As I was looking for a book to read by Gaiman, I came across this title. A lot of people have liked it and there were tones of paragraphs written praising the Sandman series by Gaiman. So I rushed to the library and picked this one (couldn't afford to buy this one, way too expensive. But someday!). The book didn't capture my imagination at first. I was like, meh...so there is another book. I kind of got bored and one-third in the book, I left it and picked some other books. Then 2 days back while cleaning my room (yes, I know I should read more. I mean who has time to clean the room?) I saw this one lying around on my chair (you know the chair everyone has in their bedroom?). And I thought, 'Let's give it another try. At least should finish the first volume.' And tell you what, I found the book irresistible. Honestly, couldn't put it down at all. Was up until 5 am in the morning reading it. And the moment I finished it, went to the library to get the second volume. And from what I have read about the series so far, it only gets better. So yaayyy.

I guess, initially there was just the inertia from some other books and hence took me some time to get into this one. Plus getting to know the characters and all and getting accustomed with them took some time as well. Everything said and done, a collection of brilliant stories. And I loved the graphic design of the book as well. Sandman's look is so apt! And Death, she looks so cute (oh well...)!

The only problem was the huge size of the book. If Amazon is to believe (and why would you doubt it anyway?), the book weighs a whopping 3.5 kgs. My laptop is a fifth of that.