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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A fantastic edition of a fantastic story. The audio performances are mesmerizing. The story is just as vivid and moving as I remember the comic book being.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal. I rarely am able to stay focused enough to listen to an audio book. The Sandman, with its sound effects and full cast (kind of a modern radio play) managed to not only retain my attention, but also for the first time in years I listened to something at an almost normal speed. I want to know anything and everything about how the mind of Mr. Gaiman works. His story was absolutely enthralling
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment
I feel like doing an adaptation this faithful to the source material was a bit of a mistake, since the book hadn't quite found its identity yet in the early volumes covered here, but it's a fabulous production—and currently free.
Listening to this book with the full cast was an amazing experience. It was a great story and the crossovers with all the different universes were interesting but, at times, hard to follow. I really enjoyed this audiobook though!
This was a near-perfect adaptation of the first three "books" published in the Sandman series.
Things I did not remember:
How utterly violent some of the early stuff was. (I realize it's often classified as horror, but I feel like the soundscapes were more viscerally violent than the comic images.)
Things I did remember:
How much I enjoyed it.
One day I even read along in the book and the text was nearly a word-for-word match.
Also, this story is so *very* of its time. It positively oozes ~1990. Which: accurate to the book.
Things I did not remember:
How utterly violent some of the early stuff was. (I realize it's often classified as horror, but I feel like the soundscapes were more viscerally violent than the comic images.)
Things I did remember:
How much I enjoyed it.
One day I even read along in the book and the text was nearly a word-for-word match.
Also, this story is so *very* of its time. It positively oozes ~1990. Which: accurate to the book.
Blurb: You'll love it at once...the way you did once upon a dream.
As a young-man I've had the privilege and good-fortune to read The Sandman comic-books and fall in love with Gaiman's writing and the world of Sandman. As an adult I've now had the privilege and the good-fortune to have The Sandman be my very first experience on Audible. And what an experience it was!
Every reader has their own 'reading-voice'. It is the voice they use while reading a text. Sometimes it is their own, else, it belongs to that celebrity/artist whose voice just makes them feel all warm and fuzzy when they hear it. Readers of a more passionate and voracious nature boast about having a whole voice-cast residing in their minds. Each voice unique to a character-archetype, and one that breathes life into the imagery that words conjure up while they read. The voice-cast in this audible is eerily similar to the voices I always imagined the characters of Sandman to possess. Be it their playfulness, their rage, their melancholy or their delight, I have experienced the animation of The Sandman comic-book panels every time I've pressed 'play' on my Audible-app. Even the silences of the 'empty-space' panels (of which there are several) have been carried over to the audible-experience. The silences here are just as eloquent as one would find in the comic-book. Where nothing is written/spoken but much is said.
A further delight is the soundtrack which compliments each moment brilliantly. Every act is appropriately represented through the sound-effects no matter how trivial and ultimate bliss (as an audience) is found time and time again when the voice-acting and the accompanying background music reach their crescendo.
Gaiman has surrounded himself with a cast of voice-actors who like him possess that gift of auditory magic. It is a treat to have every little bit enunciated and delivered with the same level of care and perfection as I would imagine Gaiman put together the comic-book. In my opinion, this Audible is one that shall appeal to both the new and old members of The Sandman fandom. I consider the future installment of this series 'purchased'. Because I wouldn't miss it for the world. I wouldn't dream of it.
As a young-man I've had the privilege and good-fortune to read The Sandman comic-books and fall in love with Gaiman's writing and the world of Sandman. As an adult I've now had the privilege and the good-fortune to have The Sandman be my very first experience on Audible. And what an experience it was!
Every reader has their own 'reading-voice'. It is the voice they use while reading a text. Sometimes it is their own, else, it belongs to that celebrity/artist whose voice just makes them feel all warm and fuzzy when they hear it. Readers of a more passionate and voracious nature boast about having a whole voice-cast residing in their minds. Each voice unique to a character-archetype, and one that breathes life into the imagery that words conjure up while they read. The voice-cast in this audible is eerily similar to the voices I always imagined the characters of Sandman to possess. Be it their playfulness, their rage, their melancholy or their delight, I have experienced the animation of The Sandman comic-book panels every time I've pressed 'play' on my Audible-app. Even the silences of the 'empty-space' panels (of which there are several) have been carried over to the audible-experience. The silences here are just as eloquent as one would find in the comic-book. Where nothing is written/spoken but much is said.
A further delight is the soundtrack which compliments each moment brilliantly. Every act is appropriately represented through the sound-effects no matter how trivial and ultimate bliss (as an audience) is found time and time again when the voice-acting and the accompanying background music reach their crescendo.
Gaiman has surrounded himself with a cast of voice-actors who like him possess that gift of auditory magic. It is a treat to have every little bit enunciated and delivered with the same level of care and perfection as I would imagine Gaiman put together the comic-book. In my opinion, this Audible is one that shall appeal to both the new and old members of The Sandman fandom. I consider the future installment of this series 'purchased'. Because I wouldn't miss it for the world. I wouldn't dream of it.