Well I liked this book, loved it even, but I have to wonder just how Neil Gaiman gets away with straying from the path of his main plot so often. The Doll's House is literally a seven-part story called The Doll's House, but this is totally misleading. It is, in fact, a four, maybe five part story called The Doll's House, the rest being stories that must have just appealed to Neil at the time of writing. And, honestly, the stories that stray from the path are the best in the book. This is much better than the first Sandman book, but [contrary to what another reviewer said] is not as dark. This lacks a truly incredible chapter, such as the chapter in Preludes and Nocturnes when Morpheus travels to hell, but the whole book is excellent all in all. Definitely worth reading.