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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
The weakest sandman stories so far for me... Too weird and lacking the humanity of other books.
adventurous
dark
emotional
While I certainly enjoyed the different stories at artworks especially about the different brothers sisters of the endless, Despair and delirium really were hard to follow and made them less enjoyable for me. Overall I think the book is well crafted it's a great story.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This addendum to the Sandman series gives us a glimpse at each of the 7 Endless. For the order in which we meet them, see my status updates.
It's an addendum, like I said, with mini stories, sometimes, and simple portraits at other times. What stands out is the art, definitely. So I shall let the art speak for itself.
A wonderful way to take another look at the siblings and I LOVED how every Endless had his or her own art style!
It's an addendum, like I said, with mini stories, sometimes, and simple portraits at other times. What stands out is the art, definitely. So I shall let the art speak for itself.
A wonderful way to take another look at the siblings and I LOVED how every Endless had his or her own art style!
As someone who just recently (re)discovered the Sandman books, this was a wonderful coda to the series. The artwork for all the stories was gorgeous; and that says a lot, considering there were many Sandman books that I felt were drawn horribly. What stood out to me the most was the Desire and Despair stories. The other siblings have been explored so many times, I didn't get anything new (well, maybe Dream, but I'll get to that in a bit).
In Desire's story, I love how the main character breaks the fourth wall by constantly looking at the reader as she narrates the story. It gave an intimate feel the story, which in itself is erotic in nature, and the ending is beautifully poignant. Out of the stories, I was surprised that this one became my favorite.
Despair's story is more of a character study told in prose and portrait, but I really liked it. I it had more depth than Destiny's character study, mainly because it showed Despair doing different things that seemed absurd (fishing in a church, sitting on a grave reading a newspaper) juxapositioned with people experiencing despair.
Death's story would be my third favorite. The sight of the two virgins nervously clasping hands before going to their "unorthandox demise" was cute. The end surprised me, gave it a darker touch.
Dream's story was okay. I was bored of the whole Dream/Desire rivalry. But it was awesome to see the siblings so young. I wish there was more shown of a gloomy Death, a kid Delight, and the first Despair (which didn't seem all that different from the second one).
Delirium's was...weird. No surprise there. Destruction's was nice. And Destiny's was...meh...but even that is in the general sense. The artwork was still beautiful, and let's face it, he's too busy reading to do anything else.
So this gets four elephants out of five waiting to crush you during you final throes...an absurd way to die, but certainly a memorable one as well.
In Desire's story, I love how the main character breaks the fourth wall by constantly looking at the reader as she narrates the story. It gave an intimate feel the story, which in itself is erotic in nature, and the ending is beautifully poignant. Out of the stories, I was surprised that this one became my favorite.
Despair's story is more of a character study told in prose and portrait, but I really liked it. I it had more depth than Destiny's character study, mainly because it showed Despair doing different things that seemed absurd (fishing in a church, sitting on a grave reading a newspaper) juxapositioned with people experiencing despair.
Death's story would be my third favorite. The sight of the two virgins nervously clasping hands before going to their "unorthandox demise" was cute. The end surprised me, gave it a darker touch.
Dream's story was okay. I was bored of the whole Dream/Desire rivalry. But it was awesome to see the siblings so young. I wish there was more shown of a gloomy Death, a kid Delight, and the first Despair (which didn't seem all that different from the second one).
Delirium's was...weird. No surprise there. Destruction's was nice. And Destiny's was...meh...but even that is in the general sense. The artwork was still beautiful, and let's face it, he's too busy reading to do anything else.
So this gets four elephants out of five waiting to crush you during you final throes...an absurd way to die, but certainly a memorable one as well.
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adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Scattered tales from the Sandman world. The artwork is outstanding. However, part of what made the incredible series so divine was the cumulation of plotlines that made every detail and wayward story feel relevant. These are cute stories and they have the killer lines but as a spin-off it doesn't carry that weight.