The Sandman - Neil Gaiman
The Wake
The Sandman’s final collection is strange. The named character died at the end of the last volume.
This is the tying up of all the loose ends. It is time for the wake and the funeral and for all the characters to have their last hurrah.
The Will Shakespeare plotline is great, and its end here is no different.
As you will see, when I add the earlier volumes here, I really enjoyed the Litharge story. Especially the secret room and its hidden importance. To see both return here is brilliant.
To see Litharge also fulfil its purpose for the Endless is spot on. Rose, Nuala and Richard return, but all their stories feel flat without Morpheus.
Rob is great as always. But I just felt sad because this is the end.
There is a section where Master Li meets the new Dream in the soft places. The story was fine, but I was not a fan of the illustration. Sad to see Dream go but it had to end somewhere.
