Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

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

13 reviews

garfieldtruther's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This may be my favorite comic now. After Good Omens I thought Neil Gaiman's writing may not be for me, but I think I just wanted to see a faster-paced story from him. I recommend this for everyone, but skip 24 Hours if you can't stomach edgy 90's psycho horror. And skip the intro, it has spoilers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Death, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Murder, Hate crime, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Homophobia, Car accident, Torture, and Child death

Minor: Rape

24 Hours is the one with most of the content warnings, but it is possible to skip.

It details a horrific episode of psychological torture and a worldwide epidemic of madness committed by Doctor Dee. All you need to know is he did unforgivable things with the crystal.

gris_zorra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Child death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Torture

montybonty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood and Car accident

Minor: Sexual violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, War, Child death, and Terminal illness

iane_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Chronic illness, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Classism, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Self harm, Ableism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

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

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

unibadger's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Rape, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, Child death, Death, Suicide, Self harm, Homophobia, Gun violence, Animal death, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

anhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I read this because I really enjoyed the series on Netflix, and as the first comic I've ever read this was good. It's pretty much exactly what I expected after having watched it first. Usually I prefer to read the original before watching adaptations but I actually think it helped me visualize the world and characters better. That might sound weird because obviously a comic gives you visualizations already, but that's just what I thought...

Probably my favourite storywas the last one. I like how Death is depicted in this. She's not scary or cruel but actually a pretty cool person. I think that's a very unique idea and sort of a nice change after the other stories which are quite dark and brutal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Drug use

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

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