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tinaxcuevas's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of my favorite sandman volumes. Dream’s journey into hell and the outfall always hit different emotions each time I come back to it.
knitted_bookworm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
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? It's complicated
4.5
lost_tooth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
4.25
inwonderland_lu's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
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
5.0
kcrouth's review against another edition
4.0
Creative and interesting take on heaven and hell, and a collection of historical and worldwide deities.
midici's review against another edition
4.0
The Sandman books continually entertain me, drawing me further into Gaiman's universe with each book. This fourth book continues the story of Morpheus' attempt to both repair the damage done to his realm while he was imprisoned and to fix past mistakes that he previously ignored/considered beneath him.
It begins with a meeting of six of the seven Endless, which was wonderful as I've wanted to learn more about them and their interactions and histoy with each other since the series began.
We also get a glimpse of how the interconnected realms of the Endless and the various dieties and other-beings interact. Morpheus has decided to return to hell to release his former lover Nada (which he should have done waaay earlier but my rant on why a guy should not sentence someone to hell for refusing to become their queen is way to long for a review). In a previous Sandman book Lucifer vowed to kill Morpheus so I was expecting the book to contain an epic battle between the two. Instead Lucifer kicks everyone out of hell, locks the gates, and gives Morpheus the keys.
Suddenly the dead souls of hell are walking the earth, the demons are miserable and homeless and every being in the verious universe starts banging on Morpheus' door, demanding the key to hell for their own various purposes.
The eventual decision of 'the creator' to order his two angelic envoys to become the new rulers of hell brings up interesting ideas about fate. In the prologue Destiny sets the plot in motion by deliberately bringing his siblings together so the Desire's taunts result in Morpheus' decision to save Nada. He implies that this is something that MUST happen, in that it is foretold. But the end result, with fallen angels once more reigning in hell, brings up the question of what the whole point was. Nothing has changed in hell. While earth was in dissary for a while, everything went back to normal when the damned souls went back to hell. Nothing changed in Morpheus's realm.
All of the changes were minor reshuffling of characters' places. Lucifer is on earth, two new angels in hell. Loki has escaped from his eternal torment, and a dream form has taken his place. Nada has been reincarnated on Earth. None of these seem to be particularly important yet. But Gaiman has a habit of revisiting characters again in future books, so it may be that the ramifications of Seasons of Mists is waiting to be soon in volume 5.
It begins with a meeting of six of the seven Endless, which was wonderful as I've wanted to learn more about them and their interactions and histoy with each other since the series began.
We also get a glimpse of how the interconnected realms of the Endless and the various dieties and other-beings interact. Morpheus has decided to return to hell to release his former lover Nada (which he should have done waaay earlier but my rant on why a guy should not sentence someone to hell for refusing to become their queen is way to long for a review). In a previous Sandman book Lucifer vowed to kill Morpheus so I was expecting the book to contain an epic battle between the two. Instead Lucifer kicks everyone out of hell, locks the gates, and gives Morpheus the keys.
Suddenly the dead souls of hell are walking the earth, the demons are miserable and homeless and every being in the verious universe starts banging on Morpheus' door, demanding the key to hell for their own various purposes.
The eventual decision of 'the creator' to order his two angelic envoys to become the new rulers of hell brings up interesting ideas about fate. In the prologue Destiny sets the plot in motion by deliberately bringing his siblings together so the Desire's taunts result in Morpheus' decision to save Nada. He implies that this is something that MUST happen, in that it is foretold. But the end result, with fallen angels once more reigning in hell, brings up the question of what the whole point was. Nothing has changed in hell. While earth was in dissary for a while, everything went back to normal when the damned souls went back to hell. Nothing changed in Morpheus's realm.
All of the changes were minor reshuffling of characters' places. Lucifer is on earth, two new angels in hell. Loki has escaped from his eternal torment, and a dream form has taken his place. Nada has been reincarnated on Earth. None of these seem to be particularly important yet. But Gaiman has a habit of revisiting characters again in future books, so it may be that the ramifications of Seasons of Mists is waiting to be soon in volume 5.
seraphiina's review against another edition
5.0
Finally, Sandman really hit the nail on the head. As I've previously admired Neil Gaiman's knowledge of mythology, so this work showed his amass knowledge and apprecation, combined with the dreamy and absurd nature of the Sandman comics. As a mythology and comic lover, I couldn't be happier.