A lot of potential ruined by rushing a war that's been gearing up for nearly the entire run of the series.

Pros: Fabletown's well-planned tactics, the design of the airship, Prince Charming's issues-long character arc

Cons: A little too neatly wrapped up, no sense of danger for major characters due to the flashback narrative style, an uncharacteristic "oh, our hubris has doomed us all" shared moment of self-realization within the Empire

While I still eagerly read the entire book in one sitting, the story would have benefited if it were longer and more cinematic in its presentation - the excessive narration killed many opportunities for tension. ( )

More of Arthurian, Frog Prince, Haven, and everything. This continued to be amazing. There was so much I didn't expect and (got to see the end results of the things that I) did. I love the characters. I love how we see how much certain people, have grown. I love the King Cole's reinstatement, and Charmings finding his next best place. I love seeing different sides of characters. Different ways of winning wars. ( )

The much awaited war issues! It was tense throughout, especially the end. ( )

And so it ends. I did not expect at all that the war with the Adversary would escalate so quickly or end before the run of the series, but here we are. We have war heros, super spies, crazy battle scenes, and sacrifices from the last characters we'd expect.

Man that's a crazy story.

I expect after this we'll be dealing with the fallout of suddenly disposing the power behind a hundred worlds, which should be quite the story all it's own. Onward!

Cool scenes (spoilers):



The non-human fables are hilarious. Especially the idea that a talking turtle doesn't want to go home because they won't have cable.



Oh Boy Blue. War Hero with a lost love, but when he finds her again, it was all a lie. Finds love again... and when he tells her, she turns him down flat. Ouch.



Cinderella being this bad ass secret agent is hilarious and awesome. Especially with super strength.



It's funny because they're basically in a story. Which [b:Jack of Fables, Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape|21341|Jack of Fables, Vol. 1 The (Nearly) Great Escape|Bill Willingham|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375393716l/21341._SY75_.jpg|2239934] has really been getting into so far.



Heh. It doesn't help that she really puts the secret in secret agent.



The Arabian Fables going to war with an airship powered by flying carpets is a wonderful image. It would be interesting to see a spin off series focusing more on them.



That is one of the most epic scenes I've seen in a comic book. Granted, I haven't read *that* many yet, but still.



Prince Charming was a hero after all. Dang.



And that's it for now. It's gutsy to sign Geppetto on as a citizen of Fabletown, but he's not wrong. Just about all of them have skeletons in their closet. I expect adapting to a more mundane life is going to be ... complicated. ( )

I seriously impressed by how (mostly) consistently good this series is. Excellent art in several styles throughout, pretty solid and moving story lines. This entry is no exception. ( )