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

14 reviews

tbd24's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

tbh I don’t know what I expected sandman to be but it wasn’t really this. I’ve read a decent amount of Gaiman books and I know this is super popular so I was thinking it would be a real crowning jewel but honestly I found most of it very boring. Maybe it’s just not my style, I’ve never been one much for grim dark. Also I know it was written in the 80’s but woof. Yikes, even. I hate to bring it up but with all the allegations against Gaiman, a lot of the treatment of women paints an unfortunate picture. It’s kind of crazy to me that I’ve never heard any criticism about these aspects of his writing. 

Idk the main part I liked was the epilogue so I might still end up reading the next one just to see if it’s more in that direction but I’m not hopeful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

garfieldtruther's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

This may be my favorite comic now. After Good Omens I thought Neil Gaiman's writing may not be for me, but I think I just wanted to see a faster-paced story from him. I recommend this for everyone, but skip 24 Hours if you can't stomach edgy 90's psycho horror. And skip the intro, it has spoilers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Rape

24 Hours is the one with most of the content warnings, but it is possible to skip.

It details a horrific episode of psychological torture and a worldwide epidemic of madness committed by Doctor Dee. All you need to know is he did unforgivable things with the crystal.

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

montybonty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood and Car accident

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, and War

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

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

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

unibadger's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

anhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I read this because I really enjoyed the series on Netflix, and as the first comic I've ever read this was good. It's pretty much exactly what I expected after having watched it first. Usually I prefer to read the original before watching adaptations but I actually think it helped me visualize the world and characters better. That might sound weird because obviously a comic gives you visualizations already, but that's just what I thought...

Probably my favourite storywas the last one. I like how Death is depicted in this. She's not scary or cruel but actually a pretty cool person. I think that's a very unique idea and sort of a nice change after the other stories which are quite dark and brutal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Drug use

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