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Z niesamowitej wyobraźni Holly Black, królowej młodzieżowego dark fantasy, wyłoniła się tajemnicza i wspaniała seria powieści graficznych dla nastolatków z elfami w roli głównej.
Trzeci i finalny tom cyklu zaskoczy czytelników błyskotliwymi intrygami.
Czy Rue przyjmie swe mroczne dziedzictwo?
A może odezwie się w niej ludzki pierwiastek?
Elfy zwlekały przez stulecia, lecz w końcu przejęły władzę w mieście ludzi. A to oznacza, że elfowie i ludzkie istoty nie były dobrymi sąsiadami…
Świat Rue się rozpada. Elfy zajęły jej miasto, spychając ludzi do roli poślednich istot. Jej dziadek odszedł, a elfowa matka triumfuje. Ojciec Rue popadł w dziwne otępienie. A jej chłopak? Dale woli dać się pożreć żywcem niż mieć do czynienia z Rue.
Między ludźmi a elfami narasta napięcie, tymczasem Rue tak wiele łączy z obiema stronami. Wychowała się w ludzkim świecie, ma wśród ludzi przyjaciół i rozumie, że ludzkie istoty chcą się bronić. Ciągnie ją jednak i do świata elfów, w którym rządzi teraz jej piękna, groźna matka. Co więcej, odczuwa silną więź ze światem natury.
Czy Rue zdoła doprowadzić do zgody między elfami i ludźmi? Czy będzie musiała się zdobyć na odwagę i do końca doprowadzić zamiar powzięty przez jej dziadka?
Finałowy tom trylogii Mroczne sąsiedztwo zaskakuje czytelnika misterną intrygą w najlepszym stylu fantasy!
Trzeci i finalny tom cyklu zaskoczy czytelników błyskotliwymi intrygami.
Czy Rue przyjmie swe mroczne dziedzictwo?
A może odezwie się w niej ludzki pierwiastek?
Elfy zwlekały przez stulecia, lecz w końcu przejęły władzę w mieście ludzi. A to oznacza, że elfowie i ludzkie istoty nie były dobrymi sąsiadami…
Świat Rue się rozpada. Elfy zajęły jej miasto, spychając ludzi do roli poślednich istot. Jej dziadek odszedł, a elfowa matka triumfuje. Ojciec Rue popadł w dziwne otępienie. A jej chłopak? Dale woli dać się pożreć żywcem niż mieć do czynienia z Rue.
Między ludźmi a elfami narasta napięcie, tymczasem Rue tak wiele łączy z obiema stronami. Wychowała się w ludzkim świecie, ma wśród ludzi przyjaciół i rozumie, że ludzkie istoty chcą się bronić. Ciągnie ją jednak i do świata elfów, w którym rządzi teraz jej piękna, groźna matka. Co więcej, odczuwa silną więź ze światem natury.
Czy Rue zdoła doprowadzić do zgody między elfami i ludźmi? Czy będzie musiała się zdobyć na odwagę i do końca doprowadzić zamiar powzięty przez jej dziadka?
Finałowy tom trylogii Mroczne sąsiedztwo zaskakuje czytelnika misterną intrygą w najlepszym stylu fantasy!
128 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2010
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Holly Black
225 books127k followersHolly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty fantasy novels for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into 32 languages worldwide and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library.
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December 18, 2017
Rue's grandfather put his nefarious plan to merge the faerie world with the normal one in motion at the end of the last book. Now, everyone in Rue's town is going bonkers. Faeries are roaming the streets, eating and manipulating humans. The more organized groups of people are fighting back. It's a mess.
"What do you do after the end of the world?"
Meanwhile, Rue has a love triangle going. Her boyfriend Dale has taken up with some bloodthirsty bog faeries and she needs to save him. But, she can't seem to forget Tam, a young man who has a special talent for speaking the truth and was stolen away from the real world by faeries.
What's a girl to do?
"When people tell you to forget things, they really just mean that you should pretend to forget. No one actually forgets." "You are as heartless as any faerie girl, Rue, yet I want you to look at me and to see me. To see me like I see you." pg 25
And who is going to save the town?
