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philippmk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Cursing, Blood, Lesbophobia, Gore, Violence, Death, Murder, and Self harm
Moderate: Drug abuse
Minor: Rape and Domestic abuse
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Body horror, Death, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Homophobia
Minor: Child death, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
kribol1113's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, and Self harm
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- 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
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
happylilfaerie's review
4.75
The way a female character is introduced, "Her nipples are hard and dark and shrunken on breasts like empty pouches". Yup that's the first thing we learn about her...there are much better ways to show a woman is old and sick than describing her boobs.
The casual use of a slur for Romani people, it was really unnecessary and could definitely be edited out of future editions of the book without affecting the story at all. Maybe it is taken out of the newer editions, I'm not sure as the one I borrowed from the library is an older one.
These flaws aside, the story and world have me captivated and I can't wait to read more about the characters and their adventures.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Incest, Racial slurs, and Rape
mariya_the_gremlin's review
Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Rape and Murder
Very disturbing necrophilia shit, one chapter - the dee/ ruby chapter has hella hella just fucked up gross shit including thatgrey_jayne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
This volume has my favorite two page panel of the demons in hell. Dream spends much of the time returning to himself, collecting his items of power, and generally reentering his life and responsibility as the Lord of Dreams. It's a bit of a slow start but so much of what I think about does come from this first run of comics. Oh, and we're introduced to Death in the final issue. Tons of content crammed into this volume!
I was surprised by how much Sandman fits within the DC universe. There are tons of references to places and people from Gotham and beyond. Martian Manhunter assists Dream at one point too. It's kinda fun to think about the Endless existing alongside the DC characters.
Graphic: Animal death and Suicide
Moderate: Drug abuse
areadingstan's review against another edition
- 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
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