Gaiman delves right into the myth he’s created, and emerges with his hands dirty, having deconstructed much of the foundation. In small doses, she’s a diversion, but as a lead character she can strain the patience.Ĭountering this is that Brief Lives is the most ambitious Sandman tale of the original run. This is one long shaggy dog tale, the joy being entirely in the telling, a meta-fictional point made within, but for maximum enjoyment much will depend on whether Gaiman’s characterisation of Delirium as a constantly addled naif is perceived as sympathetic and relevant to her representation. One little thing goes wrong and he acts like the sky is falling.” The latter is intended as an ironic counterpoint, but is nonetheless valid.ĭelirium decides the time has come to locate their missing brother Destruction, and being at somewhat of a loose end, Dream decides to accompany her. Self-pitying, but with a certain amount of personal charm.” or “He’s a good guy, y’know, but he overreacts. Within several characters offer their assessment of Morpheus: “A romantic fool. Much of Sandman beyond the earliest two volumes has presented Dream in passing, as the deus ex machina, the pithy observer, or the distanced icon, but in Brief Lives he takes a central role.
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