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It's Sandman, it's Gaiman, it's good to great throughout. Please see my previous reviews of 1-3 for more in depth reasoning. xD
I thought that “The Kindly Ones” was too long when I originally read it, but that was over two years or so in floppies. It holds together really well as a complete work, though the first half does still drag a bit. I think that offering closure to both Rose’s story and Morpheus’ is well done … though I’m less convinced of the importance of Delirium in all of this. Overall the story is really well structured and does a great job of bringing home to roost everything that Morpheus has done since he...
Genuinely depressed that this is over. Sandman was just one of those reading experiences, where you can't wait to find out what happens next but you're worried that you'll finish it too soon. It's been a while that I read a book where I was completely immersed in a new world, so much so that I wish I didn't have to go back to mine! I'm not much of a graphic novel reader so I didn't expect to have this reaction with Sandman but I was totally wrong. Gaiman really shows the depth of his imagination...
I read a third of this last night with a mug of cider and a few chunks of coffee cake. I got up at five this morning and came downstairs to finish it. The house was dark and I didn't turn on the light in the living room because I didn't want to disturb the dog, so I felt my way down the stairs in my stockinged feet. The door into the bedroom opened and closed behind me, and I stopped, and waited. 'Hello?' I said. 'Daddy,' said a sleepy six-year-old voice right behind me I wasn't mad keen on the
Well, this series fizzled. Wasn't too invested in it to begin with, I'm moreso happy that I can finally cross this off the to-read list.YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads
I have just attended the wake of a character I first met about two years ago. I did not grieve, in the sense of experiencing feelings of sadness. But I did ponder the journey of this character and my relationship with him and his world. When I began reading The Sandman a couple of years ago, I did so with great anticipation for this most highly lauded of continuing comics stories. With the first two volumes, I could see how far the creators were reaching. With so much good said about the series,...
Wait, volume 4 is THAT storyline for Sandman? I was not expecting that. I was into the mystery of who took Lyta Hall's son and everything that was related, but they never really explain why the culprits did it? Stuff just sort of happens and a side character just dies senselessly, and that's a little unsatisfying.The story with Hob going to the Ren Faire was great.
Finished the series! I'm glad I read it.
4.5 stars for me. I had such a blast reading this series, and with the last one everything came together in a almost perfect ending, but after the last ending came a little short story, wich i did not really as an ending, still this is one of the best reading experiences of the year, if your a fan of Graphic Novels, i highly recommend this. Also shout out to my raven Matthew ! hillarious.
The 4th and final volume of Gaiman's Sandman.
And thus ends Sandman. I know there's another annotated volume but the stories in it were written years later. The Kindly Ones does go on a few issues too long and Marc Hempel's oddball art takes some time to get used to. I do wish some of the questions left unanswered, we had some closure to. Still, it's a good end for Morpheus. The 4 issues of The Wake might be my favorite issues of the entire series. I love how it's hinted that everyone who dreams is in attendance at Morpheus's funeral. Micha...
This particular volume of the Absolute Sandman collects some very climactic series, and I can say that the Sandman overall was and still is a truly memorable series and absolutely a graphic novel that plenty of people should enjoy.
As positive as I've been about the rest of the series, I must confess that "The Kindly Ones" is one of those stories where stopping just isn't an option. I made the mistake of starting it late at night, and, as a result, I couldn't stop myself from staying awake until I reached the beginning of "The Wake."To say that Gaiman is masterful at pulling together all the disparate, loose threads found in the previous fifty-odd issues is an understatement, and the story he creates is both cosmically epi...
I read books backwards when I am upset. I have never actually admitted that before because I always feel guilty when I do it. With good books, it turns out that it doesn't matter much if a book is read forward or backward. I mean, of course if alters the flow of the story, but there are still plot development, character development, and suspense. Sometimes books are less predictable when read backwards because instead of things leading up to an outcome, one wonders what would cause a character t...
Gaiman's world is Melancholic and beautiful, his characters have a very nihilistic features yet a deep appreciation for life and the code of principles which they and entities before them builtIf not for The Tempest, this would have a brilliant 5 stars hands down, the Kindly Ones story line was amazing and engaging. While the EXILES was my favorite from this collectionDrink Tea
Somehow I did not enjoy this as much as the first three volumes. I think, perhaps, I'm not a fan of endings... but now the million dollar question is: what's in volume five??
You lived what anybody gets, Bernie. You got a lifetime. No more. No less. Though labeled a “series” with 75+ issues spanning from 1989 to 1996, it is more fitting to call Neil Gaiman’s Sandman a comic book epic. At its core is an anthology of imaginative stories (think A Thousand and One Nights) that dangle from a larger arc. This arc, which lends the work its title, orbits an entity called Dream, or Morpheus, who manages the dreams and stories of all organisms (conveniently located on Earth).