This goes back to more standalone stories.

Which means we're going to having varying quality as you read through the book.

There's some great ones in here like Fear of Falling, which is a nice short story about someone not wanting to fail, but too scared of trying. I liked this one a lot. August is great tale of Ceaser's nephew, and a dark past, but we all knew this was coming. I also really enjoyed the main tale here of The Song of Orpheus which is probably the highlight to see Dream's son and his downfall. You know it's going to be sad but I wasn't prepared for how sad.

There's a few stories that miss the mark for me. especially the last one. Not a fan of the story, the structure, or the art. Kind of downer for me overall. I also didn't love the Marco Polo story.

But overall it had a lot more good than bad, and that's what I've come to expect of Sandman. A 4 out of 5.