"There is a reason why mystics are mad, Rue. We- people, humans- cannot sustain exposure to the supernatural. That's why we're not meant to live like this. Already, people's minds can't handle it." pg 55
The artwork in this series reminded me of The Walking Dead graphic novel franchise. Sometimes, it's good, but then in other panels, you can't tell one character from another.
There are some truly beautiful and grotesque faeries. I think the artist, Ted Naifeh, was at his best with the supernatural creatures.
The ending to this series was a little too predictable for my taste. But, it is good enough for what it sets out to do- entertain young adults with a slightly darker fairy tale.
"What do you do after the end of the world?"
Meanwhile, Rue has a love triangle going. Her boyfriend Dale has taken up with some bloodthirsty bog faeries and she needs to save him. But, she can't seem to forget Tam, a young man who has a special talent for speaking the truth and was stolen away from the real world by faeries.
What's a girl to do?
"When people tell you to forget things, they really just mean that you should pretend to forget. No one actually forgets." "You are as heartless as any faerie girl, Rue, yet I want you to look at me and to see me. To see me like I see you." pg 25
And who is going to save the town?
"There is a reason why mystics are mad, Rue. We- people, humans- cannot sustain exposure to the supernatural. That's why we're not meant to live like this. Already, people's minds can't handle it." pg 55
The artwork in this series reminded me of The Walking Dead graphic novel franchise. Sometimes, it's good, but then in other panels, you can't tell one character from another.
There are some truly beautiful and grotesque faeries. I think the artist, Ted Naifeh, was at his best with the supernatural creatures.
The ending to this series was a little too predictable for my taste. But, it is good enough for what it sets out to do- entertain young adults with a slightly darker fairy tale.
July 13, 2013
Awful story with clunky prose and horrible characters.
Hideous and inconsistent artwork.
Best part: when it was over.
Borrowed the whole series from the library and I'm thankful I can return it back to them.
Hideous and inconsistent artwork.
Best part: when it was over.
Borrowed the whole series from the library and I'm thankful I can return it back to them.
August 17, 2011
Eh.
This was the third and final installment of The Good Neighbors trilogy. I was honestly hoping it would be a bit better than it was, though. The plot was kind of thin, even for a graphic novel, but it was ok.
I sill hate the fugly art. Can't help it. Everyone looks exactly the same!
I would recommend reading all three (The Good Neighbors, Book 1: Kin, Kith, andKind) together in one sitting. They don't take long to read, and I think it would have helped me enjoy them more if I had been able to do that.
This was the third and final installment of The Good Neighbors trilogy. I was honestly hoping it would be a bit better than it was, though. The plot was kind of thin, even for a graphic novel, but it was ok.
I sill hate the fugly art. Can't help it. Everyone looks exactly the same!
I would recommend reading all three (The Good Neighbors, Book 1: Kin, Kith, andKind) together in one sitting. They don't take long to read, and I think it would have helped me enjoy them more if I had been able to do that.
November 15, 2023
Pretty, but scary🌚
July 24, 2011
I'm kind of a Holly Black fangirl, I'll admit, so the quality of this trilogy of slim graphic novels does not surprise me one bit. Black has a strong grasp on her version of Faerie, and it is an unkind place indeed, far more the stuff of old stories told to keep children out of the woods than something of light and good cheer. Tinkerbell would die horribly among this kind of fairy. They are the opposite of humanity, vividly alien and terrifying, and it's really rather refreshing.
Another thing Black has a grasp on is the instability of being young, which she presents in this trilogy in the form of the main character, Rue. Rue is trying to decide what sort of person she is, a decision complicated somewhat by the fact that she's half-faerie. As if it weren't bad enough being an ordinary human girl. So this series is really about her making choices, defining herself, and finding her place in the world, which she does rather spectacularly at the end of this volume.
While I think this could probably have been a full novel with a bit more character development, I enjoyed the graphic novel. Ted Naifeh's art feels a little bit ragged around the edges, which suits the story, and he does a great job showing the faeries in all their beauty and terror.
'The Good Neighbors' is definitely a must-read for Black fans, and those who aren't familiar with her work but have a penchant for dangerous faeries will no doubt also enjoy it.
