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thelaurakremer's review against another edition
4.0
I disliked the art on the first story but think the story itself was interesting. I'm very interested to see where this is going. And it was fairly nice to see the endless again.
cmiller0401's review against another edition
4.0
The backstory about Lilith, Mazikeen's mother (and mother to all of the Lilim), was very interesting:
The demon Unagor was probably one of the coolest-looking characters I've seen in the Lucifer comics.
The second half of this trade paperback consisted of the story of Fenris "The Wolf" trying to speed up the end of God's creation (after which this trade paperback is named). I felt like there were some plot holes and that it generally wasn't very interesting.
The cameo from Delirium of The Endless was cool.
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Her affair with the angel Ibriel (which resulted in Briadach), Mazikeen and Briadach being childhood friends as well as half-siblings, how the Lilim were the ones who built the Silver City for The Host, and how the Lilim were cast out of heaven when Briadach and Mazikeen avenged their mother's broken heart (which itself set the stage for Lucifer's rebellion against God)--all very engrossing.The demon Unagor was probably one of the coolest-looking characters I've seen in the Lucifer comics.
The second half of this trade paperback consisted of the story of Fenris "The Wolf" trying to speed up the end of God's creation (after which this trade paperback is named). I felt like there were some plot holes and that it generally wasn't very interesting.
The cameo from Delirium of The Endless was cool.
xterminal's review
4.0
Mike Carey, Lucifer: The Wolf Beneath the Tree (Vertigo, 2005)
And so the Lucifer endgame begins. We veer back around to the Norse mythology which both Gaiman and Carey touched on at various times throughout Sandman and Lucifer, but it seems that Fenris, the great Norse wolf, will play a much larger role in the end of the world than we might have previously guessed. Up to the standards of the rest of the series, which is to say, it ain't Sandman, but it's the best of the spinoffs. ****
And so the Lucifer endgame begins. We veer back around to the Norse mythology which both Gaiman and Carey touched on at various times throughout Sandman and Lucifer, but it seems that Fenris, the great Norse wolf, will play a much larger role in the end of the world than we might have previously guessed. Up to the standards of the rest of the series, which is to say, it ain't Sandman, but it's the best of the spinoffs. ****
lordofthemoon's review
4.0
It's the end of the world and I feel fine. With God gone and his Name no longer holding everything together, the wolf Fenris emerges to destroy Yggdrasil while Michael journeys to take advice from Destiny of the Endless.
The first part of this book tells the story of Lilith, Adam's first consort, and her liaisons with both Michael and Lucifer before the Fall as well as her part in it. This is an interesting story in fleshing out a character who has previously only existed as mother to the Lilim. It also features a young Mazikeen (in her only appearance in this book, much to its detriment) who's just as awesome as she would grow up to be.
The second part is an oddity, and one that didn't really work for me. Neutral ground is found for a conclave of demons, deciding what to do now that God is gone. The organiser, bored with the whole affair, goes to have some fun with their "host". To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what happened here. Did Lucifer trap the conclave? Or was it all just a diversion?
The final part brings us to Fenris and Yggdrasil and the ultimate trick played on Lucifer - for once not in control of the situation. Fenris is a manipulator worthy of the Lightbringer himself, and his use of the human madman to achieve his ends is creepy and totally fitting for this mythos. I'm not too sure about the final pages though, which seem to introduce yet another element into this already bulging story. I'll just have to read the next volume to find out more.
The first part of this book tells the story of Lilith, Adam's first consort, and her liaisons with both Michael and Lucifer before the Fall as well as her part in it. This is an interesting story in fleshing out a character who has previously only existed as mother to the Lilim. It also features a young Mazikeen (in her only appearance in this book, much to its detriment) who's just as awesome as she would grow up to be.
The second part is an oddity, and one that didn't really work for me. Neutral ground is found for a conclave of demons, deciding what to do now that God is gone. The organiser, bored with the whole affair, goes to have some fun with their "host". To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what happened here. Did Lucifer trap the conclave? Or was it all just a diversion?
The final part brings us to Fenris and Yggdrasil and the ultimate trick played on Lucifer - for once not in control of the situation. Fenris is a manipulator worthy of the Lightbringer himself, and his use of the human madman to achieve his ends is creepy and totally fitting for this mythos. I'm not too sure about the final pages though, which seem to introduce yet another element into this already bulging story. I'll just have to read the next volume to find out more.
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