Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

28 reviews

gale_bruckner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I've loved the comics for a long time, and this audio adaptation more than did them justice.  I'm excited to listen to the rest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Rape, Death, Stalking, Child abuse, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Child death

crsyldy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

clara_groeni's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Murder, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Mental illness, and Alcohol

booknerd_therapist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Audio book only - a dramatized version of the first 20 comics of The Sandman.

STELLAR cast and incredible storytelling.

Trigger warnings for: rape, child abuse, murder, pretty much any and all violence, substances

I am past the point in my life where I write long reviews (if I write reviews at all) but this is totally worth your time if you are a Neil Gaiman fan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Rape, and Drug use

hazzardfreak02's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

The voice acting is great! The range of actors makes it seem like a real play. There are a few triggering things in the book but it's not overdone. There are a few scenes that were harder to get invested in, but more often than not they pulled me in and I wanted to hear more! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Abandonment, Homophobia, and Rape

noranorasolosolo's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is so amazingly done. The sound design, the voice actors, the music, the narration – I’ve read all of the comics over and over and I cannot say enough good things about this adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Medical content, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

salie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Grief

sharp_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Physical abuse

madibacon's review against another edition

5.0

Read for B&N 2023 Reading Challenge, prompt: a graphic novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

littlelili1320's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

5 stars for the audio, 4 stars for the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape