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Nov 13, 2011

Anthony rated it:

What happens when Lucifer decides to leave hell? Season of Mists, the fourth volume of The Sandman answers that question as Dream heads to Hell once again, this time to release a former lover who has been imprisoned and tortured for thousands of years. Upon arrival, he finds Hell deserted, and Lucifer ushering out the stragglers he has banished from the lands, he then hands dream the key to the kingdom.

This is the best of the first four volumes in the series, with "A Doll's Hou More...

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Mar 22, 2009

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Feb 16, 2008

Kirsten rated it:

One of my all-time favorite Sandman story arcs. Lucifer decides that he's sick of being the lord of Hell, so to relieve himself of his duties and cause Morpheus some trouble as well, he closes down Hell and gives Morpheus the key. Now Morpheus must contend with the hordes of supernatural delegations who have come to him to petition for this most valuable real estate. The Faeries want Hell permanently shut down, so that they will no longer have to pay their tithe to Hell. Odin and his compatriots More...

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Oct 23, 2007

Keely rated it:

It is unfortunate that Gaiman seems to be unable to surrender his archetypal cast to either humanity or inhumanity, but lets them sit awkwardly in the middle. Though he often presents Dream and his siblings as falling to love or petty squabbling, their reactions to such are often not to work towards decision, but to subside. In those cases where they do act, it becomes merely a meaningless exercise to continue the story. When this is done for the purpose of framing other tales and interweaving i More...

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Aug 14, 2011

Patrick rated it:

Hmm, not sure what I think of this one. It did nothing for me in particular. I grow tired of stories of Cabbages and Kings, and only really enjoyed the one human-centered story, that of dead school boy ghosts. But Big Stuff I can do without, especially when I don't believe in it. The Devil giving up his reign comes out of nowhere... at first I thought it a trick, and perhaps it will be revealed as one in a later issue, but here it seems simply abrupt. And after much discussion and some fun scene More...

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Mar 19, 2011

Yousif rated it:

What if you were given the key to Hell? A key that allows you to have control of a whole world. Would you accept it?

That is the main concept of the whole story: '' What in hell would I do with the key to Hell?'' The story starts with Destiny finding out a prophecy that the future has problems in hand. And so he calls his siblings after a very absented meeting. Dream of the Endless is once again imitated by Desire. Desire tells him that what he has done to his lover Nada is wrong, and More...

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Feb 13, 2011

Klytia rated it:

“Agli amici assenti, agli amori perduti, agli antichi dei, e alla stagione delle nebbie, e che ognuno di noi possa sempre dare al diavolo ciò che gli spetta” un brindisi che è anche il cuore di questo volume.
Spinto dalla sorella maggiore, Sogno si reca all’inferno con l’intento di liberare la sua antica amante, Nada, che lui stesso condannò a una dura pena migliaia di anni prima. Laggiù, Morfeo verrà a sapere che Lucifero ha abbandonato il suo regno...e che il successore al trono degli infe More...

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Feb 08, 2011

Tancredi rated it:

"Che potere avrebbe l'Inferno se coloro che sono imprigionati non potessero sognare il Paradiso?"

Sul volume in particolare:
Ecco. Ci siamo. E' questo il volume della serie che mi ha fatto adorare completamente Neil Gaiman. E' stata una lettura veramente... trascendente.
L'umanità profondissima e tangibile che caratterizza il personaggio di Lucifero (il personaggio più bello che sia mai stato creato), proprio quel Lucifero che decide di abbandonare l'Inferno... Gen More...

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May 31, 2010

Jesse rated it:

"But even if Destiny could tell you, he will not. Destiny holds his secrets. The Garden of Destiny. You would know it if you saw it. After all, you wander it until you die. Or Beyond. For the paths are long, and even in death, there is no ending to them."

Ugh.

It's really too bad I didn't get a chance to read Sandman when I was about 14. Gaiman's clunky, endless scene-setting ("assorted events are set in motion; and a relationship thought long done with prove More...

