Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series by Neil Caiman, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endles...
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Dec 17, 2009
Andrew
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I used to stubbornly think that graphic novels had no intellectual merits other than for amateur entertainment (I know, pedestal). This series not only blew me away visually, but caused me to see graphic novels in a new light. Everyone should read this series.
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"Erudite, allusive, complex and ambitious, SANDMAN is undoubtedly the finest writing the mainstream comic book industry has ever seen. More...
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"Erudite, allusive, complex and ambitious, SANDMAN is undoubtedly the finest writing the mainstream comic book industry has ever seen. More...
Dec 16, 2009
Jesse
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Well, I must say right now that this is currently my favorite Sandman book. I read Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturns and really liked it, but there is a part in the middle of it that just didn't grab me. That cannot be said for "The Doll's House". I was hooked from page one, and only got more drawn into the book as it went. Even when there is a side story in the middle of the book, I was still fascinated by the tale. In fact I would say my favorite part of the book is the side story in
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Sep 01, 2011
Airiz
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While Morpheus starred in the forefront in Preludes and Nocturnes, he takes a backseat in The Doll’s House. Here, mortals—the Walkers—fueled the story.
The Doll’s House treads on the similar path as Preludes and Nocturnes. In the first volume, Morpheus has to find important talismans; in the second volume Morpheus has to seek for dreams that have escaped his realm and morphed into human forms in the wake of the chaotic events in P&N. We get introduced to Rose Walker, a dream vortex that More...
The Doll’s House treads on the similar path as Preludes and Nocturnes. In the first volume, Morpheus has to find important talismans; in the second volume Morpheus has to seek for dreams that have escaped his realm and morphed into human forms in the wake of the chaotic events in P&N. We get introduced to Rose Walker, a dream vortex that More...
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Jan 31, 2009
CuriousLibrarian
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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 tou More...
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 tou More...
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Jan 05, 2012
Ethan
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I really had no idea what this graphic novel would be about; the only thing that I knew for sure was that it was written by Neil Gaiman, so I could only assume that some fantastical elements would be involved. I was also a bit worried about reading [i]Doll's House[/i], since the library forced me to start with the second volume due to the absence of the first, but in the end it left me very surprised. Not only was this was this a fantastic story on its own, but now I'm very eager to see where th
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Apr 30, 2011
Ea
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The Sandman has returned to his country of dreams, but his long absence is still showing -- he's gotten his magical items back, but not all of his followers. "The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House" picks up some threads from the first collection of Sandman stories, and while the story is often confusing and scattered, Neil Gaiman's writing is a glittering jewel of sadness, horror and beauty.
Among the current-day stories, we get some Dream backstory. As part of his coming-of More...
Among the current-day stories, we get some Dream backstory. As part of his coming-of More...
Apr 13, 2011
Halik
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In the second installment of Gaiman's superb Sandman series, he continues to explore the intersection of reality and fantasy, challenging notions of 'certainty' and exposing them to mere constructs of our perception.
Morpheus, the king of the dream world, discovers that four of his subjects have disappeared during his incarceration. 3 of them are evil and one good. Out of them The Corinthian i found the most chilling. After his escape from the dreamworld, for forty years he has been r More...
Morpheus, the king of the dream world, discovers that four of his subjects have disappeared during his incarceration. 3 of them are evil and one good. Out of them The Corinthian i found the most chilling. After his escape from the dreamworld, for forty years he has been r More...
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Apr 04, 2011
Tatiana
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Pretty good graphic novel, the second I've ever read. I liked this book less well than the first in the Sandman series. The character I do like, though he's often rather cruel. He's an eternal, and they aren't cruel or kind, really, they just are, I guess. Much less cruel he is than his sister Death, I suppose. The ending was satisfying when the right thing seemed to happen.
I think the graphic novel format is not one that appeals to me much. For one thing, it's hard for me to t More...
I think the graphic novel format is not one that appeals to me much. For one thing, it's hard for me to t More...
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Mar 19, 2011
Yousif
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Has any comic book ever garnered such claim of being smart and deep? Well, very few comics accomplished that goal. One of them is Sandman; a series that blew everyone away for its sheer quality and approach to the fantasy genre.
