I was researching tales that were written during the medieval era and read about Reynard the fox. The library system in my county only owned this graphic novel version of the tales. I was not impressed. I would not want kids reading it. I THINK the library has it shelved as a juvenile book. The publisher has it labeled as young adult. But the cover, book size, sentence & book length make it appealing to younger kids.
Reynard avoids an evil king's summons by fleeing & returning to the place where he stays for the winter. Along the way he encounters danger, pursuers, and former lovers. A surprise ending.
Warnings: Most of the women show at least cleavage. The mermaids' chests are somewhat or fully exposed. One woman has a dress with a long slit-shows lots of leg. Reynard gets drunk with a woman & spends the night with her. An illustration shows him waking up in the bed beside her. She is on her stomach with the blanket pulled down halfway down her back. The reader can tell she is naked. The reader will infer he had a relationship with another woman & produced an offspring with her. He says the word "dn" & bstd".
-Borrowed from the library.
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