Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

41 reviews

ericj32's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was very disorienting to pick up and try to follow without any context or familiarity with this world.  Lots of abrupt transitions and the first few issues felt very disconnected from each other.  The  last three issues seemed to kind of find their footing and the last one finally felt like a really enjoyable cohesive story.  I was ready to give up about halfway through but glad I stuck it out.  Overall it seems like a very messy and chaotic set up for what could be a really interesting character.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Chronic illness, Dementia, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Child death

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

pagesofash's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Rape

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Transphobia

bernardblack's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

morpheus is very caleb coded, i love my friend sm, thank u caleb for showing me this. the art style makes my brain go brrrrrr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Blood, Sexual content, Self harm, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Car accident, and Mental illness

antaresrises's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide 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

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful. Weird. Fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Cursing, Blood, Lesbophobia, Gore, Violence, Death, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Rape and Domestic abuse

courtwj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, Confinement, Self harm, Death, Excrement, and Physical abuse