Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 4

A disappointing volume for me. It tries to do more than disjointed stories, but does it quite poorly.

It's great that we get to see a lot more backstory regarding Sela and Belinda. It even tries to delve more into their motivations. But it just doesn't feel realistic; felt like it overdid it. The good thing about it is that it continues to try and weave fairy tales into it. Particularly enjoyed the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The way the overarching plot ended left much to be desired. Stupid decisions and silly dialogue all around, and a really silly end - Sela's final decision was really stupid and feels forced and out of character. But sadly, that wasn't the silliest part of the ending - it's what Belinda did at the end that had my jaw dropping. Ridiculous ending.

Being a graphic novel, I should also mention that generally, the artwork was on par with expectations, except the last story - the art in that last story was pretty bad, all out of proportions and scale, and had some really weird and unrealistic positions.

I was tempted to give this a 1-star, but didn't think it was fair to some of the stories that I did like, so I added one more. I feel that the strengths of the series is really in the fairy tale adaptations. The overarching plot was weak. It started off intriguing enough, but I guess the writers weren't sure of how to get it going.