The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes

The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes

1988 • 240 pages

Ratings336

Average rating4.3

15

Finally picked up the Sandman after noticing it and seeing how it's a “definitive” piece of work. Finished it relatively quickly, and... I do like it. I wouldn't say incredible, but I like it enough that I'm gonna continue reading the series, just to see more of it.

The artwork was all right. Didn't much like it when I started reading, but towards the end, I suppose I got used to it and don't mind it anyway.

Volume 1 nicely wraps up the plot at the end, and doesn't leave a cliffhanger, so that's nicely done. Dream (an “Endless” being) got imprisoned. The book is about how he got imprisoned, how he got free, and how he recovered his items of power that were stolen from him.

It's an interesting premise, and I would definitely like to see more of these Endless (one of which is Death).

December 9, 2012