Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games - Disney Comics Group - ★★★.¾

SERIES: Disney Fairies Graphic Novel #13

GENRE: Children's Graphic Novel.

PUBLICATION DATE: December 31, 2013.

RATING: 3.75 stars.

꧁ Thirteenth graphic novel of the Disney Fairies series ꧂

❁ Contains nine stories in all. As the title indicates, the first four are taken from the 2011 animated short film titled “Pixie Hollow Games” (with the dialogues also being the same at times) and the remaining five are fresh stories. Thus it holds appeal to those who have watched the short movie and want a print version of it, while at the same time offering new content for added appeal.

❁ Because of the above, the first four stories function more as chapters of the same story with continuity across them while the last five are standalone tales and much shorter in length.

❁ This graphic novel has the movie characters in the lead roles. It is a treat to see Rosetta, Iridessa, Fawn and the others.

❁ Tinker Bell makes an appearance in all the stories, but she’s not always the key character as the stories focus on different fairies each time. Chloe, Fawn, Rosetta, Iridessa and gang are way more enchanting than Prilla and Beck from the initial four books, so no complaints here.

❁ The overall level of this book was quite good, way better than the initial four graphic novels. The storylines are much stronger.

❁ The illustrations are also superb in this book. The first four stories seem to have superior-quality graphics, as if they have taken inspiration directly from the short movie. The characters in the latter five stories are the same but their appearance is distinctly different, but not bad. My favourite part was seeing Terence and Queen Clarion look the way they are supposed to be instead of that yucky rendition in the first four graphic novels.

❁ The text is easy to understand, perfect for the target age group of 6-10 year olds.

❁ Story-wise ratings:

🧚‍♀️ Stories One to Four (Teammates, The Pixie Hollow Games, The Second Day, A Special Derby) - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (I still like the movie better, but this did as fine as a comic could do. Reverse adaptations from movie to comic book aren’t easy as a lot of the material gets cut off.)

🧚‍♀️ Colorful Excuses - ⭐⭐⭐✨

🧚‍♀️ A Special Apple - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🧚‍♀️ The Brightest Of Them All - ⭐⭐⭐✨

🧚‍♀️ A Kind Gesture or a Nutty Gesture? - ⭐⭐⭐

🧚‍♀️ Day and Night - ⭐⭐⭐

Overall average: 3.75 stars. (I’ve given a greater weightage to the first rating as it is for four stories.)

This fourth combo volume has thus begun in a much more appealing way, putting to rest the bad memories of the first combo book. The stories, the characters, and the illustrations are much more delightful.

My reading buddy happily joined me this time as she is as big a fan (or probably, an even bigger fan than I am) of the Tinker Bell movies. She enjoyed the Pixie Games story set the best, but also liked/loved the remaining stories. As such, I am pretty sure I will have her company for the rest of this combo edition.

This graphic novel is definitely recommended to Tinker Bell fans. I’ll reserve my combo volume rec until after I am done with the four books.

My thanks to Papercutz for providing the DRC of “Disney Fairies 4 in 1 Vol. 4” via NetGalley. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.