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

18 reviews

moosaysmoo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Rape, Suicide, Addiction, Self harm, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident and Child death

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

potatopotts's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

dododenise's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

Objectively I know this was really good, yet nothing could draw me in. I wasn’t really enjoying reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Suicide

obviousthings's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Homophobia, Confinement, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Incest

theinvulnerabletide's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Drug use, and Cursing

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Medical content

drasticpear's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Homophobia, and Self harm

mariakureads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

I was way too young the first time I read this but with an older brother around, it was also easy to grab my hands on it but a lot of that passed me by the first time. On this second re-read, I can see the more convoluted story lines in each single issue which feel as single stories with one character connecting them all together.

We meet Morpheus, the Sandman, the Dream King. One of the oldest goods still around and yet a baby brother amongst his siblings which I find endearing. It highlights a family relationship which is further explored through other issues but on this volume, we are introduced to him, his power, his objects and where he's been. Along the way we get to meet a cast of well known faces and names and are introduced to some we will meet later. 

Gaiman has always been able to tell a story and here is the start of his longest running story featuring the Endless. I'll be honest that this is dark, a little twisted, a little gritty, and definitely not for kids. There's elements of horror and some very tongue in cheek dark humor that isn't for everyone but something I always enjoyed about his work. Gaiman isn't afraid to explore his worlds through his characters and so I can't wat to keep re-reading this all over again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Body horror

Moderate: Gore and Grief