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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
This was beautiful, in particular the story about Despair and Delirium.
A fantastic collection of random stories of the entire family of the Endless. It was interesting to see Dream refer to Desire as his favorite sibling in the beginning of Dream's story.
Overall, an excellent follow-up to the best comic book run I have ever read.
Overall, an excellent follow-up to the best comic book run I have ever read.
This truly made me think about the emotional presences in our lives. Particularly memorable were the stories of Destruction and Delirium. Despair haunted me in exactly the way it was intended, I believe. And Desire was a beautiful lesson.
I can't quite bring myself to give this five stars, but it definitely deserves more than four--4.5 perhaps? As a fan of the Sandman and Death series, I was excited to read this and it did not disappoint! Personally, I loved the Death and Desire stories, finding them to be that perfect Gaiman-ish mix of a good story with a lot of philosophy on the nature of death, time and desire. The artwork in the Despair and Delirium stories was ambitious and incredibly emotive (and the lettering is amazing in Delirium) and really was the perfect way to discuss those two endless. For most of the characters, I understood why the story was the "one," the story being put in a collection as the representation of that endless, but there were a few that didn't quite do it for me. Dream and Destruction's stories were fine, but nothing special. Overall, a good addition to the Sandman universe (in no small part due to the talented artists who drew with styles suited perfectly the the characters) with a lot of really high points, but it felt a bit incohesive and uneven to me.
Such a great collection of little stories. It really adds to the rest of The Sandman series.
I didn't understand the appeal of Neil Gaiman until I read the first volume of the Sandman comics. To paraphrase a David Mitchell quote from Cloud Atlas, he always seemed to have one eye on the screenplay, and I don't enjoy reading novels with the cadence of a movie. It made his characters feel a bit too 2D, existing only for my perusal, and I just couldn't get into the universe.
That all changed with The Sandman, where I felt like Gaiman's strong will to impose his mind's eye perspective of his story blends seamlessly with the graphic novel art form, and is only enhanced by the variety of artists that make up The Sandman volumes. I couldn't recommend these enough, it's one of those series that can leave you feeling like a different person.
That all changed with The Sandman, where I felt like Gaiman's strong will to impose his mind's eye perspective of his story blends seamlessly with the graphic novel art form, and is only enhanced by the variety of artists that make up The Sandman volumes. I couldn't recommend these enough, it's one of those series that can leave you feeling like a different person.
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's solid but nothing that particularly stood out to me and one or two stories that really bring down the average
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
I had read this once before but I had forgotten most of the stories.
The art was dependant on who's story, I feel like I enjoyed the stories most when I enjoyed both the art and the story.
Death: was good. I remember reading it the first time and thinking "this is very much a Sandman story"
Desire: My favorite. I whole story in one comic
Dream: Enjoyed because it shows the story between the coldness between desire and dream. Actual story was fine.
Despair: Didn't care for it. No story, very little keeping it together, Art was dark and cluttered
Delirium: I feel like I would have liked this one if it was one tiny bit more comprehensible. Very interesting art.
Destruction: A nice enough fluff piece. enjoyed the art.
Destiny: I feel like he's the sibling who gets the shaft. It was ok, The art was good, but the story was nothing special.
I feel like I liked the whole of the book more than the individual stories say I did. The only one that I didn't like was Despair, and even there some of the pages were pretty great.
The art was dependant on who's story, I feel like I enjoyed the stories most when I enjoyed both the art and the story.
Death: was good. I remember reading it the first time and thinking "this is very much a Sandman story"
Desire: My favorite. I whole story in one comic
Dream: Enjoyed because it shows the story between the coldness between desire and dream. Actual story was fine.
Despair: Didn't care for it. No story, very little keeping it together, Art was dark and cluttered
Delirium: I feel like I would have liked this one if it was one tiny bit more comprehensible. Very interesting art.
Destruction: A nice enough fluff piece. enjoyed the art.
Destiny: I feel like he's the sibling who gets the shaft. It was ok, The art was good, but the story was nothing special.
I feel like I liked the whole of the book more than the individual stories say I did. The only one that I didn't like was Despair, and even there some of the pages were pretty great.