Reviews tagging 'Incest'

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

9 reviews

starbeam_sundust's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Incest

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Alcohol, Sexual content, Gore, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, War, Terminal illness, Incest, Hate crime, Excrement, Drug abuse, Car accident, Violence, Blood, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexism, Death, and Cursing

geekywoman14's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Child death, Animal death, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Incest, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

pagesofnay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Child death and Incest

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

happylilfaerie's review

4.75

Neil Gaiman is a great writer and he's definitely gotten better over the years, as all good writers do. There were a couple of things that stood out as perhaps being a product of their time and it being one of his earlier work, nevertheless they deserve to be criticised. 

The way a female character is introduced, "Her nipples are hard and dark and shrunken on breasts like empty pouches". Yup that's the first thing we learn about her...there are much better ways to show a woman is old and sick than describing her boobs. 

The casual use of a slur for Romani people, it was really unnecessary and could definitely be edited out of future editions of the book without affecting the story at all. Maybe it is taken out of the newer editions, I'm not sure as the one I borrowed from the library is an older one. 

These flaws aside, the story and world have me captivated and I can't wait to read more about the characters and their adventures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Incest, Racial slurs, and Rape

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

liagatha's review

dark mysterious tense 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: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Incest

debookgeek's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

2021
4/5 stars

2020
3.5/5 sterren

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gore, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Self harm

Minor: Incest