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Oct 29, 2011

Moira rated it:

Možná už tuším, proč mi minulý díl moc nesedl. Bylo to sešívané, čtyři různé (i když úchvatné) záblesky inspirace, strhující střípky fantazie. Ale naprosto rozdílné, krátké povídky. Oproti tomu je Údobí Mlh ucelený příběh, kdy jen jedna povídka je skoro z kontextu, aby dokreslovala celý obraz příběhu.

Co říct? Že je Sandman úžasný jsem zmínila už třikrát. Nerada se opakuju a nerada plýtvám superlativy. (I když si je dílka opravdu zaslouží.. x)) Údobí Mlh se opět vyšplhalo hodně vysoko v More...

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Feb 18, 2011

Eric rated it:

I liked this. I don't know why it didn't really grab me enough to put four stars. I guess because it feels removed somehow.

The meeting of the family of Endless in the beginning I guess is their first introduction. At least it feels this way. I didn't quite buy the need for them all to be there or Dream's sudden change of heart which is what the rest of the story hinges on.

I'm assuming his connection to Nada was explained in an earlier book, otherwise I think it would help to More...

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Oct 18, 2009

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Feb 16, 2009

Morgan rated it:

The whole Sandman series hedges the fence between good graphic novel and stupid-ass comics. The strength is in Gaiman's ability to captivate his readers, the weakness is in DC's ("Vertigo's"—whatever) penchant for pushing product and having whomever they have handy do the penciling, inking and coloring for their comix. The result is a work of inconsistent art, ranging from enjoyable to unbearable. The only steady hand in the whole thing is Todd Klein, the letterist for all the Sandman More...

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Jan 22, 2011

D.M. rated it:

As much as I genuinely do like this story, I have to confess it feels like a bit of a failure somehow. Perhaps it's the deliberately stilted language Gaiman's chosen to use in this arc, or perhaps it's the numerous ill-wedded matches of inkers and colourers which mar this story for me. Whatever the cause, I always come away from this volume dissatisfied, which is unfortunate following the repeated strengths of the previous book (Dream Country) but fortunately made up for in the next one (A Game More...

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Jan 19, 2009

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Jun 14, 2011

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Mar 04, 2011

Leigh rated it:

After feeling a tad bit disappointed by the lack of cohesion in third book in this series, I was looking forward to the promise of Season of Mists delivering me back to the land of the Dreaming and keeping me there for the duration. In that sense, this book did not disappoint.

This book begins with a meeting of Morpheus/Dream and his siblings: Desire, Destiny, Delirium, Despair, and Death. Morpheus's siblings convince him that he wronged someone from his past, and Morpheus decides he More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Xirxe rated it:

Even The Lord of Dreams is not without fail. And so he has to admit, it has been a mistake to damn a young woman into hell, who rejected to stay with him to all eternity. So he sets of to hell to unchain and to release her, being prepared that it will be a quite difficult problem. And thus it happended, but entirely different than he has imagined...
Great, a 'Sandman-book' again with a continuous story, which also refers to former books. It's exciting and the chronicle stimulates thinking More...

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Jun 18, 2009

Fizzgig76 rated it:

Reprints The Sandman #21-28. The Sandman is given the key to Hell when Lucifer decides to quit and is forced to make a decision on what he should do with it. This collection (like most Sandman stories) is built off of a previous tale and involves the Sandman's decision to save a former lover (Nada) from Hell where he condemned her. Gaimen always manages to tell a concise story while giving himself room for "fun" side stories like the tale of the Dead Boy Detectives (who later appear More...

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Jun 10, 2010

jacky rated it:

I'm wondering if this series is going to start warming up from this point. I really enjoyed how this volume was so cohesive. Only one chapter seemed to stray from the central storyline, and it didn't stray that far. This volume told the story of Dream fixing a wrong that was presented in the beginning of volume two, which lead to the end of Hell. The episode which strayed from the direct action explored an example of what happened on Earth when the mortal souls returned. That was an aspect More...

