Reviews

The Wake by Neil Gaiman

jimhart3000's review

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

toothcake's review

5.0

Great finish to an absolutely amazing series. :)

paigereitz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Wow. This was my favorite Sandman of them all. I loved the callbacks. I loved the deep exploration of grief and endings. Beautiful. 

sincrusade's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

krakow54's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

adastrame's review

5.0

A great ending for a great series. Well worth re-reading many times, as there's so much depth in this.

miss_johnsto's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

alyssathinkstoomuch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

labunnywtf's review

5.0

I'm so sad that this series is over. I know there are other books with these characters in them, but it's not the same series, not the same string of events, and that makes me sad.

What a lovely way to end the series. It makes me long to go back and re-read all of them again, and I most likely will do just that, and soon.

Nothing in the entire series was trivial. Everything interlocked over and over again. Just amazing, and truly a fun, sad, amusing, wonderfully horrible scary ride.

That I must ride over and over again.

evabails's review

3.0

An incredible series. Nothing could top the penultimate volume but this was a nice wrap up of some storylines.