Another thing Black has a grasp on is the instability of being young, which she presents in this trilogy in the form of the main character, Rue. Rue is trying to decide what sort of person she is, a decision complicated somewhat by the fact that she's half-faerie. As if it weren't bad enough being an ordinary human girl. So this series is really about her making choices, defining herself, and finding her place in the world, which she does rather spectacularly at the end of this volume.
While I think this could probably have been a full novel with a bit more character development, I enjoyed the graphic novel. Ted Naifeh's art feels a little bit ragged around the edges, which suits the story, and he does a great job showing the faeries in all their beauty and terror.
'The Good Neighbors' is definitely a must-read for Black fans, and those who aren't familiar with her work but have a penchant for dangerous faeries will no doubt also enjoy it.
August 5, 2025
Por fin le he dado una conclusión a esta trilogía que llevaba años intentando terminar. Me ha latidos radiante el giro que le han dado en este último tomo. Y aunque esperaba un final más emotivo, explosivo y llamativo. Me ha gustado su simpleza. Eso sí, como fue algo rápido sentí que quería un poco más, pero eso no le ha restado importancia a la trama.
August 13, 2023
Each one was better than the last! I love Holly Black!
July 16, 2019
The final installment is extremely fast-paced, to the point of being a bit rushed. Like the first two, the art is very beautiful, except for the faces. This was an interesting story, but I felt that it suffered by being too short. I think some sort of hybrid written novel with pictures would have suited the story better.
January 29, 2018
3.25
Decent ending but it all happened...kinda fast
Decent ending but it all happened...kinda fast
September 14, 2023
naprawdę bardzo polubiłam się z tymi komiksami
October 30, 2023
3.5/5
August 17, 2017
Ich habe es gelesen. Ich kenne das Ende. Nichtssagend, ganz im Stile seiner Vorgänger.
January 27, 2018
Sadly, this is the last book in this series. Must look for more books in this category.
September 2, 2023
Ok this book was by far the best of the series and made me think that maybe this was all a prequel to the cruel prince? I'm not sure though...
"What do you do after the end of the world" is an amazing tagline and I feel like she could've used it to write a series all by itself instead of just repeating it a few times in this book. Plus, the book was great but it really could've been longer
I feel like it did a good job of summing up what happened in the last book but it started off with a very different tone than the first two. In my opinion the series should've been a duoligy, the first two books would be a single book and the last one would be the second book. The world building took too much time initially yet still felt rushed, and I feel like if the books had been longer then this problem could've been avoided.
Overall this series was a very quick and easy read and I'm glad to have read these books.
"What do you do after the end of the world" is an amazing tagline and I feel like she could've used it to write a series all by itself instead of just repeating it a few times in this book. Plus, the book was great but it really could've been longer
I feel like it did a good job of summing up what happened in the last book but it started off with a very different tone than the first two. In my opinion the series should've been a duoligy, the first two books would be a single book and the last one would be the second book. The world building took too much time initially yet still felt rushed, and I feel like if the books had been longer then this problem could've been avoided.
Overall this series was a very quick and easy read and I'm glad to have read these books.
August 12, 2019
This will be a review of the entire series. Overall I would rate the series around a 3 star.
The story was entertaining, but I did not like the art. The story follows a girl named Rue who has recently discovered she is part fairy. Her mother has disappeared and her father has locked himself in the house out of depression. The first novel follows Rue as she tries to find her missing mother, and also solve a death that took place in town that her father is now being blamed for.
The art wasn't horrible but I had trouble keeping track of the characters as they ended up being drawn inconsistently I feel. I had trouble remembering who was who and sometimes the only reason I could tell it was Rue (THE MAIN CHARACTER!) was the cloths she was wearing. The characters were just to similar looking sometimes.
I felt confused mostly in the second novel and felt like characters were being tossed in after only making a brief appearance before and I was supposed to remember them from their very short intro where I honestly don't think they really even talked.
Oh and if you love that oh so terrible insta-love has this got it for you. Especially in volume 3. I don't want to say much but the love that Rue felt with the other character felt rushed and fake.
I feel like there is a good story here but being a graphic novel just did not do it justice. either that or it needed to be more than 3 volumes long.
All in all its an ok read if you are looking for something with fairies but I would recommend borrowing it from a library.
