time...

This is a one shot graphic novel that fits into the Fables universe, but it actually is pretty important to continuity. There's the deaths of some major characters (some of which stick and some of which don't) and the Fables finally find the lost business office.The story is a murder mystery with Cinderella attempting to find out who is murdering the Fairest, and how. It's not a bad mystery and as I said it's pretty important to the Fables series overall.The series was illustrated by many differ...

"Fairest: In All the Land" was an interesting concept. It is sort of a detective whodunit murder mystery. Each part, and there are many small chapters, is illustrated by a different set of artists. Some parts of the story are written with no art. Sounds interesting huh? It is. But there are issues.The pace of the story, especially in one volume, is thrown off from each different interpretation of the story. The main storyline is simple: an unknown assailant is determined to slay the fairest in a...

This is the first Willingham I have read that I felt was sub-par. At times, the story was almost incoherent and impossible to follow. I loved the Fables series and was so looking forward to this, but I found the artwork to be lacking, any character development non existent and even the dialogue seemed forced. I am just deeply disappointed with this one. I will stick to the Fables storyline from here on out.

2.5This was an ok story, very Cindy centric, a several of the Fairest stories seem to be. She's called in to investigate after a murder, since Bigby is currently unavailable.Speaking of which, this book definitely has some spoilers for the main Fables plotline, with no inkling given in the book itself where it falls within that arc. My biggest issue with the story, I think, is that the artwork changes every couple of pages, and it's wildly inconsistent. Some of it is weird cartoon-realism, and s...

The last "straight to graphic novel" Fables tale, "Werewolves of the Heartland"," was one of the worst stories in the history of the franchise, so I approached "Fairest in All the Land" with lowered expectations. I needn't have bothered, "Fairest" was another solid entry in the chronicles of Fabeldom. Essentially a detective story told through the eyes of "Magic Mirror" and Cinderella, "Fairest" had me intrigued pretty quickly, and about halfway through I knew I wasn't going to stop reading unti...

So many people working on this comic, the truth is that the work is awesome, the colours, the characters design, but it's a shame that the story and some scenes are ugly, violent and bloody. It doesn't a fairytale, nothing at all.

Cinderella is a secret agent for the "good" Fables and in this run she becomes more of an investigator trying to solve murders which involve most of the beautiful Fable women of the community.The narration cuts from the perspective of Cinderella to the Magic Mirror.Who says the Fables line is dead? Willingham just wanted to focus on some new stories without the baggage of along running series. OVERALL GRADE: B plus.

I don't remember when I read this but I enjoy these so much.

I was so excited by the premise of a fair play mystery in a graphic novel. But it failed in a number of aspects.1. IT'S NOT A FAIR PLAY MYSTERY. Given the distribution of the clues and the info reveal at the end, I don't consider it fair play.2. IT"S NOT A MYSTERY. It becomes fairly (ha, see what I did there?) obvious midway who the perp is. 3. THE NARRATOR IS THE WRONG PERSON. I think I would have gotten into it more if it was told from human Cinderella's POV over omnipotent mirror dude.The art...

lol, Cinderella as a detective.I'm just so here for everything being so gritty. I do think some of the details of this story don't really make sense, but honestly this is one of those things where what I liked sticks out in my mind more than what I didn't. I don't really care about the plot that much. I like this weird fucked up world where everything is so bleak.