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Summary: Death, beautiful Death
Review: this was the first book i read by Neil a masterpiece. Death is beautiful, a young woman who has every thing for free. she makes you ant to live, that's is her advise. Live, as much as you can, for when she comes, nothing will stop her. Death, the older sister. gaiman is a genius, he is indeed.
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Summary: A favorite..
Review: The first time I read this series, I was sitting in an orchestra, on stage, during a concert, with a piccolo to my lips, trying to read the music and the comic at the same time, not bend the binding, allow my partner a good view of the comic, and not become to conspicuous. We walked on stage reading this and we walked off stage reading this. It was too good to put down for any reason.
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Summary: Death is the most human of the Endless
Review: Neil Gaiman is a genius. Let's just get that out of the way first, alright? In our modern world of hard science and no imagination, it is refreshing to see this man almost single-handedly (well, Elizabeth Hand's just as good) revive the mystery, magic and myth of our world, and those that (probably) exist beyond. With the creation of the Endless, Gaiman gave us a forum into which we could break down our pesky mortal lives into those things which are truly intangible, yet completely and utterly necessary--Dream, Destiny, Despair, Desire, Destruction, Delirium, and of course, Death.Death is the older sister of Dream, The Sandman, who gets her own spin-off graphic novel detailing her once a century excursion into our world, where she lives a day amongst the mortals she takes in their final moments. First off, the concept of Death being such a cheerful, chipper female is brilliance in itself, but what this miniseries does is show that perhaps Death is more human than the mortals she visits in death, and she notices the little things we often take for granted. It's not because she's omnipotent or anything, it's just because it's her nature...it's her willingness to thrust herself into this dirty world and find the glitter in its gutters. Death: The High Cost of Living is a modern fable, injected with Gaiman's obligatory shadows, but it also shines---the implication seems to be that Death's excursion into humanity every one hundred years is what keeps her happy with her job. And I, for one, wouldn't mind one bit if Death came one day, took me by the hand, said "Supercalifrajilisticexpialidocious" and whisked me off to the Dreaming. No, I think that would be a pleasant Death indeed.
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Summary: An Inperational Read. PERFECT
Review: This must be THE GREATEST COMIC STORY EVER!!!! Gaiman shows us just why he is so damn good. The best read I have had in a while.
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Summary: absolutely the best comic ever....
Review: Forget Neil Gaiman. Forget the Sandman. Death: The High Cost of Living stands on its own. It is a story, foremost, and it lives up to :that: ideal more powerfully than any story yet written. But it's hard to explain why. It doesn't have the great literary pretensions of some authors. But it leaves this complex :feeling: inside you that doesn't go away. Ever. "One day in every century Death takes on mortal form, better to understand what the lives she takes must feel like, to taste the bitter tang of mortality." We see Death as life, Death in life: we see Death in a way she can never be for us, the way she should be. Not the emblem of fear, but the close companion, the friend and confidant in all our problems. If that sounds pessimistic - read the story. If the idea of Death as a friend makes you think "bad bad bad," read the story. And remember that it IS a story, because sometimes you WILL want to forget.
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Summary: Not for children.
Review: You can ask you self; what is a comic book? Death: The high cost of the living, is by far NOT a book for children. It is a modern tail about the boy Sexton and his encounter whit the girl Didi, who claims that she in fact is Death. This is a beutiful tail, that I think everyone should have read. And Niel Gaiman is truly one of the best authors out there.
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Summary: This book is about Death becoming mortal every 100 years
Review: This book is perfect. Gaiman again takes comics to a new level. He uses characters people can relate with life-like problems. The idea of the angel of death being personified by Gaiman was brilliant.He did what no one else would have expected by making Death look like a relaxed woman who seemed she was quite happy with her life better then the cliched gloomy skeliton with gown. The book itself was like a masterpeice and Gaiman was like a painter. I highly recomend this book and I am sorry if my spelling is rough
G~
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Summary: Death brings life to comic books
Review: Death: the High Cost of Living is the best example of why comic books, and graphic novels need to be treated as literature, not the mind less cartoons they are thought to be. This is the by far the most touching book I have ever read. Formed from the mind of Neil Gaiman, the award winning author of Sandman: midsummer nights dream, this proudly displays the power of life, and the meaning of death. It take a deep look in to simple pleasures that we often overlook in our rushed lives. I strongly suggest this book to any one who thinks comic books are only for children. You will not only be proven wrong, you will be introduced to a fantastic story and author. -Alex Mitchell
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Summary: A touching and profound piece of literature.
Review: Death:The High Cost of Living changed the way I saw the medium of comic books, as well as the phenomenon of Death, and the way I perceived the
world itself. When a mortal-for-a-day Death casually raves to a blase, suicidal Sexton about how WONDERFUL apples are, I got a warm feeling inside that persisted for days. When it stopped, I read it again!!! I never thought of graphic novels as a medium to convey great ideas,
but I stand corrected. D:THCOL is a deeply touching, profound work of literature about the
little triumphs of life, and the treasures of
living, seen through the eyes of someone who only
gets to live once in a century. I picked this off my bookstore rack simply because I was depressed, and the title sounded like it would encourage my depression. I was wrong. After reading this...
I may never be depressed again.
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Summary: Death becomes mortal for a day.
Review: This is arguably one of the best comic book stories ever written. A must read for any fans of Neil Gaiman and his Sandman comic book series.
Originally appearing in three separate issues with the same title, "High Cost of Living" follows Death as she spends a day as a mortal. Along with her is Sexton Furnival, a boy who is filled with depression and hopelessness. He is a perfect compliment to the perky and smiley Death. Together they venture on a search through a big city for a lost heart. However, this is more than just a day-in-the-life story. It presents everyday life, and everyday activities, as something fun, exciting and worth living for. In essence, it shows just how precious life is -- all of life, the good parts and the bad parts.
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