Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs

35 reviews

brooksie03051's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I listened to this full cast audiobook with some well known actors narrating with James Mcavoy 🔥voicing the main character Morpheus. Joining him was Kat Dennings as Death, Michael Sheen as Lucifer, Taron Egerton as John Constantine, Samantha Morton as Urania Blackwell, Riz Ahmed as the Corinthian, Andy Serkis as Matthew the Raven, Bebe Neuwirth as the Siamese Cat and Neil Gaiman himself as the Narrator.

It was a full house of talent telling this crazy dark story. As good as everyone is, I feel like there are parts more meant to see 👀 than hear👂which is a complaint I have with this type of audiobook. It does make me more interested in watching the show now though, so there’s that.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dan_beddoe95's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Murder

e11en's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

alygreen96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Sandman Act I was my first audiobook and I really enjoyed it. I loved that it was a full cast as this helped me feel engrossed in the story. I loved Neil Gaiman’s narration as well, he has a great voice for it! There were a few storylines but the main was revolved around Morpheus getting his items of power back after they were taken from him when he was imprisoned. I loved the mix of stories and most of the characters. Some of it was a bit gory for 7am as I listened whilst driving to work but overall I loved this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

_riversong_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

gale_bruckner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I've loved the comics for a long time, and this audio adaptation more than did them justice.  I'm excited to listen to the rest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Child death

clara_groeni's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

agemme10's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Rape

miratass's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

The narration was amazing. That is about all I enjoyed. I understand it can be difficult to translate a graphic novel into an audiobook, but i found the netflix show adaptation much more entertaining. Some of the subplots were very boring and there was a lot of abuse conveyed on women that I felt was over the top and added for no apparent reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, and Sexual content

booknerd_therapist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Audio book only - a dramatized version of the first 20 comics of The Sandman.

STELLAR cast and incredible storytelling.

Trigger warnings for: rape, child abuse, murder, pretty much any and all violence, substances

I am past the point in my life where I write long reviews (if I write reviews at all) but this is totally worth your time if you are a Neil Gaiman fan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Rape, Violence, and Murder