Sandman Volume 9
Ratings23
Average rating4.5
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Ratings23
Average rating4.5
In the longest Sandman story, Morpheus becomes the prey of the Furies--avenging spirits who torment those who spill family blood. A journey both begins and ends for the Lord of Dreams as threads and pieces building since the beginning of the series finally come together in a thrilling climax that forever changes the world of The Sandman. One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium's most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven. The Kindly Ones have many names: The Erinyes. The Eumenides. The Dirae. The Furies. Agents of vengeance, implacable and unstoppable, they do not rest until the crimes they seek to punish are washed clean with blood. It is to them Lyta Hall turns when her baby, Daniel, is taken from her, and it is Dream of the Endless who becomes their target. But behind a mother's grief and unyielding rage, there are darker forces at work, and what they set in motion will eventually demand a sacrifice greater than any the Dreaming has yet known. Collects The Sandman #57-69 and Vertigo Jam #1.
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3 primary booksSandman is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Neil Gaiman.
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The conclusion of Dream is one of the thickest of all the volumes. It covers a lot of story arcs and the whole plot is very deep and has multiple layers of meaning. If you don't spend some time thinking about it in metaphors and trying to find hidden meanings, you'll only be scratching the surface and thus probably missing a lot of it. There's nothing much to say to describe the plot without giving away too much - it's a journey that should be read, not summarised. The plot primarily follows Lyta (Hippolyta, earlier volumes) on her quest for vengeance. Then it jumps around several lose ends, and we see previous characters show up again, including Lucifer, the Corinthian, and Rose Walker, all providing their own insights or reflections to all the aspects of Dream. The only downside (and the lost of a star) is the art. I think I get the idea that the art was meant to be reflective of what was going on - doom and gloom and such - but it fell short for me. I just didn't find them pleasant, and at some places really distracting, because the characters being portrayed appeared a bit too different from previous volumes. But that doesn't dilute the story once you'e put down the volume and start looking about for hidden meanings and trying to read between the lines. We'll all come to different conclusions of what's really happening, but I think that's why the series is so spectacular.
