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The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
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#29 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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Ash
June 2023 -
I attempted reading this book some 6 yrs back and ended up DNFing as I didn’t find it interesting enough. This time I really wanted to finish the book to see what the hype was all about. It took like 90+ pages for the story to become interesting. I wasn’t a fan of the artwork. It was quite difficult to understand the story. I am not that impressed with the story either. It was an okay, one time read. I am not sure I want to continue with the series. I may watch the TV adaptation to se
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Tanya (Novel Paperbacks)
Not entirely sure what to think about this. I am intrigued but it freaked me out more than anything. I know it will take a while to grasp everything.
Karen
Apr 03, 2014 rated it it was amazing
I can see I have 11 more volumes to get, because this was awesome! The Sandman himself is a great character - exactly what you expect one of his ilk to be. Not a hero exactly, but with a morality of his own. Then there are all the other characters drawn from mythology and the wider DC Universe. Some really interesting spins there, but the best of them all has to be Dream's big sister, Death. The stories are written in a variety of styles too. This is definitely for adults - quite dark and pretty ...more
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