Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by

"Who killed Rose Red? In Fabletown, where fairy tale legends live alongside regular New Yorkers, the question is all anyone can talk about. But only the Big Bad Wolf can actually solve the case - and, along with Rose's sister Snow White, keep the Fabletown community from coming apart at the seams." -- Page [4] cover.

An interesting take on George Orwell's Animal Farm with the Fables main cast as the characters who are in oppression and Fabletown as it's oppressor and with the good artstyle this volume is definitely worth to read even though you never read the original book.

I love fairy tales and the TV series Once Upon a Time taught me that I love fairy tales reimagined, so I was really looking forward to Fables. In fact, I was looking forward to it so much, I was so sure that I was going to love it, that I've been “saving” it for when I needed a sure thing to captivate my interest.

Sadly, I couldn't have been more wrong. I don't mind the mature themes—after all, so many of the original tales were rather grim—but ... it was just so boring. You know how a game developer will sometimes take a tried-and-true thing, slap a licensed “skin” on it, and sell it as something new? That's how this felt: like Fabletown was just the set decoration for a run-of-the-mill mystery.

There was nothing about this volume that made it stand out. Standard, all-caps, randomly bolded text. Uninteresting artwork. Just ... blah.Really disappointing start. Except for the individual issue covers. The cover art is different and rather lovely.

Very good! The end was the weakest point. It tied everything up a bit too neatly for me. I really enjoyed it though! Looking forward to reading vol. 2!