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4.51 AVERAGE
4.51 AVERAGE
This is definitely one of my favorite in the series. It focuses heavily on the endless and their family drama which i really love, they're great characters so the more time spent with the whole cast the better.
In this one... the adorable little sister of the endless, delirium, enlisted a much more open and emotional dream (not to worry he's still distant and business like in that charming way of his, which makes a great contrast to delirium who certainly fits her name) to help her find their missing and refreshingly good natured/jolly brother destruction just because she misses him and wants to try to make him come back with the family. The story brought so much more depth and humanity to the characters and made it so much easier to really connect with them.
ART: The artwork in this one isn't my favorite and i feel like a more detailed and richer style would have made the impact even stronger. It does fit delirium very well but takes away from the rest.
In this one... the adorable little sister of the endless, delirium, enlisted a much more open and emotional dream (not to worry he's still distant and business like in that charming way of his, which makes a great contrast to delirium who certainly fits her name) to help her find their missing and refreshingly good natured/jolly brother destruction just because she misses him and wants to try to make him come back with the family. The story brought so much more depth and humanity to the characters and made it so much easier to really connect with them.
ART: The artwork in this one isn't my favorite and i feel like a more detailed and richer style would have made the impact even stronger. It does fit delirium very well but takes away from the rest.
Re-read it on a whim. I didn't fully understand Destruction's conversation with Dream the first time I read this (several years ago). Definitely worth the revisit.
Ishtar - Love Gaiman's treatment of forgotten gods. It's really logical if you think about it--- to fold back into the Dream when no one worships them anymore. They were dreams once, and without anyone believing them into reality, they must become dreams again.
Ishtar - Love Gaiman's treatment of forgotten gods. It's really logical if you think about it--- to fold back into the Dream when no one worships them anymore. They were dreams once, and without anyone believing them into reality, they must become dreams again.
The volume of the Sandman I've read more than any other, and the one which has provided me with the most inspiration, the most insight, and the most pleasure. Which is funny, because it is hard to call this a pleasant book. A lot of people die, but that is ok, because as Dream's sister says, "You lived what everyone gets, Bernie. You got a lifetime."
Reading that, and the rest of this, you have to imagine that Neil Gaiman's mind is on par with David Lynch, Francis Bacon, or Jean Genet, and the ideas running through it would put most people off their lunch. Most people don't like truth, or true things, and you get such things with that short list above, and you sure as hell get it with the Sandman. Just ask Chloe Russell, she'll tell you.
This book just opens you up, and you have to want that, you have to be ok with change. Just remember, this is a good book, but even good books can be dangerous.
Reading that, and the rest of this, you have to imagine that Neil Gaiman's mind is on par with David Lynch, Francis Bacon, or Jean Genet, and the ideas running through it would put most people off their lunch. Most people don't like truth, or true things, and you get such things with that short list above, and you sure as hell get it with the Sandman. Just ask Chloe Russell, she'll tell you.
This book just opens you up, and you have to want that, you have to be ok with change. Just remember, this is a good book, but even good books can be dangerous.
I know I've said this before, but this is my favorite so far. I loved the plot and seeing more of the Endless.
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Delirium and dream go looking for destruction. In the process of looking for him, other lives are destroyed, some of which had been incredibly long. In the end destruction chooses their own path, and hence that even the endless can end.
This one hurts to read, is really beautiful and sad, but aren't all Sandman stories like that?
It’s nice to return to the Endless as a family dynamic, but I must admit that Delirium is an annoyingly one-note character to spend so much time with.
Brief Lives may just be the most linear Sandman volume yet. I loved that about this journey. There are still a ton of characters, and they are all masterfully displayed on the page in a short amount of time. It is efficient writing and superb art that gets the job done. I'm always amazed when I look back and I'm attached to a new character in just a few pages. But there were more consistent appearances from Dream and his family. I love that aspect of this story and I got lots of it in this installment. There are also plenty of thought-provoking moments to go along with them. Perhaps most impressive to me is the tone and style. The Sandman has a tone and style that is all its own. It is hard to describe yet it is there on every page. I think without this consistent feel brought by that element, the many stories we get, the stories within the story especially, could easily feel disjointed. By holding all these components together, it takes the narrative up a notch in my book. Brillant work.