Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.55 AVERAGE
4.55 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
J'avais lu sandman, il y a une éternité. Et je ne me souvenais pas bien. Surtout, dans mon souvenir, l'histoire était confuse, manquait de clarté etc. Et en fin de compte, après relecture. Je ne trouve pas ça si confus. J'étais peut-être un peu trop jeune à l'époque
I just couldn't get into this one... I know it's an important work, but I can't stand Gaiman's writing. In my opinion urban fantasy has to be handled deftly, otherwise it gets kinda schlocky. But I'm not much of a fantasy reader these days, outside of "Fables." Maybe it's just not my thing.
As I was looking for a book to read by Gaiman, I came across this title. A lot of people have liked it and there were tones of paragraphs written praising the Sandman series by Gaiman. So I rushed to the library and picked this one (couldn't afford to buy this one, way too expensive. But someday!). The book didn't capture my imagination at first. I was like, meh...so there is another book. I kind of got bored and one-third in the book, I left it and picked some other books. Then 2 days back while cleaning my room (yes, I know I should read more. I mean who has time to clean the room?) I saw this one lying around on my chair (you know the chair everyone has in their bedroom?). And I thought, 'Let's give it another try. At least should finish the first volume.' And tell you what, I found the book irresistible. Honestly, couldn't put it down at all. Was up until 5 am in the morning reading it. And the moment I finished it, went to the library to get the second volume. And from what I have read about the series so far, it only gets better. So yaayyy.
I guess, initially there was just the inertia from some other books and hence took me some time to get into this one. Plus getting to know the characters and all and getting accustomed with them took some time as well. Everything said and done, a collection of brilliant stories. And I loved the graphic design of the book as well. Sandman's look is so apt! And Death, she looks so cute (oh well...)!
The only problem was the huge size of the book. If Amazon is to believe (and why would you doubt it anyway?), the book weighs a whopping 3.5 kgs. My laptop is a fifth of that.
I guess, initially there was just the inertia from some other books and hence took me some time to get into this one. Plus getting to know the characters and all and getting accustomed with them took some time as well. Everything said and done, a collection of brilliant stories. And I loved the graphic design of the book as well. Sandman's look is so apt! And Death, she looks so cute (oh well...)!
The only problem was the huge size of the book. If Amazon is to believe (and why would you doubt it anyway?), the book weighs a whopping 3.5 kgs. My laptop is a fifth of that.
I'm aware that I have an extreme bias toward Neil Gaiman, but he's a demi-god so it cannot be helped. Neil combined with gorgeous art is a gift unlike any other that has been bestowed upon the earth. I also loved the miscellany at the end: it was awesome to see how a comic comes together.
My favbrite graphic novel of all time . . . in Absolute format!
A gorgeous oversized collection of the earliest of Gaiman’s Sandman stories. Always a joy to return to the great works, and this is no exception.
I've been wanting to read The Sandman comics for a while but could never really find the collection from the beginning. Thanks to the magic of Inter-Library Loan (if your library participates and you need something they don't have, check out ILL and see if you can get it through there), I was able to finally get my hands on this massive collection of the first 20 issues of the comic (and by massive, I mean massive. Seriously, it was a workout just to hold the book while reading it let alone carrying it around). I loved the stories. Not all of them were fantastic, but some were. And even when they weren't fantastic, they were still very good. I think my favourite out of the whole collection was "The Night of 1000 Cats" A. because it made me cry and B. because I wanted the cats to succeed. That's saying something if I was totally cheering for cats to take over the world, a world in which I would be nothing more than a plaything or food. Death was probably my favourite character (other than that cute little white kitten) and I thought a lot of interesting things were said through her character (so many fear Death yet she's this very nice, very welcoming presence who really likes people). I enjoyed seeing some DC characters I am familiar with but don't know very well (I didn't read a lot of DC growing up, other than Batman). The artwork was very good, the horror elements were spot on without terrifying me too much (I managed to sleep after reading some of the scarier bits so that's a win), and I thoroughly enjoyed the stories overall. Now I just need to get the next set of issues and see what else happens (though I'll probably opt for smaller collections and not another one this big, because it was seriously heavy).
I'd already read "Preludes and Nocturnes" and "The Doll's House", but "Dream Country" was pretty awesome, especially ""A Dream of a Thousand Cats". Both the art and the writing just keep getting better and better; it really feels like Gaiman and his art team are on the same page by "Dream Country," really getting into their stride with the series, and I can imagine it's only going to get better yet..... onwards, to volume 2!