In this story arc, our dreams now has a vortex. A vortex is a part of the human conscience in the dreamworld that can affect dreams by allowing the dreamer to see other dreams. This problem leads to a network of dreamers to combine together. Morpheus now has t More...
In this story arc, our dreams now has a vortex. A vortex is a part of the human conscience in the dreamworld that can affect dreams by allowing the dreamer to see other dreams. This problem leads to a network of dreamers to combine together. Morpheus now has t More...
Feb 18, 2011
Leigh
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I entered Neil Gaiman's world a skeptic, not knowing whether this genre would be a good match for me. I'm not your typical comic book kid, and my literary/cinematic leanings tend toward the original and quirky more than the dark and mystical. I was worried the Sandman series would be too gloomy, too violent, too uncomfortable. And somewhere in the back of my mind I'd gotten it confused and thought the series was about vampires, one of those trendy teen series that I've been eschewing for the pas
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Feb 13, 2011
Klytia
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Sogno ritorna nel suo regno dopo quasi un secolo di prigionia. Molte cose però sono fuori posto. Alcuni incubi sono fuggiti: la coppia di canaglie Brute e Glob e il più gentile Paradiso dei Marinai, un vero e proprio luogo delle Terre del Sogno che sceglie di incarnarsi in una persona, lo scrittore Chesterton, per camminare un po’ tra i mortali. Tra loro si aggira anche una delle creature più spaventose inventate da Gaiman: il Corinzio, un serial killer con bocche affollate di denti aguzzi al po
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Feb 08, 2011
Tancredi
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"L'Amore appartiene al Desiderio, e il Desiderio è sempre crudele"
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Parlare di "The Sandman" mi mette imbarazzo e non solo, perché di fronte ad un'opera mastodontica e superiore come questa non posso che sentirmi un mero ammasso di carne pensante per sbaglio, per una malata frizione casuale tra i miei neuroni.
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Parlare di "The Sandman" mi mette imbarazzo e non solo, perché di fronte ad un'opera mastodontica e superiore come questa non posso che sentirmi un mero ammasso di carne pensante per sbaglio, per una malata frizione casuale tra i miei neuroni.
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Nov 10, 2010
Patrick
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When I began reading this book I found it to be too quirky and disjointed, but at the end I had learned to love the quirks, and for the most part most of the disjointed parts tied together seamlessly. There are still some loose threads that left me irked (Sandman's child, and I had almost completely forgotten about the Patrick Nagel-looking Desire until she showed up on the last pages) but despite it all this was a gripping dreamscape with plenty of beautiful imagery and illustration.
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Sep 13, 2010
Trisha
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The Doll's House is the second in Gaiman's Sandman series, after Preludes and Nocturnes, and I must say I am now hooked. I did enjoy the first novel, but I didn't feel that burning need to read the second - the true mark that I am not totally in love with a series. The Doll's House, on the other hand, I was sad to finish, and I'm already planning on heading to Barnes and Noble to pick up the next two graphic novels in the series...probably today.
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Sep 10, 2010
Karen
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Stories involving gods and/or immortals can be hit or miss. This series features a group of people called the Endless (e.g. Destiny, Death, Desire), who exist even longer than gods because either they do not need belief to sustain them, or because it's impossible for people not to believe in them.
Dream (a.k.a. the Sandman) was locked up for a bunch of years, and is trying to clean up the mess in this series. This particular volume involves him trying to capture some loose citizen More...
Dream (a.k.a. the Sandman) was locked up for a bunch of years, and is trying to clean up the mess in this series. This particular volume involves him trying to capture some loose citizen More...
Feb 18, 2010
Jay
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I'm tempted to tag this with 'gouge-my-eyes-out' simply because of the Corinthian.
Although I'd heard about the Cereal Convention several years ago (thank you, internet), I liked reading about it and all the different characters that appeared throughout. I liked the subtle hints to their motives- Dog Soup, for instance. I would have liked a longer backstory on the killers, but I understand that it would have deviated from the main story and there wouldn't have been much point to it. More...
