“Any good story has to have development of both its plot and its characters. This balance maybe even extra important for a serialized story like Fables, although any individual piece can swing to being more heavily character-based or more heavily plot-based. I generally prefer the former, and War and Pieces is pretty strongly the latter. Individual characters do get some nice moments, for sure, but it’s a war story first and foremost, and there’s lots of action that’s not character-based. I also wasn’t entirely satisfied by the way the war played out – not enough tension and suspense to keep me truly interested. Still, now that the plot that’s been running since essentially the beginning of the series is resolved, I’m extremely interested to see where Willingham & Co. go from here. 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.”
