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4.44 AVERAGE
4.44 AVERAGE
GREAT SANDMAN REREAD 2015!
Stewardship of Hell has been turned over to Dream of the Endless, with many different parties interested in the real estate. Semi-conventional interpretations of Heaven/Hell in an anything but conventional story with a great ending and a dark & bittersweet intermission at a boarding school, all within the framework of a pretty epic breakup story previously hinted at in Vol. 1 and elaborated on in Vol. 2. Great story.
Stewardship of Hell has been turned over to Dream of the Endless, with many different parties interested in the real estate. Semi-conventional interpretations of Heaven/Hell in an anything but conventional story with a great ending and a dark & bittersweet intermission at a boarding school, all within the framework of a pretty epic breakup story previously hinted at in Vol. 1 and elaborated on in Vol. 2. Great story.
I'm determined to get through this series but it's hard work. The art is terrible throughout this whole book, and the storytelling is pompous.
Whenever I have to settle on my favorite volume of Sandman, it's a tie between this one and Brief Lives. After my first reading, it was Brief Lives, but whenever I reread it now, it's this one. It always feels like this is where everything first comes together, plus it has Lucifer who, thanks to Mike Carey's excellent series, has become one of my favorite characters. Something Neil Gaiman does very well is of course bring all kinds of different mythologies together. At the end of the day, this is just awesome :D
The Dream king has to go back to Hell. What a ride. Couldn't help but think Gareth Ennis was inspired by Sandman in some way with his Preacher series. After the last volume, this was a welcome return to a more meaty story. Great stuff.
Working my way through this series, and still liking them. They get kind of violent, in a way that pushes my comfort level, but there is a humanity at the heart of it that keeps me invested, and it isn't all violence. Indeed, this issue (Issue #4) is an intriguing look at the Hell, and a battle first to save a soul from hell, after Dream banished her there for 10,000 years for a slight, and then a battle for the control of hell. It probes into some interesting questions of the relationship between good and evil and heaven and hell.
10 years later and I still enjoy this book and it’s meditations on our choosing the torture of hell.
10 years later and I still enjoy this book and it’s meditations on our choosing the torture of hell.
9/10
Just reread this series for the first time in many years and it does not disappoint. It's truly the most stunning, imaginative, and enjoyable graphic novel I've ever read.
Just reread this series for the first time in many years and it does not disappoint. It's truly the most stunning, imaginative, and enjoyable graphic novel I've ever read.
Oh Lucifer, you saucy betch. Why didn't you think to do that before? And Nada, honey, you crazy girl. I understand you being mad about being in Hell for 10,000 years, I mean who wouldn't be?? But still, the man can make your dreams come true. LITERALLY. There is no WAY I would do all this crap over again! Ah well. Excellent series regardless. I look forward to the next volume.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In an act of redemption, Morpheus travels to hell to rescue Nada and in the process is left to decide the fate of hell. A volume in which many mythologies of the world collide and many deities confide with Dream to receive the keys of hell from him.
I loved seeing all the different mythologies of the world colliding on the pages of Season of Mists. It was also lovely to see all the Endless bar one together in one place. This volume felt broad in scale, showing the extent of how much of the world of Neil Gaiman encompasses.
The story here is about fate and redemption. About how a singular action has rippling effects. Yet all that is to happen is already written in the book of Destiny.
I loved seeing all the different mythologies of the world colliding on the pages of Season of Mists. It was also lovely to see all the Endless bar one together in one place. This volume felt broad in scale, showing the extent of how much of the world of Neil Gaiman encompasses.
The story here is about fate and redemption. About how a singular action has rippling effects. Yet all that is to happen is already written in the book of Destiny.