Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

28 reviews

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

mayhem9683's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, and Cannibalism

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide

shea_proulx's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Murder

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

bernardblack's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

morpheus is very caleb coded, i love my friend sm, thank u caleb for showing me this. the art style makes my brain go brrrrrr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Car accident, and Murder

courtwj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Murder

albernikolauras's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Reading this while watching the first couple episodes of The Sandman was such an experience. The volume starts off slow and then ramps up as Sandman works to get his helm, gem, and dust back after a long period of captivity.

The artwork is sketchy and haunting, and matches the vibes of the book. The series doesn't shy away from the evils of humanity and can be a bit disturbing to read, but it was worth the read. Definitely plan on continuing. I was surprised by all of the DC references made, but it makes sense within the publishing of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

mechiavelli's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug use

krispy_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

I don’t even know what to rate this.
The beginning was ok and the last comic was ok. But what the actual fuck was John Dee and the diner scene. The funeral home confession was completely unnecessary and gross. 
Off to watch the Netflix adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Oozing from facial features & exploding heads. A trip to hell.

geekywoman14's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail