Title: I Hate Fairyland Volume 2: Fluff My Life
Author: Skottie Young
Genre: Thriller / Comedy / Fairy Tale / Action
Author: Skottie Young
Genre: Thriller / Comedy / Fairy Tale / Action
Year Published: 2016
Year Read: 6/23/2018
Series: I Hate Fairyland #2
Publisher: Image Comics
Source: Purchased
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Gory Violence and Brief Strong Language)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Introduction:
So, years ago, I had read the
first volume of “I Hate Fairyland”
on Netgalley and I loved the graphic novel so much that I just had to pick up the
rest of this series and put it in my ever-growing bookshelf! So, I finally got around to reading the
second volume of the series called “I
Hate Fairyland: Fluff My Life Volume Two” and it was just as entertaining
as the first volume!
What is this story
about?
After Gertrude kills Queen Cloudia in the last volume, she
is then forced to become Fairyland’s next Queen since the law stated that if
something were to happen to the Queen of Fairyland, then another person must
become Queen in their place. This upsets
Gertrude since she spent most of the first volume trying to get out of
Fairyland and once she becomes Queen, she is doing such a horrible job at
ruling Fairyland that she ends up getting fired from the position. This then allows Gertrude to continue her
journey to escape Fairyland and along the way, she gets into lots of crazy situations
such as meeting Duncan Dragon, who is actually a young boy in a dragon suit,
fighting with a princess who is actually more than she seems and possibly
changing the fate of Fairyland for the worse!
What I loved about
this story:
Skottie Young’s writing:
Skottie
Young’s writing is just as witty and hilarious as it was in the first
volume and I really enjoyed the chaotic adventures that Gertrude goes on! I like the way that Skottie Young continues to make Gertrude into the same rambunctious
and violent character that she was in the first volume as it made the story
quite entertaining! I also liked the fact that Skottie Young started to gradually give Gertrude some character
development in this volume as we start seeing some repercussions of Gertrude’s
actions in Fairyland and I hope to see where Gertrude’s character arc goes to
in the next volume! Also, this may sound
a bit sadistic of me, but I did enjoy the way that Skottie Young incorporated the over the top violence in this volume
as it made the volume so hilarious and entertaining to read through!
Skottie Young and Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz’s artwork: Skottie
Young’s artwork is just as hilarious here as it was in the previous volume
as Gertrude continues to look like a young girl with a crazy expression on her
face and having messy green locks for her hair. I also enjoyed seeing the
carnage that Gertrude wrecks on Fairyland as it looks so exaggerated and
comical at the same time! Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz’s artwork for
issue eight was so hilarious and creative to look at! I loved the scene when Gertrude ends up going
inside an arcade game and the art style is done in an anime style that really fits
well with the video game setting of that story and it made me really enjoy that
issue!
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
Even though I still enjoyed this book, one of my main
problems with this volume was that there were too many things going on in the story
that I found myself being confused about some of the arcs in this volume (even
the ending of this volume was a bit odd due to it coming out of nowhere). Also, for readers who do not like gory violence
or strong language, there is lots of gory violence in this volume that might be
uncomfortable for some readers to handle.
Also, even though it was only one instance of this, there is the mention
of the “s” word in this volume that anyone who does not like strong language
should watch out for.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “I Hate Fairyland: Fluff My Life Volume Two” is a great continuation
of the first volume that anyone who is a huge fan of this series should
definitely check out and I definitely cannot wait to check out the third volume
to this series!
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