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A review by sookieskipper
The Sandman #62: The Kindly Ones part 6 of 13 by Charles Vess, Glyn Dillon, Neil Gaiman, Dean Ormston
4.0
If only the art wasn't the way it is. After Brief Lives, my expectation for the final chapter was very high. Story wise Gaiman does deliver it with all lose ends tied, some old tales justified and the characters deserving the end that was hinted at very beginning of the book.
But but but.
There are instances where characters are confusing, especially in the middle act. The shifts between dreaming and real world give a whiplash with the speed in which they take place and the jarring way the mood shifts. This has been done by Gaiman in earlier volumes but it hasn't worked this bad ever. Those are the moments when you want to skip the pages (as the art isn't helping much) and get to the finish line quicker.
The final scene is very anti climactic which I personally liked. But with the kind of time Gaiman spent on other minor characters, Dream and death needed more time and more space. They were just crammed in the end and somewhere in a small middle panel, it just ends.
I hate to go on about art again but its the main thing that turns me off from this volume with its cartoon-y depiction of characters and it half ruined the finale for me.
But but but.
There are instances where characters are confusing, especially in the middle act. The shifts between dreaming and real world give a whiplash with the speed in which they take place and the jarring way the mood shifts. This has been done by Gaiman in earlier volumes but it hasn't worked this bad ever. Those are the moments when you want to skip the pages (as the art isn't helping much) and get to the finish line quicker.
The final scene is very anti climactic which I personally liked. But with the kind of time Gaiman spent on other minor characters, Dream and death needed more time and more space. They were just crammed in the end and somewhere in a small middle panel, it just ends.
I hate to go on about art again but its the main thing that turns me off from this volume with its cartoon-y depiction of characters and it half ruined the finale for me.