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The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman

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jasbeingjas's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

This was a fun installment in the Sandman series. I skipped most of the introduction though. It was super pretentious and full of itself and it made me want to put down the whole series.

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kj_bewick's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

brightwatcher's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Here we meet the rest of The Endless, beings more than humans but less (or more, it's not clear) than gods. They are Destiny, Desire, Despair, Delusion, and Death to go along with The Sandman, or Dream. It appears that Dream is destined to go to Hell in order to free a woman he loved but condemned there. So what happens when he gets there? He finds Lucifer has closed Hell and is turning over the realm to Dream.

Heady stuff that. What's more is that everyone knows it's happened. The damned return to Earth. So Faries, demons, and gods from Norse, Egyptian, Chinese mythologies along with personifications of Order and Chaos want Sandman to turn over the keys to hell to them.

Mr. Gaiman just keeps delivering. What an amazing imagination. I especially love his take on Thor. This may very well be my favorite of the series so far. You do have to read volumes 1-2 before this one. Though volume 3 could be skipped without missing a beat.