The Unwritten: The Deluxe Edition Book One

Currently the Kindle edition is on sale for the same price as volume 1, which it contains along with volume 2. The handful of reviews include a 1 star review unhappy that the deluxe hardcover would not be followed by a second deluxe hardcover; clearly this isn't relevant to the kindle edition, which will look just fine on the virtual bookshelf with any subsequent volumes you choose to purchase. This is well written, beautifully illustrated, and the main character is becoming more like-able by the page (after a few chapters that establish that he is kind of a loser). I would usually give it four stars but am giving it a bonus star for value.

The Unwritten unravels the history of fiction and how it’s changed lives and impacted real world events. While that is certainly ambitious and heady, the execution is a taught thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat waiting for resolution. Easily one of the best comic series of all time.

Once again DC pull the plug on the book two, leaving the buyers out in the coldIf you want the book, keep in mind that it will never be finish in this format. Buy the TP instead

If you crossed "Fables" with a Christopher Nolan movie (plus a dash of "Harry Potter" and Christopher Robin), you might get something like "The Unwritten: The Deluxe Edition Book One."Combining the first two volumes, this collection is a haunting, weird and hypnotic fantasy tale about the blurred lines where the lines between fantasy and reality turn out to be rather... fluid. There's some graphic gore, shimmering fantastical moments, and a suitably sinister gang of villains -- and Carey keeps bending your brain with the uncertainty of just what is going on with Tom.Years ago, Wilson Taylor wrote a bestselling series of books about Tommy Taylor, a young wizard based on (and named after) his young son. Now Tom Taylor is a jaded adult who hates how the books have overshadowed his life, although he makes a living off of convention appearances and book signings. Then a mysterious fan called Lizzy Hexam publicly casts doubt on the existence of Tom Taylor, leading to a firestorm of hatred, messianic worship... and a terrible tragedy.Framed for a series of murders, Tom ends up in a French prison.... but even that is not enough to protect him from the people trying to kill him, including a vengeful warden who believes Tom has sullied his children's innocent love of the books. And as he and his new prison buddy hope to escape, Tom discovers more about the world of fiction -- and his own abilities -- than he ever dreamed possible."The Unwritten: The Deluxe Edition Book One" is a slow-burn affair that takes awhile to get past the initial idea, and really scrape past the surface of Tom's half-imagined world. And of course, it leaves you guessing furiously about what is going on. Is Tom a real person or some kind of fantasy construct? What has Wilson done? Who is Pullman and why does he want to kill Tom? Only some answers are given, and new questions flower from each one.The world of "Unwritten" is a lot like our own, but as the story winds on Carey carefully paints dark shadows that get nastier as time goes on -- especially when Pullman goes on a bloody killing spree at the villa, or Tom is trapped with a Nazi who reveals how he corrupted a book. Carey also explores just how obsessed people become with stories, and how important those stories are to us -- from psychotic wannabe-vampires to some innocent children who have become lost in the blur between reality and fantasy.Tom seems like kind of an ungrateful jerk at first (and sometimes at second and third), but as the story goes on we see more of how he became that way. The poor guy has no unique identity, as far as the world is concerned, and he seems understandably worried that his entire life has been a fiction. And his trio of vaguely Potteresque adventurerers is rounded out by the no-nonsense but vulnerable Lizzie, and his laid-back journalist friend Savoy."The Unwritten: The Deluxe Edition Book One" is a solid start to a reality-beidng series, with plenty of gore, Nazis, brain-benders and the occasional flying cat. And the story of Tommy Taylor isn't over yet...

The Unwritten is a true work of art. Whether it's the gorgeous art, the endearing characters, the larger than life story, this book is absolutely worth your time. I'm so happy it's getting the Vertigo deluxe edition treatment, and I can't wait to see all those beautiful books together on my shelf.

It was torture to finish it, the story is boring r predictable, there are no interesting characters, the villain is a parody joke Gargamel, the protagonist is a fool who does not get anywhere in history.

Struggled to get into this - I bought the everso expensive, hardback deluxe edition after thoroughly enjoying the writer's Lucifer series. The reviews were so positive for The Unwritten that I hoped it would be as memorable and engaging as Sandman, Swamp Thing, From Hell, V, Sin City, etc.Instead, the opening story arc left me cold. No characters I felt any interest in, and a strangely derivative and frustrating storyline.It took the meta-referencing device way too far for my enjoyment; pages devoted to tweets and posts and fakenews feeds just felt tiresome. Similarly, the comic-con and commentary on media hype / hate seemed like authorial self-indulgence.I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan, so presumably a million in-jokes went straight over my head. But I can recommend Lev Grossman's 'Magician' novels for anyone who wants to read a mature interpretation of that genre.There were a few saving graces: the subversion of horror cliches as a 'mad axeman' despatches his sequence of victims in an isolated house, which includes some great dialogue.And the final episode in my edition was a brilliantly witty reinterpretation of the Beatrix Potter / Brer Rabbit stories, in which an animals idyll becomes a living hell. That story, which strayed a long way from the main narrative and didn't include the core characters, was truly entertaining, extremely funny and sincerely sinister.It's a shame the rest of the opening story arc wasn't as gripping.If this had been a cheap edition then I *might* take a look at the next in the series, to see if it improves as it settles down. But the deluxe hardbacks cost a pretty penny - and I didn't think this one was actually worth the price.5/10

Leitura maravilhosa

Awesome.