Amusing, and for the large part mostly successful, look at a stuck-up lawyer who does the first random thing in her life and finds she possesses a fairy in a bottle, and the requisite three wishes. She knows, he knows, we all know, that just randomly blurting out three wishes that sound full of good intentions is not good enough – but what is the right way about things? A snappy telling, a clearly fantastical look at life and yet a story not overburdened with messages, morals and meanings, this is quite a breezy little pleasure, and most unusual given the current graphic novel market.

Oh but for the love of all that can give wishes, don't present graphic novels like this in future – they need to be PDFs that we can zoom in on. Squinting at a laptop with one eye through a powerful magnifying glass because you can't choose the right format for digital review files is not my idea of fun!

The synopsis definitely caught my attention and although I didn't really like the outcome, I still found it entertaining. What I have to rescue is the main character, as she was the one who gave a different touch to the whole wishful thing, so that was good.

I was very intrigued by the summary for this one and thought it sounded brilliant, however, the art style is not one I typically enjoy and this was very heavy on the text but there wasn't much development to the characters. Ultimately this ended up being not quite my cup of tea!

I struggled with this one, I'm not quite sure what it was. There was a lot of dialogue but it felt forced and didn't quite flow right to me. The like the art style but there were too many speech bubbles so a lot of the art was lost. The weak point was the story itself. I didn't finish the story sorry Netgalley.

When an always detail oriented lady lawyer finally decides to do something spontaneous things get really out of hand. She buys a storage locker and instead of a jinn in a bottle she finds the fairy King Oberon who grants her three wishes but he will take every wish literally. Kelly decides to wish for world peace and has six main clauses and thirty-four subclauses. Of course lots of people are unhappy with this outcome and come after her. Now she has two more wishes and is in hiding and has to make sure she doesn’t use the word wish anymore. And Oberon is learning more about the modern world he has missed out on.
Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of Three Little Wishes by Paul Cornell through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Three Little Wishes by Paul Cornell is an adult graphic novel about a woman who accidetnally finds a fairy who offers to grant her three wishes, but rather than just choosing simple, selfish wishes, she decides to change the world.  It was published on July 12, 2022.  I rated it 4 wtars on Goodreads.


Here's the summary from Goodreads:

Kelly Castleton is the most detail-oriented, by-the-book contract lawyer you could ever wish to have on your side – unless of course you happen to be an immortal fairy with three malicious wishes to grant!
Of course the day Kelly decides to be spontaneous on ONE LITTLE THING, she stumbles upon an ancient magic with the power to change everything!  What to do – world peace? Win back her oh-so-perfect ex? Well, if underthinking got her into this mess, her habitual overthinking should be able to get her out of it!
When the fairy king Oberon is released from his enchanted imprisonment, he offers Kelly the simplest of gifts: THREE LITTLE WISHES.  That’s all, no need to think too hard about it.  Just wish for what you’ve always wanted and he’ll give you exactly that.  Exactly, to the T… what could possibly go wrong?

This graphic novel was so, so fun.

Let's start with the art style.  I really enjoyed how the characters were designed.  They felt really realistic and each had a really unique design.  The panels were always well designed and I liked how certain moments were passed along.  I laughed a little after her first wish was granted and how it showed the effects of that being played out.  It was very well done.

The storyline was really interesting.  I liked how when Kelly tried to do a spontaneous thing it made her life really take a turn.  I also really liked her as a character.  She was well developed, and it was fun to read about a really detail orientated character.  She was really interesting and compelling.

The wish making was fun.  I liked that she was trying to improve the world and that she put a lot of thought into her wishes.  It was very entertaining to see how the world reacted as well, and I loved the parts where the assassin tried to come after her.  It was quite funny.

Overall, I think it was quite well done, and I highly recommend that you check it out.

Something about this was off. The dialogue felt forced and unnatural. The art was great. The coloring and lettering top notch. The weak point was the story itself.

I think the reason why I didn't enjoy this was probably because of the flow and smoothness of the storytelling I think need work.

