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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
“Los días son cortos y terminan demasiado pronto. Las noches, para bien o para mal, pueden parecer eternas. “
Una compilación de relatos de la familia de los eternos. Qué concepto tan interesante. La manera de resumir la historia de Sandman de Gaiman no tiene desperdicio: “El señor de los Sueños aprende que uno debe cambiar o morir y toma su decisión.” Nunca lo habría supuesto.
La historia de Muerte en Venecia no me pareció demasiado interesante, la verdad. En cambió la de Deseo me gustó bastante, ya sólo el dibujo era precioso.
WOW, Desespero. Menos mal que al final no incluyeran más retratos de Desespero o los lectores nos acabaríamos deprimiendo. Que manera tan genial de retrarla.
El capítulo de Sueño me encantó, quiero una historia más larga sobre ese tema. Como se reúnen las galaxias en forma humana con los eternos para decidir el destino de sus habitantes. También aparece nuestro Sol, que es una ricura, además de la antigua Desespero que fue algo curioso de ver. Por otra parte el dibujo maravilloso y como siempre el pobre Sueño acaba con el corazón roto.
Extraña cuanto menos, la historia de Delirio. En cuanto a le de Destrucción, meh.
La conclusión de Destino tampoco me impactó tanto. En fin, voy a extrañar a los eternos y a su disfuncionalidad.
Una compilación de relatos de la familia de los eternos. Qué concepto tan interesante. La manera de resumir la historia de Sandman de Gaiman no tiene desperdicio: “El señor de los Sueños aprende que uno debe cambiar o morir y toma su decisión.” Nunca lo habría supuesto.
La historia de Muerte en Venecia no me pareció demasiado interesante, la verdad. En cambió la de Deseo me gustó bastante, ya sólo el dibujo era precioso.
WOW, Desespero. Menos mal que al final no incluyeran más retratos de Desespero o los lectores nos acabaríamos deprimiendo. Que manera tan genial de retrarla.
El capítulo de Sueño me encantó, quiero una historia más larga sobre ese tema. Como se reúnen las galaxias en forma humana con los eternos para decidir el destino de sus habitantes. También aparece nuestro Sol, que es una ricura, además de la antigua Desespero que fue algo curioso de ver. Por otra parte el dibujo maravilloso y como siempre el pobre Sueño acaba con el corazón roto.
Extraña cuanto menos, la historia de Delirio. En cuanto a le de Destrucción, meh.
La conclusión de Destino tampoco me impactó tanto. En fin, voy a extrañar a los eternos y a su disfuncionalidad.
The art work is amazing. I love how each of the Endless is featured perfectly in juxtaposition of the humans they interact with.
Definitely recommended for anyone who reads the Sandman series.
Loved the stories of all the Endless.
Loved the stories of all the Endless.
Gasps. Keels over. Reads again. Flips more.
This is the only Sandman my friend owns, as they're $20 a piece, thus it is the only one I've read.
Tomorrow I'm asking my English teacher for the rest.
Absolutely incredible. Some chapters are better than others, and with a mixture of artists it's full of different flavours. Each of the artists did spectacularly with their chapter, though I'll admit to not being fond of some of the art.
Favourite chapters/high points (writing):
-Desire
-Dream
-Despair
-Delirium
Favourite (art):
-Dream
-Despair
-Delirium
The last two were not my favourite. Destiny had some good artwork, but there didn't seem to be so much... anything, really.
This is the only Sandman my friend owns, as they're $20 a piece, thus it is the only one I've read.
Tomorrow I'm asking my English teacher for the rest.
Absolutely incredible. Some chapters are better than others, and with a mixture of artists it's full of different flavours. Each of the artists did spectacularly with their chapter, though I'll admit to not being fond of some of the art.
Favourite chapters/high points (writing):
-Desire
-Dream
-Despair
-Delirium
Favourite (art):
-Dream
-Despair
-Delirium
The last two were not my favourite. Destiny had some good artwork, but there didn't seem to be so much... anything, really.
A collection of tales about each of the Endless illustrated by a variety of talented artists--mostly for the completists. Each story focuses on an individual member of the Endless but in some cases raises more questions than it answers. Dream's story looks at the origin of his & Desire's falling-out, while also giving some extra hints to [b:The Sandman: Overture|18310944|The Sandman Overture (The Sandman, #0)|Neil Gaiman|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1444878181s/18310944.jpg|27097530]. (Killala's final fate adds some creepy implications about the Mad Star's domination.) Death's story is charming despite its nightmarish characters mainly because of the appearance of Death herself. (She really does love all of us, you guys & she has all the time in the world to wait.) Continuing with revealing how the Endless involve humans in their lives, Destruction's & Delirium's stories hinge together nicely as each call to certain people as a way to help them face unpleasant duties. Out of all of the stories, Destiny's is the most static (duh), while the accompanying art is nicely detailed.
Endless Nights is a nice little cap to the series and works as a cool artistic exercise. But in general, this collection is more of a lovely excuse for readers familiar with the series to lose themselves a little more in the landscape. Interesting & at times, moving, but not essential.
