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kknoblauch's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
3.0
You can’t kill dreams. Not really.
Vengeance is a road that has no ending.
Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.
That last Shakespeare nonsense was dreadful. How did people let him finish on that. The rest was good and getting to hear eulogies from various characters was great.
Vengeance is a road that has no ending.
Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.
That last Shakespeare nonsense was dreadful. How did people let him finish on that. The rest was good and getting to hear eulogies from various characters was great.
bmcaninc's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
5.0
rducharme's review against another edition
5.0
A great conclusion to one of the most poignant series I have ever read.
xxfelixxreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
midici's review against another edition
4.0
It took me a while after the Kindly Ones to actually get up the nerve to go read the Wake. Because the Wake was the ending, the last hurrah of Morpheus. But as Matthew tells the new dream king - "The king is dead. Long live the king."
The Wake brings together the characters from previous issues as they watch Morpheus' siblings create a memorial for him, and to mourn his death. There are stories and speeches and through it all is the running theme of what it means when something ends. Dream cannot die, but dream-as-Morpheus was dead and gone. The new Dream, created from what was once a human toddler and part of the personification of the previous Dream King, is shown to be very different from his previous incarnation. Morpheus who had once doomed a lover to an eternity in hell, who would rather let his son suffer than let go of his own pride, was not the same by the time he died. He was softer, more human. But even that version of him would not have let Lyta leave unharmed after her role in his death and the death of his creations, as the new Dream King chooses to.
The chapters after the wake provide closure for several characters. For Thessaly, one of Morpheus' lovers, for Hob Gadling who can't believe he outlived his immortal friend, and of course, for Morpheus' family. It is a beautifully drawn volume, and one of my favourites so far.
The Wake brings together the characters from previous issues as they watch Morpheus' siblings create a memorial for him, and to mourn his death. There are stories and speeches and through it all is the running theme of what it means when something ends. Dream cannot die, but dream-as-Morpheus was dead and gone. The new Dream, created from what was once a human toddler and part of the personification of the previous Dream King, is shown to be very different from his previous incarnation. Morpheus who had once doomed a lover to an eternity in hell, who would rather let his son suffer than let go of his own pride, was not the same by the time he died. He was softer, more human. But even that version of him would not have let Lyta leave unharmed after her role in his death and the death of his creations, as the new Dream King chooses to.
The chapters after the wake provide closure for several characters. For Thessaly, one of Morpheus' lovers, for Hob Gadling who can't believe he outlived his immortal friend, and of course, for Morpheus' family. It is a beautifully drawn volume, and one of my favourites so far.