The plot was really interesting and I think the concept was executed well. I felt however the speech bubbles and artwork made the comic not so enjoyable. I really liked the plot and Kelly's three wishes and the genie but felt it got lost in the many many speech bubbles which made it difficult to follow the flow of conversation. Personally the artwork was not to my taste, it was okay to look at but could have been improved as it did look strange in some drawn scenes.

Overall good plot and characters but needs work on the speech bubble distribution to help the flow of the story and the artwork.

This was a mostly funny and engaging read, but a bit too weird for my taste. The artwork was pretty.

This is a nice twist on the trickster fairy story. Detail oriented, nitpicking lawyer does one spontaneous thing, and accidentally unleashes Oberon, the king of the fae. In classic genie form (despite being a fairy), Oberon grants three wishes. But he, being fae, tends to produce results which follow precisely the wording of the wish.
But when you’re a contract lawyer for a living, there’s nothing stopping you from having a sixteen-clause wish with thirty four sub-clauses.
Unfortunately, even the best thought-out wish can have unintended consequences, so Kelly, Oberon, and her bestie end up in a lot hotter water than even she anticipated.
This is a funny, light-hearted, and entertaining read, with some solid themes. It lacks a little bit of depth at times, but I think that’s probably a consequence of the medium, and the constraints of a graphic novel. The art and colouring are fun, with a kind of scratchy feel that makes it quite visceral.
Overall, a fun read, but not one I’d be dying to revisit.

There is a lot packed into 128 pages. So many speaking bubbles. So much to unpack. I liked the artwork and the story.

I thought this was a super fun little graphic novel!

The MC is a straight laced, pedantic lawyer who tries out impulsivity on the urging of her best friend and manages to pull the king of the faeries out of a lamp who offers her three wishes. She then massively overthinks these wishes in her desire to heal the whole world and thereby gains some powerful enemies for whom peace is a real problem.

This is an irreverent, silly little story with a quirky sense of humour that I really enjoyed. It does make you think about what you'd really do with three anything's-possible wishes and about whether humans are fundamentally good or selfish, but by and large it's just a fun, wryly funny little joyride and I personally really enjoyed it for what it was.

There were honestly too many speech bubbles going on so couldn’t focus on the reading unfortunately sorry Netgalley and publisher 🙈

The Art work was beautiful but the story could have been better. It was nothing special, the wishes were basics and I expected more. Still entertaining and I had to laugh at some points. The gin was funny and how the magic works was different and I liked that.

What would you do if you had 3 wishes?

The book follows methodical Kelly Castleton who is a lawyer that loves routine but one day does something out of character. Her out of character experience ends with her getting a genie alas Aladdin vibes. not wanting to waste her wishes takes her time deciding. It was quite and interesting book and perfect for fans of graphic novels. I received a complimentary copy from the publisher and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.

That was very enjoyable! A great comic with a fairy granting wishes and the chaos that can come with it. The graphics were incredible and the characters were were great.
Thanks to Netgalley and Legendary Comic for an eARC

3.5 Stars

This comic/graphic novel was a really interesting read. The concept was cool and a nice modern take on the genie in a lamp storyline with an MC that is actually pretty clever in not getting trapped in the technicalities of too vague of a wish.

The humor was entertaining at parts and I enjoyed the diverse representation of characters.

This is a cool graphic novel about someone wanting to wish for the correct things when given 3 wishes. Our main character is a lawyer who will think about everything that could go wrong with a wish and any loopholes that they cold have. It was a quick story to read that was funny and also interesting. The art work in this was also something I really liked and I think the artist did a great job. Overall I would rate this 3 stars as it was fun and I enjoyed it. I also found the characters to quirky and interesting which made me want to see what happened in the end.

I absolutely loved this. The art style was great, very old school comics. I loved how meticulous Kelly is about everything. Oberon, king of the Fairies, is wonderfully delightful in his own messed up way.
This really dices into the whole "Be careful what you wish for" thing as even though Kelly is so precise on her wishes things can still go away.