ury949's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

No pun intended, but this was putting me to sleep. I'm not sure I've ever had that from a graphic novel. I read through #11, so just over half.
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad
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vncavalcanti's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4,5

Always worth a re-read. For that eighty's style and one offs stories that carry a lot of weight. Totally forgot about Hob's storyline and Facade.

I could have sworn that when this was coming out in single issues, I read as far as '24 Hours' and then quit. Because that was just too gruesome for me. My college roommate was buying them. But every story in this volume was familiar. (Although I skipped 24 Hours. I'm sure I still can't stomach it.) It's hard to say anything about the series. I mean, it's Sandman. It's like saying something about [b:Watchmen|472331|Watchmen|Alan Moore|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175041710s/472331.jpg|4358649]. I guess I am reading it as much because I know I should as due to actually enjoying it. And I wouldn't be reading it at all if my boyfriend weren't ordering the volumes (his first time through and he's much more enthusiastic than I). Just like it's taking me years to get through Preacher because it's just so frequently ... icky. The worst of human nature and some nightmarish creepy crawlies to boot. But there's no question they're brilliant.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes