Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

40 reviews

jackiepreston's review

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

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, and Suicide

delphinaris's review against another edition

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

3.75

Honestly, I watched the show and loved it so I knew most of the plot points going in. Overall, the story was so compelling and weird and I thought it was cool. The only thing that kind of threw me was the gritty DC art style at times, loved the character designs tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Body horror, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Child death

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

zeloco's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

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

kitty_golden's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Gore, and Mental illness

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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Murder, Gore, Mental illness, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism, Torture, and Physical abuse

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

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

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

bookwormcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

Wonderfully imaginative with incredible illustrations. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Blood, Body horror, and Death