Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

8 reviews

gris_zorra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Murder

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

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

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.

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

theinvulnerabletide's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

emilymckay's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

drasticpear's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Homophobia, and Self harm