Although I'd heard about the Cereal Convention several years ago (thank you, internet), I liked reading about it and all the different characters that appeared throughout. I liked the subtle hints to their motives- Dog Soup, for instance. I would have liked a longer backstory on the killers, but I understand that it would have deviated from the main story and there wouldn't have been much point to it. More...
Oct 12, 2011
Moira
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Mám ráda komixy a myslím, že "něco" už jsem si přečetla. S trochou nadsázky ale můžu říct, že až dneska jsem viděla pořádný komix... :D
Neil Gaiman je skvělý autor - to vím. Ale až teď, po přečtení Domečku pro panenky si úplně uvědomuju, jak nekonečnou, bohatou a úžasnou ten muž má fatazii. x)) A dokonce i ty kresby, které se mi z počátku nelíbily, jsem si zamilovala... :D Sandman je příběh (pardon - soubor příběhů, kterou se prolíná křehká dějová linie), který mě strhl, kte More...
Neil Gaiman je skvělý autor - to vím. Ale až teď, po přečtení Domečku pro panenky si úplně uvědomuju, jak nekonečnou, bohatou a úžasnou ten muž má fatazii. x)) A dokonce i ty kresby, které se mi z počátku nelíbily, jsem si zamilovala... :D Sandman je příběh (pardon - soubor příběhů, kterou se prolíná křehká dějová linie), který mě strhl, kte More...
Feb 05, 2010
Autumn
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The Doll's House has solidified Neil Gaiman's position as ruler of the fantasy realm in my opinion. It is disturbing and intriguing and I loved it even more than Volume 1! This second installment expands on the story of Dream and his struggle to take back his realm after many years of imprisonment. It's darker, creepier and sort of romantic. Is it weird that I may be in love with a character in a graphic novel? Dream is the perfect mysterious stranger--the man that haunts your dreams.
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Jun 02, 2009
Fizzgig76
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Reprints The Sandman #9-16 (earlier editions include issue #8). The Sandman works to rebuild the Dreaming and is faced with the surfacing of a Vortex in Rose Walker. This collection of the Sandman begins to show why The Sandman was a unique comic. Characters in The Sandman that could easily be written off as one dimensional, are given depth as the Sandman's effects on the world become evident. In this story Rose Walker, the granddaughter of Unity Kincaid (a minor victim of the sleeping sickn
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Jun 23, 2011
Taylor
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"Nobody has to die. The only reason people die is because everybody does it. You all just go along with it. It's rubbish, Death. It's stupid. I don't want nothing to do with it," (116-117).
"Six months ago I had a really weird dream. That was the night that Unity died, and Jed got better. If it was true, my dream (and lots of it i sort of hazy, lots of it doesn't seem to make sense any more although I'm sure it did at the time), then. . . then. . . Then nothing mak More...
"Six months ago I had a really weird dream. That was the night that Unity died, and Jed got better. If it was true, my dream (and lots of it i sort of hazy, lots of it doesn't seem to make sense any more although I'm sure it did at the time), then. . . then. . . Then nothing mak More...
Mar 24, 2010
Rauf
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After reading Doll's House I know that I:
1. Should never fall in love with an Endless.
Who are the Endless?
They're 7 siblings with insurmountable power that have been around since before the dawn of time; Destiny. Death. Dream. Destruction. Desire. Despair. Delirium (she used to be Delight).
2. I now know Desire will always make you miserable.
3. I also know the original tale about the Little Red Riding Hood did not involve red riding hood or a More...
1. Should never fall in love with an Endless.
Who are the Endless?
They're 7 siblings with insurmountable power that have been around since before the dawn of time; Destiny. Death. Dream. Destruction. Desire. Despair. Delirium (she used to be Delight).
2. I now know Desire will always make you miserable.
3. I also know the original tale about the Little Red Riding Hood did not involve red riding hood or a More...
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Dec 13, 2011
Hesper
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I just don't know, Neil Gaiman.
You do this thing where you have a bunch of neat ideas, and some really spiffy conflict, and just as all that is set to, you know, go somewhere interesting and have an actual payoff you're all, "Well that's enough fun, kiddies. Let's not put anyone not wearing a red shirt in danger anymore. Everyone go home and have yourselves a happy ending."
