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While the meek and mild flying monkey Bufkin is trapped in Fabletown's collapsed business office with the evil witch Baba Yaga, Frau Totenkinder and the witches at the Farm upstate prepare to deal with Mister Dark down in what's left of Fabletown.
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For the most part, I really liked this. It deals primarily with the fallout of Mr. Dark razing Fabletown; we learn a little bit more about his past, and exactly how much of a threat he is to the Fables. The book also focuses on some of the themes Willingham's been dealing with since the start - on the might of unlikely heroes, and on shifting political realities. I wasn't sure how much I was going to like it, as I'm unfamiliar with the stories that some of the main characters come from (Ozma and Baba Yaga, specifically), but they're presented in a way that doesn't matter.
What bummed me out about it, though, was that the main story ends on a cliffhanger, and then there's a two-part story after it about King Ambrose in Haven. I can understand why he may have wanted to tell it that way, but it absolutely kills the narrative flow.
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