The story was entertaining, but I did not like the art. The story follows a girl named Rue who has recently discovered she is part fairy. Her mother has disappeared and her father has locked himself in the house out of depression. The first novel follows Rue as she tries to find her missing mother, and also solve a death that took place in town that her father is now being blamed for.
The art wasn't horrible but I had trouble keeping track of the characters as they ended up being drawn inconsistently I feel. I had trouble remembering who was who and sometimes the only reason I could tell it was Rue (THE MAIN CHARACTER!) was the cloths she was wearing. The characters were just to similar looking sometimes.
I felt confused mostly in the second novel and felt like characters were being tossed in after only making a brief appearance before and I was supposed to remember them from their very short intro where I honestly don't think they really even talked.
Oh and if you love that oh so terrible insta-love has this got it for you. Especially in volume 3. I don't want to say much but the love that Rue felt with the other character felt rushed and fake.
I feel like there is a good story here but being a graphic novel just did not do it justice. either that or it needed to be more than 3 volumes long.
All in all its an ok read if you are looking for something with fairies but I would recommend borrowing it from a library.
March 17, 2024
Jak dla mnie seria trzyma poziom. Jest nadal mrocznie. Okazuje się, że elfy nie są wcale takimi słodkimi stworzeniami. Zostały przedstawione jako brutalne i bezwzględne istoty. I to sprawiło najbardziej, że ta seria tak mocno mi się spodobała. Rozwiązanie całej akcji też było satysfakcjonujące i zaskakujące. Nie było to takie oczywiste i to też jest bardzo duży plus dla serii. Jedynym drobnym mankamentem jest tempo, bo czasem akcja bardzo mocno leci do przodu, ale przymykam na to oko. Choć wątek romantyczny - no jakiś taki dużo za dużo ekspresowy.
March 25, 2024
I was surprised to find that each book got better. I loved the little short tales that were incorporated into each one. There were also similarities to ideas in Folk of the Air in the last one. Overall this had that creepy, dark faerie tone that I love. And this just felt so much like Holly Black it was exactly what I was looking for to hit the spot. :)
March 26, 2022
Ugh. That end really killed the entire series for me. Not the actual events of the ending, but one stupid little thing.
April 16, 2022
This graphic novel trilogy was a really fun, super fast read! The art is great!
April 8, 2024
I think the moral of the story was humans do stupid things for love? or to save their own skins? Maybe.
November 22, 2025
Pierwsza część była najlepsza, a każda następna jest tylko słabsza ale bez przesady. Całość jest ok jako szybka rozrywka , ale nic więcej. Przeczytać i zapomnieć.
May 15, 2023
4/10
pomysł nie jest zły ale imo trochę za szybko się wszystko działo.
Takie do przeczytania na raz jak ktoś lubi elfy w mrocznym wydaniu, ja raczej nie będę do tego wracać.
pomysł nie jest zły ale imo trochę za szybko się wszystko działo.
Takie do przeczytania na raz jak ktoś lubi elfy w mrocznym wydaniu, ja raczej nie będę do tego wracać.
May 27, 2012
This is the final volume of the series and honestly, I felt it was the weakest. There seems to be something a little off in the pacing but overall, maybe not. I think it’s the actual ending that left me unsatisfied.
The city has been walled off by Aubrey’s final act and the humans are trapped among the fae but this is not necessarily a good thing. Rue’s father is losing his mind. Amanda, the woman he cheated on Rue’s elfin mother, Nia, is organizing the humans into a strike force. Nia has taken her father, Aubrey’s, place as a de facto leader of sorts.
The humans have been marked by Nia which was meant to keep them safe from fae predation but that’s not likely to happen for long. Nia is also doing her best to separate Rue from the humans. Rue is torn between her human and fae sides. She is also torn between Dale and Tam. Rue does her best to save Dale from the spell he’s under and she wants to save her human friends.
