House Of Mystery, Vol. 5: Under New Management (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
The House of Mystery is a tall tale for the 21st century. Within its pages are the syntheses of entirely new Grimm Bros slash Aesop's Fables tales. Grim and macabre moral stories pepper the main plot. (My favorite for this book is the meet cute).Speaking of the main plot, the book rides quite nicely to the last page the minds of several different authors. I don't know if Sturges commissioned this himself, or it was Vertigo who did, but it's a brilliant idea. Each author brings their talent to the table.An obvious off shoot of Sandman, I hope the House of Mystery has an equally impressive run. For whatever reason I liked this one much more than I did the last volume, even though yeah, the story doesn't really move ahead by much. I think that's the thing though--I don't even really care all that much about the main plot line when the side stories entertain me, and I found there was a lot of interest in this particular collection, and I was reminded of why I liked this series so much when I first started reading it. I'm definitely looking forward to reading the final two volumes.
What do You think about House Of Mystery, Vol. 5: Under New Management (2011)?
A tale with so much blood and regret shouldn't be this sweet, not by half.
—mckayla
I love the idea, but I'm rarely a fan of the execution. "Eh", I say.
—Cereal
This series is just so creepy and weird and good!
—awesomereader
Gory and suspenseful. I really enjoyed this one!
—hufes
