Death: The High Cost of Living

Excellent, just as all of Gaiman's other books are. I loved seeing this vignette of death.

This one will give you nostalgia for the Sandman series. Sister to Morpheus; I love Death as a character, a portrayal that is so atypical. It's a toss-up on which of the two is my favourite Endless.

From the synopsis, Death takes on mortal form for one day each century, and in our particular century, she was a teenager who got a fellow teenager Sexton Furnival to tag along with her as she goes about experiencing life, seemingly for the first time. She's an avatar of Death, except, she's also a cheerful and friendly girl.

Through Death's mortal eyes and Sexton's cynical eyes, we experience life as it is, the realities and underlying truth of life. There's so many wonderful quotes in there that I dearly wish for a meatier story - the downside of the graphic novel - it's just not quite enough. Maybe it's because it barely scratches the itch of that feeling you get reading the Sandman; you'd wish there's more of it. The plot kinda hangs there with some loose ends, but perhaps that was intentional, since it's not like this is the last time that Death's gonna come visit...

Not nearly as good as his Sandman run, but still worth a read.

One of my faves. Read my full review here: http://knowitnotsomuch.blogspot.com/2013/01/death-high-cost-of-living.html