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

44 reviews

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

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

carolibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, Suicide, and Murder

archaicgambit's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I forgot how scary the first book is! Read the series as a teenager. The art is beautiful, the paneling and lettering are so creative. A lot of the DC world references def went over my head as a kid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Murder, Death, Violence, Vomit, and Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Child death

vigil's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

coming into this mostly blind, i think its a solid introduction into the world of the endless. but it’s a set up, and it definitely feels like one. 

i think it dragged needlessly in certain points, but i was very satisfied with how it ended. the issue when death was introduced was easily my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Car accident, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Body horror, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

accidentalspaceexplorer's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• 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

3.0

While I found parts of Preludes & Nocturnes very compelling, this was way too dark for me, in a way that I just couldn't stomach. Cain and Abel was one thing, but almost every other issue has something horrifying happening in it. Not something I could deal with at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Sexual violence, Violence, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gore, Death, Murder, Infidelity, and Rape

edusa777's review

funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Rape

quirkko24's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Cursing, Child death, and Death

obviousthings's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Homophobia, Confinement, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Incest

margaridams's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

sp1derfairy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

This book is so very magical. Gaiman excels at throwing you into his universes. It’s also stressful, but when you allow yourself to let loose and accept that you will be confused, it becomes easier. Things will unravel with time and you slowly come to understand things to a greater level. The creativity of his work impacts your own and I remember pausing several times while reading to think on what has been said. 

Gaiman wants you to remember that hope and beauty exists in the world. He wants to create a permanent etching of this on your brain. The world isn’t wholly defined by pain and seeking forms of stimulation in vain in order to make up for something lost or something affecting you. There is the very prevalent horror of the thirst for power, but we must balance what we see. The world isn’t all of either. He wants you to put a different perspective on your life (similarly to the battle in the hellfire club). 

I do think I could have done with less examples of sexual assault of women though. 

I love the final section of this comic. Death’s conversation with Dream finally forces Dream to reconsider his perspective of his world (just as the readers have throughout) and it makes for a hilarious dialogue between siblings. It definitely humanizes them. It reminds us that even the Endless are living their lives and making their way through the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Rape