Endless Nights is a nice little cap to the series and works as a cool artistic exercise. But in general, this collection is more of a lovely excuse for readers familiar with the series to lose themselves a little more in the landscape. Interesting & at times, moving, but not essential.
Just Dreaming along on the Neil Gaiman train... Choooo... chooooo... as Delirious as can be! This is my Destiny with no Despair in sight! Heading towards Death, avoiding Destruction with all my Desires. (Yeah yeah I know... nerd!)
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a ride...I loved it! Amazing illustrations and representations of the various emotions, my favourite was delirium just because it perfectly captured that essence. Having said that I re-read the whole book and love all the stories, just amazing.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Sandman: Endless Nights made history; it was the first graphic novel to ever make the New York Times Bestseller List. In it, each of the Endless get their own chapter, and each tale is illustrated by a different artist in an often experimental style. The stories are stand-alones and independent of each other, except Delirium's and Destruction's, which are also the only ones that take place after the events in the main Sandman series. I wouldn't normally review a graphic novel issue by issue, but since these can be considered to be illustrated short stories, and they are so stylistically different, I'll break it down.
Death And Venice · ★★★★ (Art by P. Craig Russell)
This is the oldest story in the book, written in Venice the week after the 9/11 attacks. Its title is a nod to Thomas Mann's Death In Venice, and the tale itself is clearly strongly inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death. It switches back and forth between two story- and timelines: A group of people in a by-gone century, living on an island off the coast of Venice which is protected from Death by magic, and the memories and thoughts of a contemporary American soldier who met Death on that same island as a child, and never forgot the encounter.
What I've Tasted Of Desire · ★★★★1/2 (Art by Milo Manara)
In the introduction, Gaiman says that the thought of Manara illustrating a tale of Desire was one of the things that propelled him into making Endless Nights a reality, and I can see why; everything from his line-work to the coloring is beautiful and sensual. This story appears to be set in pre-Roman Britain, and follows the life of a woman who bargains with Desire to win the hand of her handsome neighbor.
Dream: The Heart of a Star · ★★★ (Art by Miguelanxo Prado)
I admit that this one tied into the wider DC universe too strongly for me to fully appreciate, so it's my least favorite in the collection—I like my Sandman to be self-contained. This is the earliest story in the Sandman chronology, set near the beginning of the habitability of the universe—Delight has not yet become Delirium, Death is unmerciful, and we see the genesis of the rivalry between Dream and Desire. The story is narrated by the Sun to the Earth, long before the evolution of life on it, and the illustrations involving space were by far my favorites, while I really disliked the look of Killalla of the Glow's face.
Fifteen Portraits Of Despair · ★★★★★ (Art by Barron Storey, designed by Dave McKean)
Not really a story, but rather a collection of fifteen vignettes, or, as the title suggests, portraits, illustrating different aspects of Despair. This was some really heavy stuff, and the dark, bizarre, and often abstract art, unlike any I've seen in any other Sandman book (save on McKean's cover art), really enhanced the stories. This would be my pick as favorite chapter, although I had to take breaks while reading it because the sense of hopeless despair I got from these shorts was a lot to take.
Delirium: Going Inside · ★★★★1/2 (Art by Bill Sienkiewicz)
I felt like I was going crazy while trying to bring coherence to these pages, until you realize that you just have to let it go, you're entering Delirium's realm after all—which tells you how well-done both story and accompanying artwork really are. It's about several mentally ill people (one of whom is loosely based on Henry Darger—I had never heard of him, but it's an incredibly fascinating story, I encourage you to look it up) who are brought together by Daniel, Dream's raven Matthew, and Delirium's dog protector Barnabas, on a quest to save Delirium from herself.
Destruction: On the Peninsula · ★★★★ (Art by Glenn Fabry)
This directly follows and relates to Delirium's story, and features her as well. A female archaeologist who has constant dreams and visions of variations of a post-apocalyptic world is exploring an Italian peninsula which appears to hold artifacts from the future (they find pennies dated 2019—I was so glad to have found this volume now, while the future in the story is still the future!). The most sci-fi of the stories, in a way, I really enjoyed it, although Destruction's role was rather minor when compared to the other chapters so far.
Destiny: Endless Nights · ★★★★ (Art by Frank Quitley)
Not a story, but a short vignette of the burden of responsibility that Destiny, the most elusive and mysterious of the Endless, has to bear. This chapter holds my favorite art and lettering in the volume—bright and airy full-page illustrations perfectly suited as the closing chapter in what, at the time, was the last Sandman volume.
While Endless Nights might not be an essential addition to the Sandman canon, it is a delightful one, and a great way to revisit the siblings; perhaps especially because each of them gets to shine in turn. I took my time reading it and really savored it, knowing that it might be the last time I'd read a Sandman story for the first time. I can highly recommend it—it would be confusing to someone unfamiliar with the main series though, and is really only a treat for long-time fans, and not a good starting point for new readers.
