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4.44 AVERAGE
4.44 AVERAGE
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.
Couldn't continue knowing the allegations against Gaiman and how much of himself he inserts into his work.
Here's the Sandman I remember. Well, mostly. I remembered this one a bit differently, but I might be recalling a story yet to come, maybe.
It doesn't matter. I liked it. Hell is weirdly boring to me, but I liked Lucifer, and I really enjoyed the little time we had with most of the Endless together in a room. An evening spent with the gods was fun, with Gaiman showing all his colours in the least obnoxious way. I did manage to stifle a sigh when the Norse lot got involved. Of all the gods in all of human civilisation, why is it that nobody can resist sticking Loki in everything? I was excited to see Susano-o, but basically nothing was done with him. It seemed towards the end as if we might actually get something interesting from him, but even that just turned out to be more damned Loki.
It doesn't matter. I liked it. Hell is weirdly boring to me, but I liked Lucifer, and I really enjoyed the little time we had with most of the Endless together in a room. An evening spent with the gods was fun, with Gaiman showing all his colours in the least obnoxious way. I did manage to stifle a sigh when the Norse lot got involved. Of all the gods in all of human civilisation, why is it that nobody can resist sticking Loki in everything? I was excited to see Susano-o, but basically nothing was done with him. It seemed towards the end as if we might actually get something interesting from him, but even that just turned out to be more damned Loki.
Morpheus suddenly is in possession of a new property which he had no idea he would be owning when he left his house. He had decided to look up an old girlfriend - really, an OLD OLD OLD girlfriend, Queen Nada, who he sent to hell ten thousand years ago. Well, he was really upset at the time. She walked out on him. Morpheus sort of lost it. Anyway, he wants to make amends, but wouldn't you just know it - Lucifer is having a bad day when Morpheus drops in. Ok, maybe Lucifer has been in a bad place for awhile, actually.
Anyway.
Lucifer tosses Morpheus the key to hell and tells him he can do whatever he wants with it - the fallen angel has already boxed up his stuff and kicked out all of his guests, so it is ready for Morpheus to move in. Then he's gone.
Before Morpheus has a chance to figure out what he is going to do with the old mausoleum, almost every manifested god since creation decides to make Morpheus an offer he can't refuse! The address alone is to die for! So, before Morpheus has even found the bathrooms, he is politely inviting many unexpected and threatening visitors to stay the night. Well, you know gods! Rude, spoiled, self-aggrandizing.....
There goes the neighborhood.
Anyway.
Lucifer tosses Morpheus the key to hell and tells him he can do whatever he wants with it - the fallen angel has already boxed up his stuff and kicked out all of his guests, so it is ready for Morpheus to move in. Then he's gone.
Before Morpheus has a chance to figure out what he is going to do with the old mausoleum, almost every manifested god since creation decides to make Morpheus an offer he can't refuse! The address alone is to die for! So, before Morpheus has even found the bathrooms, he is politely inviting many unexpected and threatening visitors to stay the night. Well, you know gods! Rude, spoiled, self-aggrandizing.....
There goes the neighborhood.
nope I'm done. I can't do it. I liked the series okay up to this point, but the pretentious writing style. the disrespect for myths and history. nope. done. not going to read this or try it ever again.
Cool. I liked the angels a lot. Though, I like it best when they manage to keep character design consistent throughout a comics series; it annoyed me that Lucifer is scarier looking than he is the first time we saw him -- or is it less scary looking, I don't know -- anyway I liked the Goldilocks version from book 1 best. Makes an impression.
The story with the banquet and the offers and the just decisionmaking was a pretty typical type story. It was fine.
The standalone issue with the ghost boys is really good.
(And the old-timey artist bios are sort of funny.)
The story with the banquet and the offers and the just decisionmaking was a pretty typical type story. It was fine.
The standalone issue with the ghost boys is really good.
(And the old-timey artist bios are sort of funny.)
This is the volume in which Sandman reveals its scope. We meet the Endless, and Morpheus hosts emissaries from Heaven, Hell, faerie, order, chaos, Norse myth and more. I love Lucifer's retirement speech, and the two angels at the end give me chills.
And yet, Morpheus faces few real challenges in this volume, and Seasons of Mists is more about the pageantry of power than plot or character growth. Not my favorite volume, though there are moments that shine.
And yet, Morpheus faces few real challenges in this volume, and Seasons of Mists is more about the pageantry of power than plot or character growth. Not my favorite volume, though there are moments that shine.
Here we meet the rest of The Endless, beings more than humans but less (or more, it's not clear) than gods. They are Destiny, Desire, Despair, Delusion, and Death to go along with The Sandman, or Dream. It appears that Dream is destined to go to Hell in order to free a woman he loved but condemned there. So what happens when he gets there? He finds Lucifer has closed Hell and is turning over the realm to Dream.
Heady stuff that. What's more is that everyone knows it's happened. The damned return to Earth. So Faries, demons, and gods from Norse, Egyptian, Chinese mythologies along with personifications of Order and Chaos want Sandman to turn over the keys to hell to them.
Mr. Gaiman just keeps delivering. What an amazing imagination. I especially love his take on Thor. This may very well be my favorite of the series so far. You do have to read volumes 1-2 before this one. Though volume 3 could be skipped without missing a beat.
Heady stuff that. What's more is that everyone knows it's happened. The damned return to Earth. So Faries, demons, and gods from Norse, Egyptian, Chinese mythologies along with personifications of Order and Chaos want Sandman to turn over the keys to hell to them.
Mr. Gaiman just keeps delivering. What an amazing imagination. I especially love his take on Thor. This may very well be my favorite of the series so far. You do have to read volumes 1-2 before this one. Though volume 3 could be skipped without missing a beat.