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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
A nice little collection, and a quick read. Certain parts I enjoyed more than others, and the artwork for despair was rather curious but I liked it. Overall, a fun addition to the Sandman series.
Mixed bag, as is often the case with anthologies. The stories that were good were really good (Death was a favourite), building on the mythology of the endless and even tying into wider DC Comics lore in some interesting ways. The stories that weren't so good failed in pursuit of art, so at least there was some nobility to them, though that didn't increase my enjoyment of them at all. Would happily recommend to any fans of Sandman, though would caution strongly that only the Death story is a suitable introduction to any who have not yet enjoyed this universe.
Parts of this book were beautiful- sometimes the art, sometimes the story itself, sometime both. Each Endless gets their own issue, and the standouts for me were Dream (a parliament of stars and THE YOUNG & THE ENDLESS), Desire (gorgeous art & story), and certain panels of Despair (will I ever get the trailer full of cats out of my head?). Death also had a great story but it's been featured before in her own collection. Destruction, Destiny, and Delirium are shortchanged, as usual.
An epilogue if you will of short stories about each of the Endless and what a wonderful finalé it is to the whole Sandman series. There are some real standouts and some gaps filled in the history of each of their lives. Gaiman mentions in the introduction that this was an opportunity for him to work with some respected artists he didn't get to work with during the series and it seems he lifts his game again for them and ultimately us. A fitting closure to the story of The Sandman.
Re-read after many more years than I can remember. This is a mixed collection, with one chapter for each of the Endless. The quality of the artwork is excellent and the overall atmosphere was quintessentially Sandman.
The Despair chapter was not to my tastes and I didn't think the Delirium chapter really said anything of merit. The other chapters I enjoyed though, with Desire being my standout favourite.
Worth your time if you enjoyed Sandman and would like a few more stories to immerse yourself in that universe.
The Despair chapter was not to my tastes and I didn't think the Delirium chapter really said anything of merit. The other chapters I enjoyed though, with Desire being my standout favourite.
Worth your time if you enjoyed Sandman and would like a few more stories to immerse yourself in that universe.
A reread, though the last time I read it was when it was first published in 2003.
The art is the best part of this. The stories are pretty hit or miss. The Desire and Despair chapters are probably the best. The Delirium chapter was tedious enough that I found myself skimming, and I wish there had been more of the Destruction chapter, because it could have been really interesting.
The art is the best part of this. The stories are pretty hit or miss. The Desire and Despair chapters are probably the best. The Delirium chapter was tedious enough that I found myself skimming, and I wish there had been more of the Destruction chapter, because it could have been really interesting.
I read the ten main Sandman volumes three or four years ago and utterly adored them; I’m not sure why it took me until now to get around to Endless Nights and Overture. Endless Nights is my favorite of the two; the short, almost mythical stories are enchanting and some of the art is striking.
I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did, since it wasn't part of the main storyline, but it was actually really good. I shouldn't be surprised, it's Gaiman and so of course it's good. Some of the stories of the Endless were especially intense, like Despair's and Delirium's. Good stuff, and I liked it.
This was a surprise. That it was so good made me so sad.
This is a really good idea for a story collection, so I'm really glad this exists as an addendum, or whatever it is. It would have been good to have had more of this through the rest of the series, actually. The rest of the Endless are at least as interesting as Dream, and often moreso.
Unfortunately the stories didn't really help with the feeling that some of them are underdeveloped, more concepts than characters. Destiny's chapter, for example -- what's the point? It's not particularly poetic. I still don't know what he does except carry this book. While lacking story and new information on the character, the poetic chapter for Despair is still really really good. Destruction's was my second favorite, because it managed something of a story too. Most of the rest of them are also well worth reading.
But it's a little annoying to have a 100% completion on this series now and still have a lot of canonical questions. What happened to "the first Despair", and to Delight? Those are probably really good ideas of Gaiman's, so they should probably have been stories, and this was the opportunity. It's good to keep me thinking about it, but I'd probably be thinking about it even more if I knew the answers.
Unfortunately the stories didn't really help with the feeling that some of them are underdeveloped, more concepts than characters. Destiny's chapter, for example -- what's the point? It's not particularly poetic. I still don't know what he does except carry this book. While lacking story and new information on the character, the poetic chapter for Despair is still really really good. Destruction's was my second favorite, because it managed something of a story too. Most of the rest of them are also well worth reading.
But it's a little annoying to have a 100% completion on this series now and still have a lot of canonical questions. What happened to "the first Despair", and to Delight? Those are probably really good ideas of Gaiman's, so they should probably have been stories, and this was the opportunity. It's good to keep me thinking about it, but I'd probably be thinking about it even more if I knew the answers.