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The Sandman, Vol. 9 by Neil Gaiman
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This is my lowest rating of the entire Sandman series thus far, and the main and only reason for this is that I absolutely hated the artwork in this volume. It was childish and very cartoon-ish and it prevented me from enjoying the story.

The story itself was quite good, well great in fact, although I feel that its length could have been curtailed somewhat. Rose Walker's story-line in particular felt forced, especially since it distracted from the main arc of the Kindly Ones hunting down dream. But other than that it was a finely crafted narrative with an emotionally satisfying conclusion.

I hate to go on about the artwork, but it was just down right atrocious. If the publishers ever decide to bring out another edition in the future, I would recommend them to commission another artist and do the artwork all over again. The final scenes between Death and Dream deserve a better portrayal.
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Elin Yeah, the style of artwork in this volume was not my taste either. Every chapter I kept hoping they'd brought a different artist in but nope... it wasn't until Volume 10 when we get some decent art back in.

I get that it's a 'stylistic' design but it just didn't fit for me at all. I just couldn't wait to see the back of it...


Nicole Man, I agree about the art. I flipped through the whole book hoping it'd change, and... nope. :(


Stuart 100% agreed the artwork by Marc Hempel was so bad it detracted from the story itself, and that the 13 chapters were just too long. Would love to see it redone someday with a better artist, and maybe a bit shorter.


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