Tinker Bell and the Wings of Rani - Disney Comics Group - ★★★.½

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SERIES: Disney Fairies Graphic Novel #2
GENRE: Children's Graphic Novel.
PUBLICATION DATE: June 22, 2010.
RATING: 3.4 stars.

꧁ Second graphic novel of the Disney Fairies series ꧂

❁ Contains five stories focussing on Tinkerbell and her fairy friends. Tink is present in every story, though not always in the main role.

❁ Has several book-only characters who were not a part of the Tinkerbell movies. Again, Tinkerbell, Terence, and Vidia are the only main movie characters present in these stories.

❁ Queen Clarion makes her first appearance, and I am honestly so disappointed at her look! The graphics have deleted all the regal elements from her appearance and turned her into a cutesy bubblegum-pink-wearing fairy godmother. She doesn’t even look like a queen! 😐

❁ The first three stories are just about average, none too memorable. But the last two stories made this volume worth a read.

❁ Simple text, easy to read for the target age group.

❁ Mixed feelings about the graphics. The colours and background nature sketches were gorgeous but the character depictions didn’t always make me happy.

❁ Officially for ages 6-10 years.

❁ Story-wise ratings:

     🧚‍♀️ Colors of Friendship - ⭐⭐⭐

     🧚‍♀️ The Lost Fairy - ⭐⭐✨

     🧚‍♀️ The Most Beautiful Dress - ⭐⭐✨

     🧚‍♀️ The Wings of Rani - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

     🧚‍♀️ Barefoot - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Overall average: 3.4 stars.


This was much better than the first book, but my expectations from Tinkerbell are obviously higher.

My in-house reading partner, who had earlier declared that she won’t join me on this read after being bored by the first volume, was tempted by my ratings to give the last two stories a try. She too enjoyed them both. So she worked backwards and tried story three, thanks to its appealing title. She hated it, declared my rating as “too generous”, and gave up on the book. 😑

Fingers crossed for the next one to breach at least the 4-star mark! I am pretty sure my buddy won't be tempted to join me, so it will be a solo endeavour. 

This was a library read. Not a must-read; just good for a library borrow.

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