Sandman V is the episode which I’ve read through fastest up to now. Compared to the previous books it’s an entire continuous story, which acts in the here and now (more or less), so that the perusing narrative flow is steadily increasing the tension. Barbie is a quite typical young woman, who (somewhere living in N.Y.) is enjoying her life after the seperation of Ken. But somewhere there is existing another world, which is threatened by extinction and where she is the monarch. Barbie doesn’t sense anything about this menacing danger. And so, some of the inhabitants head off at the risk of losing their lifes, to ask her to help them. The story is gripping without exception and plays with the different levels of two worlds, where subliminally is created the impression, that one is the real earth and the other a complete imaginary one. But a reality, which is populated by Barbie and Ken, dream creatures who are paying a visit and hoary magic beings? What’s real? What’s fantasy? Gorgeous narrative (even if there is a little bit less thoughtfulness than in some of the previous books), congenial drawings – a wonderful read!
Sandman V is the episode which I’ve read through fastest up to now. Compared to the previous books it’s an entire continuous story, which acts in the here and now (more or less), so that the perusing narrative flow is steadily increasing the tension.
Barbie is a quite typical young woman, who (somewhere living in N.Y.) is enjoying her life after the seperation of Ken. But somewhere there is existing another world, which is threatened by extinction and where she is the monarch. Barbie doesn’t sense anything about this menacing danger. And so, some of the inhabitants head off at the risk of losing their lifes, to ask her to help them.
The story is gripping without exception and plays with the different levels of two worlds, where subliminally is created the impression, that one is the real earth and the other a complete imaginary one. But a reality, which is populated by Barbie and Ken, dream creatures who are paying a visit and hoary magic beings? What’s real? What’s fantasy?
Gorgeous narrative (even if there is a little bit less thoughtfulness than in some of the previous books), congenial drawings – a wonderful read!