I just wanted to say that I loved it and it exceeded all my expectations. I know most people finished their books weeks ago, but I didn't have that luI just wanted to say that I loved it and it exceeded all my expectations. I know most people finished their books weeks ago, but I didn't have that luxury with everything else I had going on this summer. The Girl and I decided that we wanted to reread some of the more recent books and we thought it'd be neat if we did it together. So, with her hard cover copy we read aloud the 6th book, beginning it the night we bought the 7th. Yes, it was hard not starting that right away. And even harder that I was reading it out loud, since that would take more time. But it was a whole lot more fun. I would do all the voices and inflections. I even did some of the voices with their accents (not all, my British Isles accents are limited). Of course, at the end of the 6th and several times during the 7th, I had to close the book and try to compose myself. I'm a guy and should never been seen weeping. Especially from reading! Now, if I were kicked in the nuts or my favorite team lost or my life long dog died, then it would be acceptable to openly weep. Definitely not from a book. So I had to read a line and I would see the next line and I'd have to take a few moments, while The Girl was agonized. She would exclaim, "Well? What happened?" And I would see what happened. I could see the next few lines. But I just couldn't say them aloud just yet. It was quite emotional. And just a few short years ago, I couldn't stand anything Harry Potter. Of course I hadn't read any of the books or seen any of the movies. I just didn't like the mass hysteria surrounding it. So I avoided it. And then people I trusted and respected began to scoff at me. The couldn't understand why I hadn't joined the Harry Potter bandwagon. The promised me that if I made it through the first two books, I would love the third. So I picked up the first book and read it in a day. I thought it was cute. I picked up the second book. And read it in a day. I thought it was cute. Then I picked up the third book. And read it in a day. I thought it was good. No. Really good. This was no Scooby Doo with magic adventure anymore. This actually had a larger story. After that, I read all the books, watched all the movies and had my own sort of theories about what was going to happen in the last book. I made my own death list (people sure to die). I made my survivor list (people sure to live). And finally The Girl and I read the last book. Of course, I went in with high expectations, but with a realistic goal of being mildly disappointed. Isn't it always the case that anything and everything that you highly anticipate never reaches the level that you thought it'd be. The last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was everything I wanted from the ending to the series. I laughed. I (almost) cried. I smiled all through it at the joy of reading it. If you haven't yet gotten into Harry Potter, move out of the cave and go to a bookstore. This is a bandwagon that I'm not ashamed to have jumped on....more
Ouch! The Incarnations of Immortality was one of my favorite series as a child. Reading it as an adult is a bit of a cringe.
However, I did find out tOuch! The Incarnations of Immortality was one of my favorite series as a child. Reading it as an adult is a bit of a cringe.
However, I did find out that there was another book published in this series not long ago, so I will keep going. I've forgotten much of it and I expect not stop cringes along the way, but I'll make it through. ...more
Not much to say besides gushing over the brilliance of Gaiman and his Sandman series.
The guest artist concept was ingenious. It was a perfect choice oNot much to say besides gushing over the brilliance of Gaiman and his Sandman series.
The guest artist concept was ingenious. It was a perfect choice of Manara to illustrate Desire's story. Anything and everything Bill Seinkiewicz does is always artistically fantastic and his style was perfect for Delirium's story.
Despair's story truly illustrates her personification of Despair. The portraits are achingly dark and powerful and terrible. Not terrible bad, but terrible despair.
I did get a chuckle seeing and reading the allusion to Superman, another reminder of the connectivity of the DC universe. ...more