No More Worries

Finished The Good Neighbors tonight with the third installment, Kind.  I also found out what kith means!  I gotta say that it wrapped up nicely, but I still am sticking with a 3 out of 5 star rating for each of the books and a 3 overall.  I did like the story.  One reviewer on goodreads.com said that it was a good story that  maybe didn't have the right format.  That kinda makes sense to me.  It IS a good story, so I want to read more of Holly Black.  And you can't beat the art work.  Excellent.  But overall, it just didn't go deep enough for me.

Define "good"

I admit that most of my fairy knowledge comes from Disney.  Tinker Bell and those chicks in Sleeping Beauty, who I just learned are named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather.  I know Sleeping Beauty and Peter Pan were around a long time before Disney made them into cartoons, but I admit, it is the Disney fairies that I know and love.  I always thought that three Sleeping Beauty faires were named Bibbity, Bobbity, Boo!  Ha!
So as I am reading The Good Neighbors Book Two:  Kith, I am thinking, "good" neighbors?  Dudes these fairies are evil!  And they are!  And while I don't believe in fairies, I have to say I just felt a little weird about calling out the fairies as evil.  The ones in this book are pretty scary!  I was glad I got my hands on the second book so quickly after finishing the first.  Looking forward to the final one.  Only thing is, still not quite ready to change a 3 star rating to anything higher, but maybe after the third!  And what is a Kith?

And Like a Good Neighbor...

It was Barry Manilow who wrote the State Farm jingle.  I think everyone knows that.  I never knew that faires were called "good neighbors."  The Good Neighbors: Kin is the first graphic novel in a series of three by Holly Black.  The art work is done by Ted Naifeh.  It's the story of Rue, who has a LOT going on in her life.  Her mother is gone, and she might be a fairy.  Her dad is accused of killing one of his students and his wife (Rue's mom.)  Also, Rue is starting to see things, vines, horns on people, that kind of thing.  I only gave this three stars, but I bet I will be giving it more than that once I read the second and third books, which I will, for sure!  Very captivating and original and I loved the art work.