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

28 reviews

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

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

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

madscientistcat's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Rape

doomluz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Never read Gaiman’s comics, but it’s an interesting start to the series.
I started the series after finishing this volume and read the second while watching it. The pacing of the comic feels a little rushed and there are some changes in the show that I prefer over book version, but I still really like this comic.
Spoilers for the comic and the series:

The battle between Dream and Lucifer in the series instead of Choronzon is more dramatic. Doctor Destiny's motivation in the show gives him a little more depth than just being a villain.
Though I missed the Etrigan cameo in the show, separating the story from the larger DC world works better for the story, though there's still a gender-bent Constantine. It's trippy to think about The Sandman and Doom Patrol series being part of the same world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Murder, Torture, Body horror, Violence, Self harm, Death, Gore, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child death

annick's review

dark 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

2.0

Skip it. Not worth the bother. 

I only enjoyed issue three- a hope in hell. 
This series has long been highly rated and I found it a almost complete disappointment and let down. 

All the female characters lack agency. They are foils to the male characters who have agency in multiple ways.  Only two named characters offer characters of minority ethnicity - both have no impact on overall plot. 

The first eight issues of Gaiman’s sandman comic books. Gaiman’s  afterward acknowledges he finds “many of them awkward and ungainly,although even the clumsiest of them has something - a phrase perhaps or an idea or an image I’m still proud of”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, and Murder

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

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

kou_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Body horror, Violence, Death, and Rape