Boo, Neil Gaiman, boo!
You do this thing where you have a bunch of neat ideas, and some really spiffy conflict, and just as all that is set to, you know, go somewhere interesting and have an actual payoff you're all, "Well that's enough fun, kiddies. Let's not put anyone not wearing a red shirt in danger anymore. Everyone go home and have yourselves a happy ending."
Boo, Neil Gaiman, boo!
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Mar 08, 2009
Was there ever a more romantic, chilling story about a young woman discovering her animus? I find myself growing irrationally enamored of Morpheus/Sandman/King of Dreams in this second collection of his comic books. He must embody aspects of my personal animus. I am jealous of Rose Walker (wonderful name) who is allowed the privilege of facing Him, of negotiating for her life with Him, and of having her own brief moment of power in the Dream World.
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Aug 12, 2010
JG (The Introverted Reader)
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Dream's kingdom is being threatened by a vortex, an entity that can rip apart the Dreaming. He also finds out that a few of his major, and monstrous, subjects, have escaped his kingdom. He must look for them all and save the day before it's too late.
Darn it, GoodReads, I need half stars! This was better than Preludes and Nocturnes, but still not quite a four.
The arc of the story flowed much more smoothly. This volume really encompasses one big storyline rather than More...
Darn it, GoodReads, I need half stars! This was better than Preludes and Nocturnes, but still not quite a four.
The arc of the story flowed much more smoothly. This volume really encompasses one big storyline rather than More...
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Jul 02, 2010
Jennifer
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Dec 06, 2011
Shazza
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The Doll's House is a collection of the second set of stories making up Gaiman's The Sandman chronicles. This series follows Rose Walker on 'our' plane, who just found out she has a wealthy, dying grandmother in England, and is searching for her brother in the United States. It is also a story of Dream's search for some of the dreams gone missing. Dream's search leads him to a mythical world where a superhero, The Sandman, tries to save his wife every night, while Rose's search takes her to a
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Feb 17, 2009
Marfita
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This falls into that category of Wow, Good But Don't Make Me Read It Again. I'm familiar with "Der Sandman" by E. T. A. Hoffmann but I took a chance on this book anyway. O Weh's mir!
This was a bit gruesome for me and I'm sorta glad it normally hides in the Adult Graphic Novels because "graphic" really describes it. Okay, you have to use a bit of your imagination to finish the picture, but ...
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This was a bit gruesome for me and I'm sorta glad it normally hides in the Adult Graphic Novels because "graphic" really describes it. Okay, you have to use a bit of your imagination to finish the picture, but ...
I'd like to know if stories like this satisfy the reptilian part of o More...
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Jun 20, 2011
Greg
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I have to admit, this collection hasn't drawn me in the way the Swam Thing collections did. I'm not sure what it is, exactly. Normally I'd blame my own lack of interest in horror comics, but that didn't stop me from enjoying Swamp Thing.
I think part of it is that it's hard to figure out exactly what Sandman is, what the whole mythos he's part of really is. Personifications of things like Dreams, Death, and Passion are interesting, but maybe not as comic book heroes and villains. The More...
I think part of it is that it's hard to figure out exactly what Sandman is, what the whole mythos he's part of really is. Personifications of things like Dreams, Death, and Passion are interesting, but maybe not as comic book heroes and villains. The More...
Apr 27, 2011
Robert
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The second of Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic novels, Doll's House is where Gaiman really starts to refine his storytelling. Many of the elements that contribute to the overall feel of the series show up here first. This includes Gaiman's use of non-connected stories to breakup the flow of the main story, and the introduction of the Endless (although the full introduction would finally come in the four book, A Season of Mists). The Doll's House also introduces characters that would have lasting
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Feb 15, 2009
Thermalsatsuma
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This volume deals with the story of Rose Walker, a young girl who is destined to be a dream vortex - an attractor for bad dreams and nightmares, with potentially disastrous consequences if left unchecked. She moves into a house with a strange collection of people and then tries to track down her brother who is being held captive by some rather nasty step parents and has retreated into a dream world of his own. Meanwhile, the many and varied serial killers of America are drawing together for a co
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