A review by llanirev
The Sandman: Act I by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs

2.0

The first chapters breath [a:Neil Gaiman|1221698|Neil Gaiman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1234150163p2/1221698.jpg] all over. It smelled like [b:American Gods|30165203|American Gods (American Gods, #1)|Neil Gaiman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462924585l/30165203._SY75_.jpg|1970226] , it tasted like [b:Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch|12067|Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615552073l/12067._SY75_.jpg|4110990]; it was great! I thought 'this is going to be 4 or 5 stars'. But the style quickly changed and got away from the 'DEATH' ([b:Mort|386372|Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388181166l/386372._SY75_.jpg|1857065] (Discworld)) and Deathly Hallows ([b:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|136251|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)|J.K. Rowling|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1474171184l/136251._SY75_.jpg|2963218]) atmosphere and became more comic book like and short stories style, only held together by a thin thread. Some stories were ok-ish, most stories were just uninteresting. They tried to raise a lot of suspense, some scenes tried to be funny, but failed and left an empty story with no character development. Teaches me not to trust on Goodreads ratings; even if they're high it doesn't mean you get a reasonable book. Rated this 2 star, because I reserve 1 star for books that are so bad that I can't even finish them. Stupid GR rating system says the book is 'ok' and only 1 star means 'I did not like it'.