She finds out there was a phase two of her grandfather’s plan and she wants to enact it and save the humans at the same time. Over all the story isn’t bad. I did find the ending flawed (see under the spoiler warning). The art was more uneven this time with strange proportions (including Tam’s head on the cover). I’m glad I read the series. I liked it over all but it ended a little badly. So onto that. Spoiler alert
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Spoilers – Part of my problem with the pacing/ending is that I see NO reason for Tam to love Rue so much. It felt like a very poorly executed love story. Rue doesn’t honestly seem to love either man very much but maybe that was to illustrate her fae nature (or am I being generous here). She doesn’t think some things through well (well she is a teenager) such as sending Tam back to this world. At best he’s 100-200 years out of his own time. Just how will he live? No identity, no papers proving who he is, no education. Need I go on? (this is always an issue for me in time travel stories too). Also I see absolutely NO reason for Rue to stay with the faeries. Yes she’s part of them but her allegiance has been more to the humans. The fae have done nothing but manipulate her, control her and bring her grief. To chose them over the humans honestly made no sense to me. She didn’t have that much trouble fitting in before and if the fae are gone and she can not longer see them, how hard could her life be? It rang hollow to me.
The city has been walled off by Aubrey’s final act and the humans are trapped among the fae but this is not necessarily a good thing. Rue’s father is losing his mind. Amanda, the woman he cheated on Rue’s elfin mother, Nia, is organizing the humans into a strike force. Nia has taken her father, Aubrey’s, place as a de facto leader of sorts.
The humans have been marked by Nia which was meant to keep them safe from fae predation but that’s not likely to happen for long. Nia is also doing her best to separate Rue from the humans. Rue is torn between her human and fae sides. She is also torn between Dale and Tam. Rue does her best to save Dale from the spell he’s under and she wants to save her human friends.
She finds out there was a phase two of her grandfather’s plan and she wants to enact it and save the humans at the same time. Over all the story isn’t bad. I did find the ending flawed (see under the spoiler warning). The art was more uneven this time with strange proportions (including Tam’s head on the cover). I’m glad I read the series. I liked it over all but it ended a little badly. So onto that. Spoiler alert
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Spoilers – Part of my problem with the pacing/ending is that I see NO reason for Tam to love Rue so much. It felt like a very poorly executed love story. Rue doesn’t honestly seem to love either man very much but maybe that was to illustrate her fae nature (or am I being generous here). She doesn’t think some things through well (well she is a teenager) such as sending Tam back to this world. At best he’s 100-200 years out of his own time. Just how will he live? No identity, no papers proving who he is, no education. Need I go on? (this is always an issue for me in time travel stories too). Also I see absolutely NO reason for Rue to stay with the faeries. Yes she’s part of them but her allegiance has been more to the humans. The fae have done nothing but manipulate her, control her and bring her grief. To chose them over the humans honestly made no sense to me. She didn’t have that much trouble fitting in before and if the fae are gone and she can not longer see them, how hard could her life be? It rang hollow to me.
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June 7, 2024
Banger, ale wszystko dzieje się za szybko, więc ciężko jakkolwiek bardziej wczuć się w historię, szczególnie jeśli czyta się w odstępie czasu od poprzednich części.
September 3, 2011
I hate to say it, but I think Ms. Black really dropped the ball on this last section--especially after the second book ended on such an unexpected note.
Overall, this really is a roller-coaster of a series in terms of quality. Book one is a bit slow in starting but intersting enough. Book two took the whole work to the next level, then this one just fell flat.
The art is still gorgeous, and I'm glad I finished the series and all, but I just felt let down after the goodness of book two.
Overall, this really is a roller-coaster of a series in terms of quality. Book one is a bit slow in starting but intersting enough. Book two took the whole work to the next level, then this one just fell flat.
The art is still gorgeous, and I'm glad I finished the series and all, but I just felt let down after the goodness of book two.
December 20, 2014
2.5 stars. I really wish Holly Black had written these as novels. I didn't care for the artwork at all, and the story was too deep to really be effectively presented in this format. Holly Black does have her signature realistic weirdness here, so that's something, but it felt glossed over. This could have been more.
February 20, 2011
The first in the trilogy was interesting, intriquing - where was it going? But the second and third began to feel too much like outlines of a longer more interesting story, the depth curtailed by the format of a graphic novel.
June 20, 2011
Rue joins the humans and her friends in finishing the work Aubrey started to save the humans from the mad existence they now live in since the faeries overrun their town. It is sad and emotional and a great finale to the tale.
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