Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

18 reviews

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

mattypallett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-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? No

5.0

Incredible. I completely understand why this is so revered in the comic book world; will definitely read the rest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Lesbophobia

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

missindyrose's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Gore

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

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

grey_jayne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I'm rereading the Sandman comics, ahead of the show.  

This volume has my favorite two page panel of the demons in hell.  Dream spends much of the time returning to himself, collecting his items of power, and generally reentering his life and responsibility as the Lord of Dreams. It's a bit of a slow start but so much of what I think about does come from this first run of comics. Oh, and we're introduced to Death in the final issue. Tons of content crammed into this volume!

I was surprised by how much Sandman fits within the DC universe.  There are tons of references to places and people from Gotham and beyond. Martian Manhunter assists Dream at one point too. It's kinda fun to think about the Endless existing alongside the DC characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse