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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
This volume had seemed to have a more straightforward storyline--at least the timeline was mostly linear. It doesn't mean that I enjoyed it more than the previous volumes, but it was a refreshing change.
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First volume to make me cry. The characters, the plot, the visuals- everything was fantastic and heartbreakingly true. Also the representation although rugged at times, was good- characters were fully developed, redeemed and strengthened.
This was definitely a political piece. The forward by Samuel Delaney really struck me when he dissected this volume as a political piece in New York- America.
“The dominate ideology… in popular narratives…say…Oppressed groups have to be killed off in the end, no matter how good and Nobel they are, so that we [white America] can feel sorry form them, then forget about them.”
I think the notion of forgetting/ignoring the truth is very prominent in this issue, and how when characters reclaim the truth and speak it, they shake the world.
This was definitely a political piece. The forward by Samuel Delaney really struck me when he dissected this volume as a political piece in New York- America.
“The dominate ideology… in popular narratives…say…Oppressed groups have to be killed off in the end, no matter how good and Nobel they are, so that we [white America] can feel sorry form them, then forget about them.”
I think the notion of forgetting/ignoring the truth is very prominent in this issue, and how when characters reclaim the truth and speak it, they shake the world.
I have been devouring the Sandman comics, but trying to pace myself so I can still read them when I get overwhelmed with too much reading for school. And then I started reading this one and could not stop until I finished it in one day. It is SO GOOD. I love the way the storyline is paced, I love the worlds that are depicted, and I love the return to past incidental characters in exciting ways. My one criticism is for the some dumb transphobic shit, but at the same time it explores the trans character in a very deep and human way.
*Edit: Upon revisiting this review, I think that treating a trans character as "human" is a pretty low bar to set. Still cranky about it.
*Edit: Upon revisiting this review, I think that treating a trans character as "human" is a pretty low bar to set. Still cranky about it.
Again too gruesome for me in one scene, but I was captivated and wanted to read till the end.
Barbie cannot dream, but one night she dreams and cannot wake up. Her neighbors task themselves to find her in the dream world, but it is a highly dangerous land between the living and the imaginary. It's a complicated volume, and I won't do it justice by talking about it. But it was worth the read, even if a few parts made me a bit squicky inside.
Love the concepts and story. George was way very massively freaky.