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etev's review
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
All you get is a life time. Appreciate it.
adastrame's review against another edition
4.0
Another nice little story that brings us closer to Death... :D
labunnywtf's review against another edition
5.0
It is the curse of The Sandman series, and it's offshoots, that they are fast reads. I zoomed through this so fast, and then got very sad because it was over.
There aren't words for how much I adore the character of Death. I've loved her since her first appearance in The Sandman series, and finding out there were novels based solely on her made me squeal with glee. My library not having either of them made me not so squealy. Thank you, ILL! Worth the $2 fee.
This story was so lovely. She's so playful and fun. The facial expressions are hilarious and fun (kudos to the artists!), and then when she's locked in the basement, and the boy is hurt, her heartbreak is just so palpable. She's Death, she shouldn't be concerned someone is going to die. But she is, and it makes you want to know her, and be her friend.
I also love that there were a couple of references to the series itself. Wonderful interlocking without being too heavy handed.
I need to own this entire series. I must work on that.
There aren't words for how much I adore the character of Death. I've loved her since her first appearance in The Sandman series, and finding out there were novels based solely on her made me squeal with glee. My library not having either of them made me not so squealy. Thank you, ILL! Worth the $2 fee.
This story was so lovely. She's so playful and fun. The facial expressions are hilarious and fun (kudos to the artists!), and then when she's locked in the basement, and the boy is hurt, her heartbreak is just so palpable. She's Death, she shouldn't be concerned someone is going to die. But she is, and it makes you want to know her, and be her friend.
I also love that there were a couple of references to the series itself. Wonderful interlocking without being too heavy handed.
I need to own this entire series. I must work on that.
tawfek's review against another edition
4.0
There is a whole thing out there, and it's all part of living.
The good bits, and the bad bits, and the dull bits, and the painful bits...
Death walks the earth in mortal form one day each 100 years.
The Target is for her to try life and to try death, to feel compassion for humans.
To eat and breath (yeah turns out the endless don't breath!) and live one day only each 100 years.
The world accommodates her very presence, everyone is giving her things for free, because she doesn't have much money, yeah screw that Lucifer series guy, who had infinite money, our goth girl had only 10 dollars and 2 cents, and wait till you see what the 2 cents will be used for.
As we come to expect from Gaiman we get many interesting characters.
Mad Hettie, is obviously a 250 years old witch, why is she hiding her heart?
is it being hidden from death herself so she can go on living?
Sexton, made me think of something, is it a rule or something that people who get bullied in their life, actually turn out the nicest most decent people later on?
I hate it when things become surreal.
As readers we love it when things become surreal in a story we are reading, but in real life? i don't think anyone of us would find it a good thing at all, Sexton has to go through this first hand, but among all the weird surreal things that are happening, Sexton was on the verge of suicide, so what did he have to lose? His run in with Death Herself, actually made him want to continue to live, whenever Death enters someone's life it changes it for the better, except for when she is killing babies of course by orders of the Almighty.
The macabre depressing singer was interesting, but only because i was wondering if neil gaiman was the one actually writing her songs.
We also have the mysterious Blind Eremite and his apprentice, whose goal was to steal the Ankh of Death.
I thought about this, does the Ankh really have power? like Dream's Tools?
and it did seem to have some kind of power for a while, Death seemed lost and seemed to be forgetting everything that she is without the Ankh, but then she just bought a new one, and it took on her powers immediately, The Ankh by itself is not power, the power comes from Death, she just needs an Item to channel it, and i honestly think that it could be any item.
It would be really good if death could be somebody funny and friendly and nice and maybe just a tiny bit crazy.
That's what Neil Gaiman gave us and we love him to death because of it.
trilbynorton's review against another edition
3.0
Even though I love Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics, I've never been particularly interested in all their various spin-offs, and this stand-alone tale of Dream's perky goth sister Death doesn't do much to elevate my interest. I liked it well enough - Gaiman, of course, knows how to tell a good story, and the conclusion is especially good - but it feels mostly like a retread of "The Sound of Her Wings", the landmark Sandman issue which introduced Death and her surprisingly upbeat outlook on life.
newnosejar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
duparker's review against another edition
4.0
Very enjoyable entry into the series. I am pretty sure I read this back in the day, but it wasn't sad familiar as the regular series was upon re read.
bluestjuice's review against another edition
3.0
I liked it. It's short, so it's concise, and I liked the premise, although I didn't think it was amazing. I liked the artwork in this one a lot, as it happened. Honestly, it's so short I feel like a huge cheater letting it count toward my Goodreads totals, but here we are.