Reviews

Las Benévolas by Neil Gaiman

lancefestivalen's review against another edition

4.0

Med risk för att förekomma slutet på resan (jag har fortfarande att läsa [b:The Wake|25104|The Wake (The Sandman, #10)|Neil Gaiman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1339922545l/25104._SY75_.jpg|2021847]) var det här väldigt mycket av en pay-off efter att ha bläddrat mig igenom de föregående åtta volymerna av denna episka berättelse. Trådar och karaktärer följs upp, en del avslutas - passande nog - och ytterligare trådar uppstår i denna väv som jag i och med denna bok måste erkänna är betydligt mer stabilt vävd än jag hittills velat ge Gaiman erkännande för.

Det enda som hindrar mig från att ge en femma är att den inte står på egna ben. Den är en del av en helhet som kanske i sig balanserar på randen till toppbetyg (det återstår som sagt att se). Det krävs förförståelse och dessutom slutar den i en cliffhanger. There are rules, som Morpheus själv påpekar vid flera tillfällen, och en av dessa säger att The Kindly Ones - av de anledningar som nämnts - inte kan få fullt betyg, även om jag tyckte att den var jetebra/amazing.

Med det sagt är detta en av seriens absoluta höjdpunkter.

edavis0423's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

apintomx's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

rotertod's review against another edition

4.0

4 1/2

timinbc's review against another edition

3.0

Perhaps it's not enough to have read some of the Sandman series. As a wrap-up, this maybe expects me to have read them all, and recently. It expects me to know all the characters, and recognize them from a drawing style that is, well, less reader-friendly than some. That matters more than it might in another story, because the point of view jumps around quite a bit.

You wouldn't be reading a Sandman 9 if you had a problem with gore and violence and horror, and some of it is rooted directly in the underlying mythology - but gosh, there's a lot of rending and eyeballs and guts and gore. Just so you know.

The ending may have been inevitable, but it didn't really work for me.

Spoiler

Dream becomes such a Gloomy Gus that I was glad to see him leave the stage.

. Which isn't necessarily a criticism. I never expected him to pull out his gleaming sword, hold it up, shout "I Have The Power!" and go hack Skeletor to death again.

kirstymccullochreid's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kknoblauch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

5.0

calebmatthews's review against another edition

4.0

I loved the modern art style and illustrations in this book. Getting to see the characters all come together and finally tie in was cool. What gets it a four is on the publisher. The fact that the introduction to this book spoils the book for the reader is a travesty! How dare they! After all this build up and then to walk in knowing that Morpheus is going to die and that Daniel is going to take his place. I deserved to get to see that happen and that was taken away from me.

rynetry's review against another edition

5.0

What a great payoff.

bmcaninc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0