This book in the series is a collection of standalone stories. I liked some more than the others.
鈥� The muse story was compelling. 鈥� The cat story was aThis book in the series is a collection of standalone stories. I liked some more than the others.
鈥� The muse story was compelling. 鈥� The cat story was alright. 鈥� The Shakespeare story did not really hit with me, but I'm guessing that's because I haven't read the play that it is referencing, and so I could not really connect to the meta-ness of it. 鈥� The last story with the faces was interesting, if only for its treatment of the subject of what superheroes trade of their humanity in exchange for their powers, but I was unsure what to make of it at the end. If you were completely missing the point, you'd think Gaiman was saying that if you're hideous and can't kill yourself, you just haven't found the right way to do it yet.
All in all, a mixed bag, but it's so quintessentially Gaiman that even when it doesn't work, it's still impressive....more
I've been trying to get ino The Sandman for years now, but every time I dipped my toe in it I found myself unable to sit through it. The layout is unoI've been trying to get ino The Sandman for years now, but every time I dipped my toe in it I found myself unable to sit through it. The layout is unorthodox and the story is told in fragments which are sometimes connected and sometimes not. Turns out, all I needed was the electricity to going out at home for a couple of days for me to give this book my undivded attention, and it was totally worth it.
Basically, it's not an easy read, but it rewards you for persevering with it. It's not the kind of thing that you fall in love with immediately, but it earns your love. The characters are unique and the themes are big and complex, and the whole thing is so nice to look at, so friggin' cool.
That being said, the first book Preludes & Nocturnes doesn't do much other than introduce the characters and the world, but it does enough that you'll want to read the rest of it. ...more
As this book is considered one of the "classics" my hopes were quite high for it, and was excited to start reading it especially as it wasn't particulAs this book is considered one of the "classics" my hopes were quite high for it, and was excited to start reading it especially as it wasn't particularly a long book.
It's safe to say that beyond the general premise of the story, there isn't much to talk about (in a positive way, at least) in this book. There is a lot of prose (not of the good kind, either) and very little characterization, very little character development, and up until the halfway point nothing much happens in the story.
All of this could be forgiven if the book had gone further in detail in describing what exactly makes man go savage in this scenario, as opposed to staying civil and organized. One could easily imagine an opposite scenario happening in these circumstances without it sounding weird or unusual.
For the most part, things happened in the story just because Golding wanted them to happen that way. There wasn't really a logical explanation (none provided, at least) for why things were the way they were, they just were that way and that's it.
Therefore I think the idea that this book is an exploration of the human condition is totally laughable. It's a fun silly bit of fiction, but really nothing more than that.
I'd give more credence to the meme analysis that Lord of the Flies is more about the British than it is about the human condition....more
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