Reviews

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs

lucita_knjige's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 samo zato kaj je format maaaasivan i kaj nisam tolika ljubiteljica stripova.

jelliefishr's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Read this right before I watched the TV show adaptation, and was thoroughly blown away with the art, story, and characters. Morpheus is a fun, if a bit sullen, perspective character, whose relationships with the weird and colorful rest of the cast really serve to flesh him out. The back half of the book is definitely better paced than the front half, with a more developed and complex narrative, and less edgy raunchy 80s nonsense but I think as a full read-through it still feels coherent and a logical continuation of the first half. 4.5/5 would read again just for Morpheus's silly goth hairdo and glowing eyes

qls's review against another edition

4.0

honestly, good shit, i’d tried reading just the preludes & nocturnes before and didn’t quite “get” it, but after watching the first few episodes of the new tv show i decided to give it another go. really nicely told, like little poems. the comics format also allows gaiman to stray a bit in his storytelling, to explore different aspects. it’s really great. a central character who is barely there, who lives essentially through the other characters. who is the thread, but not really the hero of the stories. all well, quite dark but really gripping.
would have been 5/5 stars but one entire star off because i HATE the drawing style.

bookishwillowdusk's review against another edition

5.0

I WISH I COULD RATE THIS 100 STARS.

lanica's review against another edition

5.0

When I was young and naive...in my 20's...I swore I didn't like sci-fi or fantasy. A friend handed me a copy of [b:Ender's Game|375802|Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)|Orson Scott Card|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214413570s/375802.jpg|2422333] and I have been hooked ever since. Having learned nothing, I said something similar about graphic novels a while later and this same friend sat me down with a copy of [b:The Sandman Vol. 01: Preludes and Nocturnes|23754|The Sandman Vol. 01 Preludes and Nocturnes|Neil Gaiman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1201718740s/23754.jpg|1228437]. Again, I was hooked and now I am the one who preaches the virtues of graphic novels to both friends and students. Neil Gaiman taught me one thing that day...graphic novels are wonderful! I've read much of his other writing since then and he's taught me other things, but I have to admit, even though I've seen many photos of the author, whenever I think of Neil Gaiman the image in my head is Dream.

I read the Sandman collection in the late 90's, but never owned my own copy. I worked at a library and would check them out over and over again. When I saw the Absolute collection, I had to have it! But then it sat on my shelf...I was too afraid of damaging it to open it. But then I read the [b:The Graveyard Book|2213661|The Graveyard Book|Neil Gaiman|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sp9XoC4vL._SL75_.jpg|2219449] and remembered how much I loved the [b:The Sandman Vol. 01: Preludes and Nocturnes|23754|The Sandman Vol. 01 Preludes and Nocturnes|Neil Gaiman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1201718740s/23754.jpg|1228437] series, so I broke it open and am re-reading it...again!

Sometimes you go back to old favorites and they pale in comparison to memory...not this! I am in love with it all over again and am rationing it - one story a night.

I just finished A Midsummers Night Dream...wow! Again, wow!

I just love - love - love this series. The re-issue of the artwork is spectacular and I could just sit and stare at some of the pages for hours...but I don't...it's always about the stories to me. Mr. Gaiman, you're bloody brilliant!

zhaneva's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Clairement, ça avait tout pour me plaire : mythologie, un contenu plus adulte, ... Malheureusement, je n'ai pas du tout accroché. J'ai trouvé l'histoire un peu fouillis et parfois lente. Je n'ai vraiment pas réussi à m'attacher au personnage de Sandman. Et le fait de ne pas toujours comprendre ce qui se passe n'arrange rien. J'avais peut-être placé la barre de mes attentes un peu trop haute.

francescaastraea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

If you're one of those people who reads about dreams and then has weird dreams* this book might be an Experience.

*me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Rape

bobbiecabrera's review against another edition

5.0

Dark and creepy--everything I look for in a story. Been so long since I last read comic books, and I forgot that reeling feeling you get after reading something that usually ends quickly. This aptly took me back to that feeling. Each tale has a different flavor, but the base is always Gaiman's signature style of horror. I can't say I have a favorite from this volume, but I will always look at "24 Hours" as the defining issue/tale on this volume.

jurgenappelo's review against another edition

2.0

Tried to like it, but the story is too esoteric for me. Great graphics though.

whatsmacksaid's review against another edition

2.0

Didn't live up to my expectations at *all.* I enjoyed the Rose Walker arc, but the rest were so tedious.