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The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

19 reviews

scrambie's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

The way I would describe this text is ‘dark whimsical’. I genuinely had no clue where the plot was going,
 And couldn’t anticipate all the twists and turns. 

It feels that the author had a plethora ideas that he expertly braided together under the theme of ‘dreams’ and ‘Morpheus’. 

Through dreams and revelation, this text touches on what it is to be present, human, and the challenges we face outside the dreaming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kat_sanford's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jackiepreston's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

cleansky7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

yumaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

iane_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

shay_talksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bea_evans's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I am probably not the target audience here. As originally a comic series, it’s episodic, with a story developing in a longer arc. This is the first 8 comics in the series in one book. I don’t really like the art, but it’s evocative, dark and gross. The level of detail is impressive, however, and I probably missed a few things.

The story, of the accidental imprisonment of Dream, his eventual escape, and his quest to get back his tools, makes me wonder what the rest of the series is about. “The sound of her wings” is perfect, to me, because I thought, “okay what now,” and Morpheus was at the same place.

The other episodes are occasionally very violent and sometimes sexual. Definitely not for younger viewers, as they say. I’m sure the genre affected the storytelling. The inclusion of other DC characters was odd, to me. And, since I’m not a comic reader, I wasn’t always sure who was who. The myth and classical allusions are more my speed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

ericj32's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

This was very disorienting to pick up and try to follow without any context or familiarity with this world.  Lots of abrupt transitions and the first few issues felt very disconnected from each other.  The  last three issues seemed to kind of find their footing and the last one finally felt like a really enjoyable cohesive story.  I was ready to give up about halfway through but glad I stuck it out.  Overall it seems like a very messy and chaotic set up for what could be a really interesting character.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, and Suicide

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Car accident