false 71252 10 The most structurally ambitious of the collections, The Kindly Ones is a single storyline written as a Greek tragedy, with Morpheus as its doomed hero and an aspect of the triad of witches, the Erinyes, as the Greek chorus. It pulls together various threads left dangling throughout the series, notably the grudges against Morpheus of several characters: Hippolyta Hall, whose child, Daniel, was claimed by Morpheus; the witches themselves; the Norse god Loki; the witch Thessaly. 2647 1995 The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones total:5801|5:3750|4:1619|3:372|2:53|1:7| 5801 26455 6994 109 5 1 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:48:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 08:00:13 -0700 2009 The Sandman Vol. 7 Brief Lives 5 stars, but I think I liked Brief Lives better, for the sole reason that it contained more scenes with Delerium. Here, Delerium is searching for someone again, this time her talking dog Barnabas, and the scene where they're reunited was charm...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:16:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 09:00:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 11:31:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 11:32:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 18:52:26 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 12:05:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 21:57:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 09:16:20 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 22:34:18 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 22:35:04 -0800 2009 The Kindly Ones is the climax of the Sandman series and is truly an epic tale. For me, it's the best one out of the series. I also really liked the artwork in this particular story arc; it's very different from the usual comic book style and it really appealed to me visually. Even though the previou...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 08:24:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 12:40:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 28 15:45:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 13:48:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 17:58:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 15:00:36 -0700 2009 The Kindly Ones, collecting issues #57-69 of The Sandman, is my favorite volume of the series, I think. Finally, eight volumes later, here's a story that lives up to the promise of Preludes and Nocturnes (Vol. 1). I'm a big fan of good conclusions, and Gaiman here gives us the perfect ending for th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 25 12:23:09 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 21 16:08:03 -0800 2009
As a story, it's pretty amazing. A lot of threads come together in this book and you can finally see where everything was going...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 22:00:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 16:21:59 -0700 2009
F to this volume's introduction. F F F F F F it. There is the most giant spoiler in this introduction, and I didn't even read it. I'm so annoyed. It's ju...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 18:11:01 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:59:57 -0700 2009 The Kindly Ones ties together many of the subplots that have been developing over the course of the series. Lyta Hall makes a reappearance, as does the story of Dream's son Orpheus. The reader must be keen as the story shifts often among these p...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 17:55:51 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:31:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 29 05:01:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 05:10:01 -0700 2009 Morpheus, the Dream Lord faces the most important problem is his existence- one must change or die.
Some of my favorites characters are there too- Matthew the Raven, Meryvin the scarecrow,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:43:45 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 21 23:55:21 -0700 2009 Sandman book took place during a so-called "reality-storm". This, folks, is it.

The Kindly Ones is the longest volume in the series -- probably by a good thirty pages. It is also, as another reviewer already described it, the saga's grand climax, which explains: (1) w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 26 13:37:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 14:01:01 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 13:37:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 18:28:45 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 18:42:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 19:55:04 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 19:58:29 -0700 2008
I know it was inevitable and the entire series had been building up to it. But I didn't know it was going to happen here, now. (Granted, if I'd thought much about the title of the next volume, The Wake, I might've gotten a clue.)
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Here's what i want to say, b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 19:07:46 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 15:31:56 -0700 2009 more...]]>