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

9 reviews

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

soumil_da_vinci's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Car accident, Homophobia, Murder, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Mental illness

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

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

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

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Alcohol, Sexual content, Gore, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, War, Terminal illness, Incest, Hate crime, Excrement, Drug abuse, Car accident, Violence, Blood, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexism, Death, and Cursing

courtwj's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

hiddeninfantasy's review

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

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, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

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

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

areadingstan's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

In the first of Neil Gaiman's famous graphic novel series, we see The Sandman try to regain all of the power he has lost. This was a reread for me, and I had forgotten just how gritty, violent and downright disturbing it was. I would warn folks of that going in, but it is such a fascinating story and I love the way Gaiman does magical realism and plays with mythological themes. The artwork is also amazing! My gripes would be that some of the language is a little dated, the characters are not very diverse and there main characters seem to be men until the end...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Drug abuse, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence