The Unwritten Vol. 10: War Stories (The Unwritten: Apocalypse)

Everything is going crazy in this volume of the Unwritten. Tom Taylor returns from his crossover with Fables to find the line between reality and fiction is about to break apart, and he has to find a way to save everyone.This collection features some of the best artwork the Unwritten has yet released, particularly in the first volume. All in all, this is clearly the best arc since War of the Words. Have fun!

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The power of stories is always the theme of The Unwritten. This volume adds the power of (fictional) armies.Tom Taylor tries to find his way home as a bug, and then a bird, then a snake. He hopes the Mad Hatter can explain his ever-changing form. That hardly seems like a good place to go for advice, although an expert on madness might be just what he needs. Tom realizes he entered a fictional state of his own accord (he figured that out in an earlier volume) but now he seems to be stuck drifting from one story to another, all of which end with his death. Fictional worlds are rough places to live.Eventually Tom meets up with friends from earlier volumes and finds himself in a world where all the fictional wars have "woken up" and are being fought at the same time -- or at least the multitudes in which London is invaded. Again, a rough place for Tom and his adventurous friends to visit. The intermingling of Visigoths and space aliens is fun for the reader, if not for Tom.An old adversary in the series (who apparently has a grudge against genre fiction) resurfaces and the father-son conflict continues. Later Tom donates blood to some wooden puppets. In other words, this is another strangely good installment in the Unwritten saga. Maybe it's not quite as mind-blowing as it was in the beginning or maybe I've gotten used to it, but I'm still finding plenty of entertainment value in the series. The story continues to plays with ideas about the blurry intersection of fiction and reality in intriguing ways. I would give this volume 4.5 stars if I could.

The Unwritten Vol. 10: War Stories, by Mike Carey, is a transitional story. As the penultimate collection, War Stories begins bringing back together the main characters in order to put the pieces in position for the endgame. So, Tommy Taylor has to journey back to his world, where he discovers that the end is near. Meanwhile (in a storyline concurrent to Tommy's quest for home), Savoy and Lizzie meet up with Wilson Taylor and begin readying to fight/defend the world from the apocalypse. And, in a third story strand, Pauly Bruckner is faced with his future and his past; he makes a decision that could affect the lives of everyone. The collection ends with the strands converging, setting up what should be an outstanding end to a very thought-provoking series.Carey continues to write a wonderful, meta-fictional story. However, this collection is not the best of the story arcs, probably because of its function: it is nearly all set-up for the following (and final) volume.I recommend The Unwritten: War Stories to those who've read the rest of The Unwritten, but would not encourage new readers to start with this collection. For new readers, go back to the beginning; for those who have been here all along: hang on for the finale, it should be amazing.I received a preveiw copy of this book from DC Comics and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a completely addictive science fiction graphic novel series, especially for me a Librarian. The story line is about the importance of story in our lives.Not to mention the variety of literary references, quotes, graphics and characters that have been integrated into the plot. I see the premise of the storyline mostly as an examination of how humanity has told itself stories since the beginning of our evolution. In fact, Story has become so integrated in our lives, that it almost becomes impossible to tell where our story begins and ends. How would our culture have developed without Story? And is it in any way possible to to examine how much influence story has had on our lives and culture? Of course, Carey the author and Gross the illustrator make this introspective examination a lot more fun and mysterious.There's a lot going on in this particular issue, and sometimes I do lose track of what the minor characters might have been doing, but its not that much of a distraction. The graphics are evocative as always, giving one a feeling of melting from from this dimension to that one, and I like that. Mike Carey is an imaginative writer, and I'm a fan of his graphic novels and his print novels. I also think that Peter Gross has a very creative eye when interpreting the story. You KNOW I'm going to read this again, and then wait pensively for the next one.

War Stories picks up where the previous volume in the Unwritten series ends. Tom Taylor is trying to find his way home, wandering through several fictional universes in his quest to find his own reality. When he finally makes his way back to Earth, however, he finds that the boundaries between fiction and the real world have broken down to the extent that the world is in Chaos, with the fictional bleeding into the real. Armed forces from fictional universes are battling it out in the streets of London, and no one is safe.In this volume, the action moves forward, with the pieces slotting into place for the resolution of the story. Tom is struggling to figure out how to restore the boundaries between fiction and reality. Pullman continues to oppose him, directing the fictional military forces in their mayhem. And Pauly Bruckner returns to the storyline in a very unexpected, and pivotal, way.I’ve really enjoyed the entire Unwritten series, and I can’t wait to see how Carey winds up the story. This volume is a must-read if you’ve been following the series!An ARC of this graphic novel was provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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This is a great series that I look forward to reading as soon as it's released.