But she wasn't really a cold-hearted bitch, despite the way she acted (well, not entirely); you can tell from what she says to Lyta Hall and her speech at Morpheus' wake that she really cared about him. Though I will admit I was sore at her for a while for causing the hurricane that killed Wanda...urk. It probably was a bad idea relationship-wise for him to date Thessaly though. XD
I tend to favor the longer arcs over the short stories because it feels like you get more characterization and the plot moves ahead more that way. But I will agree with you on The Kindly Ones. It was just depressing and grim and I swear, I wanted to kill Lyta Hall SO BAD. T_T
My big problem with Neil Gaiman is the fact that HE CANNOT WRITE AN ENDING FOR THE LIFE OF HIM. (Though that seems to have changed in Anansi Boys.) After the wake and the new Dream going in to meet his siblings, the series should have ended. Instead we then get a story about Hob Gadling which I didn't mind so much, it gave good closure; but then there was this stupid Orientalist sequel to "Soft Places" which was wholly unnecessary filler CRAP (and not even a particularly good piece of filler crap); and then finally a story about Shakespeare's last play which was good but should have come before that final story arc.
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Date: 2005-11-05 05:00 pm (UTC)I tend to favor the longer arcs over the short stories because it feels like you get more characterization and the plot moves ahead more that way. But I will agree with you on The Kindly Ones. It was just depressing and grim and I swear, I wanted to kill Lyta Hall SO BAD. T_T
My big problem with Neil Gaiman is the fact that HE CANNOT WRITE AN ENDING FOR THE LIFE OF HIM. (Though that seems to have changed in Anansi Boys.) After the wake and the new Dream going in to meet his siblings, the series should have ended. Instead we then get a story about Hob Gadling which I didn't mind so much, it gave good closure; but then there was this stupid Orientalist sequel to "Soft Places" which was wholly unnecessary filler CRAP (and not even a particularly good piece of filler crap); and then finally a story about Shakespeare's last play which was good but should have come before that final story arc.