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My other ડꪖꪀᦔꪑꪖꪀ reviews:
01: Preludes & Nocturnes · ★★★½
02: The Doll's House · ★★★★
03: Dream Country · ★★★
04: Season of Mists · ★★★★½
05: A Game of You · ★★★½
06: Fables and Reflections · ★★★½
07: Brief Lives · ★★★★½
08: Worlds' End · ★★★
09: The Kindly Ones · ★★★★★
10: The Wake · ★★★
Overture · ★★★
The Dream Hunters · ★★★★
Death: The Deluxe Edition · ★★★★
Audible Original #1 · ★★★★★
The Sandman Universe · The Dreaming: Pathways and Emanations · ★★
The Sandman Universe · Lucifer: The Infernal Comedy · ★
Death And Venice · ★★★★ (Art by P. Craig Russell)
This is the oldest story in the book, written in Venice the week after the 9/11 attacks. Its title is a nod to Thomas Mann's Death In Venice, and the tale itself is clearly strongly inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death. It switches back and forth between two story- and timelines: A group of people in a by-gone century, living on an island off the coast of Venice which is protected from Death by magic, and the memories and thoughts of a contemporary American soldier who met Death on that same island as a child, and never forgot the encounter.
What I've Tasted Of Desire · ★★★★1/2 (Art by Milo Manara)
In the introduction, Gaiman says that the thought of Manara illustrating a tale of Desire was one of the things that propelled him into making Endless Nights a reality, and I can see why; everything from his line-work to the coloring is beautiful and sensual. This story appears to be set in pre-Roman Britain, and follows the life of a woman who bargains with Desire to win the hand of her handsome neighbor.
Dream: The Heart of a Star · ★★★ (Art by Miguelanxo Prado)
I admit that this one tied into the wider DC universe too strongly for me to fully appreciate, so it's my least favorite in the collection—I like my Sandman to be self-contained. This is the earliest story in the Sandman chronology, set near the beginning of the habitability of the universe—Delight has not yet become Delirium, Death is unmerciful, and we see the genesis of the rivalry between Dream and Desire. The story is narrated by the Sun to the Earth, long before the evolution of life on it, and the illustrations involving space were by far my favorites, while I really disliked the look of Killalla of the Glow's face.
Fifteen Portraits Of Despair · ★★★★★ (Art by Barron Storey, designed by Dave McKean)
Not really a story, but rather a collection of fifteen vignettes, or, as the title suggests, portraits, illustrating different aspects of Despair. This was some really heavy stuff, and the dark, bizarre, and often abstract art, unlike any I've seen in any other Sandman book (save on McKean's cover art), really enhanced the stories. This would be my pick as favorite chapter, although I had to take breaks while reading it because the sense of hopeless despair I got from these shorts was a lot to take.
Delirium: Going Inside · ★★★★1/2 (Art by Bill Sienkiewicz)
I felt like I was going crazy while trying to bring coherence to these pages, until you realize that you just have to let it go, you're entering Delirium's realm after all—which tells you how well-done both story and accompanying artwork really are. It's about several mentally ill people (one of whom is loosely based on Henry Darger—I had never heard of him, but it's an incredibly fascinating story, I encourage you to look it up) who are brought together by Daniel, Dream's raven Matthew, and Delirium's dog protector Barnabas, on a quest to save Delirium from herself.
Destruction: On the Peninsula · ★★★★ (Art by Glenn Fabry)
This directly follows and relates to Delirium's story, and features her as well. A female archaeologist who has constant dreams and visions of variations of a post-apocalyptic world is exploring an Italian peninsula which appears to hold artifacts from the future (they find pennies dated 2019—I was so glad to have found this volume now, while the future in the story is still the future!). The most sci-fi of the stories, in a way, I really enjoyed it, although Destruction's role was rather minor when compared to the other chapters so far.
Destiny: Endless Nights · ★★★★ (Art by Frank Quitley)
Not a story, but a short vignette of the burden of responsibility that Destiny, the most elusive and mysterious of the Endless, has to bear. This chapter holds my favorite art and lettering in the volume—bright and airy full-page illustrations perfectly suited as the closing chapter in what, at the time, was the last Sandman volume.
While Endless Nights might not be an essential addition to the Sandman canon, it is a delightful one, and a great way to revisit the siblings; perhaps especially because each of them gets to shine in turn. I took my time reading it and really savored it, knowing that it might be the last time I'd read a Sandman story for the first time. I can highly recommend it—it would be confusing to someone unfamiliar with the main series though, and is really only a treat for long-time fans, and not a good starting point for new readers.
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My other ડꪖꪀᦔꪑꪖꪀ reviews:
01: Preludes & Nocturnes · ★★★½
02: The Doll's House · ★★★★
03: Dream Country · ★★★
04: Season of Mists · ★★★★½
05: A Game of You · ★★★½
06: Fables and Reflections · ★★★½
07: Brief Lives · ★★★★½
08: Worlds' End · ★★★
09: The Kindly Ones · ★★★★★
10: The Wake · ★★★
Overture · ★★★
The Dream Hunters · ★★★★
Death: The Deluxe Edition · ★★★★
Audible Original #1 · ★★★★★
The Sandman Universe · The Dreaming: Pathways and Emanations · ★★
The Sandman Universe · Lucifer: The Infernal Comedy · ★