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Jan 01, 2009

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Apr 14, 2010

Jay rated it:

I didn't enjoy this volume as much as the others. The story is still good, and I liked seeing all the different religions and the like's representatives, but it was a little too... off, I suppose? from the others. I liked the different, singular plotlines that the other books have, that have a vague connection to the rest of what's going on. This volume lacked that.

I did like, however, all the Endless (bar one) coming to the family dinner. I like the other siblings, and I wish there More...

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Dec 09, 2009

Cindee rated it:

Once again, Neil Gaiman is making me break my taboos. I have been a bit of a snob and always thought the term 'graphic novel' ridiculous. I mean. really. They are COMIC BOOKS. I started the Sandman series with some trepidation. But for as much as I guiltily admit enjoying the first, I have become more of a Gaiman fan than ever AND a fan of the Graphic Novel. This installment is well done. More emotion than I thought was possible was squeezed out of me. I laughed and (I even admit) shed a More...

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Jun 29, 2011

Taylor rated it:

Lucifer Morningstar

"They use my name as if I spend my entire day sitting on their shoulders, forcing them to commit acts they would otherwise find repulsive. 'The devil made me do it.' I have never made one of them do anything. Never. They live their own tiny lives. I do not live their lives for them And then they die, and they come here (having transgressed against what they believed to be right) and expect us to fulfill their desire for pain and retribution. I don't make More...

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Jan 18, 2009

Nikki rated it:

Season of Mists is one single plotline throughout the volume without any real digressions. Enchanting as those tales can be, this is a really interesting volume. It picks up the tale of Nada, partially, which is again a thread from a previous volume woven into the main story. The part where Dream visits Hippolyta and tells her the baby is called Daniel is interesting, too, I can't wait to see where that's going.

The most interesting thing about this volume, for me, was meeting six of More...

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Jul 18, 2011

Airiz rated it:

For me, Season of Mists (The Sandman volume 4, issues 21-28) is where Neil Gaiman really starts to unspool the threads of his own magic at length, weaving them to the first filaments of the series’ foundation that we found in Preludes and Nocturnes and The Doll’s House. Here we get more than just fragments of the enigmatic central character of the series, Morpheus; we get to see his depth and how he slowly gets to have more touches of humanity (maybe not the technically correct term but it’s the More...

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Jul 11, 2010

Jonathan rated it:

Another great Sandman volume from Neil Gaiman and his team of crack illustrators. In this book, Lucifer gets his revenge on Dream by abdicating his domain, kicking the demons and the dead out of Hell, and giving Dream the key. Pretty quickly, everyone from Odin to Anubis to the dispossessed demons themselves are beating down Dream's door, demanding the key to the gates of Hell. By the end of the story, Dream seems to have lost a little of his righteousness and we have just a hint into the format More...

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Jun 22, 2009

Patti rated it:

Like A Doll's House (Vol. 2), Season of Mists, collecting issues #21-28 of Gaiman's The Sandman series, was good but not great. The overarching plot here tells the story of Lucifer's abandonment of Hell, and the subsequent clamoring of deities from various traditions to gain the key to the realm. In general, this plot failed to grab me, perhaps because there was an almost total absence of human characters with whom to make an emotional connection.

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May 13, 2011

Fox rated it:

Now I understand why Sandman got to be as popular as it was, and in many ways, still is. Seasons of Mists was incredible. The stories flowed into one another smoothly, and the plot had all the best aspects of Gaiman's work intact. The classic mythologies flowed and mixed with his own in a way that you just know will come up again later. The story that began Dream Country came into play, something mentioned in passing in the first collection is now being played out in a larger way. Hell, Bas More...

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Jun 03, 2011

Elizabeth rated it:

Favorite Quotes:

The paths fork and divide. With each step you take through Destiny's garden, you make a choice; and every choice determines future paths. However, at the end of a lifetime of walking you might look back, and see only one path stretching out behind you; or look ahead, and see only darkness.
- Sandman #21: "Season of Mists", preludium

"To absent friends, lost loves, old gods and the seasons of mists. And may each and everyone of us always More...

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