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4.32 AVERAGE
4.32 AVERAGE
Tore through this on the train back home. great story - the serial killer convention was classic goods-omens Neil Gaimon, both satirical and nightmarish. Rose was not the most original of characters but I still cared about her story. The art and concepts for this are just fantastic - when Rose gets a look into all of her housemates' dream worlds, and each looks completely different from the art style to the coloring to the font, and then the walls between the panels start breaking down, there's a great deal of the suspense and momentousness of this story that's built solely through the layout and design, and that's brilliant.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Still really interested in what these graphic novels are doing. This one somehow felt more disjointed, but also more like a linear story than volume 1? ( I am aware that that statement doesn't make a lot of sense). I suppose I mean that there was a central throughline by the end and certain characters we were following but it jumped all over the place to pull everything together in the end. Still loads of trigger warnings for this one including serial killers, rape, graphic gore and violence, child abuse, etc.
Gaiman has clearly found his footing with this volume and story arc. There is much to like in this volume. The characters of Desire and Gilbert are wonderful creations. Ken and Barbie are just creepily terrifying.
I found though, with this volume, that I was more drawn to the breather/break stories that were not part of the main arc. In general, folklore is a story type the always calls to me, so I got very wrapped up in the intro story "Tales in the Sand." And I love the touch that this is the "men's version" of the story. That just rings very true to me in regards to folklore.
In a similar way, I am also drawn to history and the changes in culture. So "Men of Good Fortune" was also a story I got very caught up in. (I was happy to see that Gaiman comes back to bits of this story in later volumes.)
One other interesting thing I noticed about this volume. The house and its inhabitants interest me. I had finished Coraline a few days before I finished this volume. I see great similarities in the architecture and inhabitants of this house in this book and the house Gaiman has written into Coraline. I wonder why he returns to this house in his work?
I found though, with this volume, that I was more drawn to the breather/break stories that were not part of the main arc. In general, folklore is a story type the always calls to me, so I got very wrapped up in the intro story "Tales in the Sand." And I love the touch that this is the "men's version" of the story. That just rings very true to me in regards to folklore.
In a similar way, I am also drawn to history and the changes in culture. So "Men of Good Fortune" was also a story I got very caught up in. (I was happy to see that Gaiman comes back to bits of this story in later volumes.)
One other interesting thing I noticed about this volume. The house and its inhabitants interest me. I had finished Coraline a few days before I finished this volume. I see great similarities in the architecture and inhabitants of this house in this book and the house Gaiman has written into Coraline. I wonder why he returns to this house in his work?
adventurous
medium-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
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Darker, trippy, this volume takes the Sandman series to another level. Gripping from the word go, we follow the Walkers as they battle to find each other and themselves. And Morpheus tracks down the three that escaped from his realm. And the twain do meet between dreams and reality and anything more that is said will be a spoiler. The artwork is stunning as always. And the story even more so.