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The Sandman: Act I by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs

12 reviews

e11en's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

gale_bruckner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I've loved the comics for a long time, and this audio adaptation more than did them justice.  I'm excited to listen to the rest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Child death

clara_groeni's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

noranorasolosolo's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is so amazingly done. The sound design, the voice actors, the music, the narration – I’ve read all of the comics over and over and I cannot say enough good things about this adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

salie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Grief

inameitlater's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very strong trigger warning for

"Calliope" as the rape scene in it has sound affects. "24 hours" is also tough as the violence has sound effects too. I personally could handle that better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

nolimalumsedheroa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal. I rarely am able to stay focused enough to listen to an audio book. The Sandman, with its sound effects and full cast (kind of a modern radio play) managed to not only retain my attention, but also for the first time in years I listened to something at an almost normal speed. I want to know anything and everything about how the mind of Mr. Gaiman works. His story was absolutely enthralling 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

mardana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

kaneli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

frostbitsky's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was part of the Included catalogue on Audible for a limited time and I decided why not listen to it as part as of my October/Halloween read. 

Side note: for days I had the song "Mr. Sandman" stuck in my head.

The production value is really good. I liked the sound effects (it helped visualizing scenes that's originally a graphic novel) and I liked the intro song. 

I loved James McAvoy's voice. He's an excellent narrator. Though I did not picture Morpheus as the image on the cover but as James McAvoy. 

I didn't realize the beginning would have a slight MacGuffin Plot. Even so, it was entertaining. 

Some things I liked:

- Michael Sheen as Lucifer. I pictured him as Aro in the Twilight Saga.
- Episode 10: "Men of Good Fortune". 
- The Vortex / Rose Walker 

I hated:
- "24 Hours" - way too sick and disturbing. I fast forwarded that story.
- "Collectors" - I didn't see the point of this one.

If Part 2 is ever available in the Included catalogue then I'll listen to that.

3.5 our of 5 Dreams.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder