Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

29 reviews

ericj32's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

This was very disorienting to pick up and try to follow without any context or familiarity with this world.  Lots of abrupt transitions and the first few issues felt very disconnected from each other.  The  last three issues seemed to kind of find their footing and the last one finally felt like a really enjoyable cohesive story.  I was ready to give up about halfway through but glad I stuck it out.  Overall it seems like a very messy and chaotic set up for what could be a really interesting character.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Chronic illness, Dementia, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Child death

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

shea_proulx's review

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Violence, Murder, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

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

bernardblack's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

morpheus is very caleb coded, i love my friend sm, thank u caleb for showing me this. the art style makes my brain go brrrrrr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Blood, Sexual content, Self harm, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Car accident, and Mental illness

courtwj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, Confinement, Self harm, Death, Excrement, and Physical abuse

albernikolauras's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Reading this while watching the first couple episodes of The Sandman was such an experience. The volume starts off slow and then ramps up as Sandman works to get his helm, gem, and dust back after a long period of captivity.

The artwork is sketchy and haunting, and matches the vibes of the book. The series doesn't shy away from the evils of humanity and can be a bit disturbing to read, but it was worth the read. Definitely plan on continuing. I was surprised by all of the DC references made, but it makes sense within the publishing of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Rape

mechiavelli's review

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: Gore, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Child death, Suicide, Self harm, Torture, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Drug use and Alcoholism

krispy_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I don’t even know what to rate this.
The beginning was ok and the last comic was ok. But what the actual fuck was John Dee and the diner scene. The funeral home confession was completely unnecessary and gross. 
Off to watch the Netflix adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Oozing from facial features & exploding heads. A trip to hell.

geekywoman14's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Child death, Animal death, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Incest, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse