Once Upon a Bookshelf

The Doll’s House is the second collection of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics. This collection starts with a story taking place back in the day about a woman who fell in love with the Dream Lord. Because of their love, her people are annihilated and she throws herself off a mountaintop.

It soon moves to the present, where two of Morpheus’s younger siblings Desire and Despair plot to ensnare their brother using the most recent dream vortex – a girl who has the ability to tear down the walls of peoples dreams, and this ability could very much threaten The Dreaming.

Meanwhile, Morpheus is still rebuilding his domain from when he was prisoner in the past collection. He finds that four of the residents in The Dreaming are gone, and must find them before they harm the living.

Okay, yeah, I totally enjoyed this one more than the first. Loved the story of the whole collection, but especially the prologue at the beginning – the folk-tale like story that tells of the woman and the Dream Lord falling in love. Love folk stories, and the fact that this focuses around Morpheus makes it a lot more fun.

I also loved the side story of Morpheus asking his sister to give a random person in a pub eternal life, so that he has a friend to meet with once a century – it gave more depth to his character. Also, at one point in that story, he totally looked like the Clockwork Men from Doctor Who. Awesome.

So yeah, totally loved this and am definitely looking forward to reading the rest!