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RDD
5.0 out of 5 stars Captures the Tone of the Story & Great for Fans!
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2021
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The Audible adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” covers the events of Gaiman, Sam Keith, and Mike Dringenberg’s series through “The Dream Country,” the third collected volume of the comic. It’s lovely to hear Gaiman himself provide his dulcet tones as the narrator while James McAvoy brings a brilliantly brooding presence to Morpheus. Riz Ahmed is perfect as The Corinthian and Kat Dennings perfectly captures Death’s optimism. Taron Egerton, Andy Serkis, Michael Sheen, Arthur Darvill, Reginald D. Hunter, Joanna Lumley, and Miriam Margolyes further lend their considerable talents to the story.

It helps if readers are familiar with the work. While Gaiman narrates each chapter and provides descriptions as necessary, the stories began in the comic book medium with its blend of text and visual storytelling so some details are lost in translation. The theme also overwhelms at times, with chapters structured like a television series featuring a “teaser” prior to the main titles. That being said, the adaptation gets the story beats right and captures the tone of the original comics perfectly. It’s a great adaptation for fans looking to rediscover the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Sandman's story begins
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2022
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Author Neil Gaiman brings us the first 20 issues of the Sandman comic book from DC Comics come to life with a full cast. I started listing to this audio novel due to the Netflix series that is coming. And this a great introduction to the series, yes it starts with humans capturing the Morfius or Dream as he's known in the endless. With 20 episodes it's hard to pin down one to describe and with so much going on that there's guest stars from the Justice League and some of Batman's rouges gallery. This was defiantly one of James McAvoy's greatest performances since he played Leto II in the mini-series Children of Dune. I'm looking forward to listing to Act 2 and as a fan of Neil Gaiman it's going to be great. I highly recommend this audio novel to all DC comics fans.
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Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A Totally Immersive Experience
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2022
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I had never read any of the graphic novels, but when Alexa offered this up as a free selection, I did a little digging and was impressed by what I read. An ensemble cast, incredible production quality, and a feeling that I wasn't just listening to an audiobook but sitting in the audience, had me thanking Audible (and Alexa) for turning me on to it.

NOT for the squeamish, definitely adult themed and episodic in nature (as graphic novels are, by their very nature). Perfect for the Halloween season.
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Aaron B. Culley
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent adaptation
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2020
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This was amazing. Knowing that Neil Gaiman was involved, I had high hopes that it would do justice to the story and be well done, but it exceeded my hopes. I know there are still efforts to come up with a film or TV version of the story, but I have a hard time imagining any better adaptation than what's been done here.

This volume covers the first three volumes of the comic (Preludes & Nocturnes, The Doll's House, and Dream Country). I've read the comic series multiple times, and this did come across as fully unabridged, and in some cases even added some details in the narration (done wonderfully by Neil Gaiman himself) that aren't specifically mentioned in the comic. They did change the order of some of the stories from how they play out in the books, but not in a way that effected the storytelling.

This may be one of my favorite audiobooks ever, and I can't wait to see how they'll do with the rest of the series.
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Kurogosane
5.0 out of 5 stars Daam Good!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2021
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I mean if audible continues to make audible collections like these, then I have found an alternative to YouTube. I mean really, the acting is superb and Neil Gaiman's and James McAvoy voice is soo good as the Sandman. I mean the story telling is wonderful. The stories are soo deep. It literally puts me to use my imagination and to see such a story narrated and acted by Neil Gaiman, and James McAvoy as the sandman was superb combination, and others who I've started to recognize as reoccurring actors from other audible dramas. The music in the background is perfect and drives you into thinking deep and makes you want to stay in the world of imagination.
Recommend it to others, if you've listened to other other audibles like "Alien out of the shadow" and more, then you are in treat with this.
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Malbear
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021
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I got the audiobook in audible since that seemed affordable. I finished the whole book in 10hrs and I absolutely love it! Its suspenseful, horrifying and dark and the narrators are amazing! I highly recommend the author since I have read his other books and I recommend the audiobook I will be reading the books since there is only 2 audiobooks right now and I believe there is 12 books (Please don't quote me on that I am still learning about the sandman). If you are planning on buying it and not using audible just be warned that it is and MP3 player not a CD.
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PRN
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the whole story
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2021
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I consider The Sandman series to be a highpoint of the comic book medium, and I can't recommend it enough, and this audio production is very well done, with great voices and production and with Neil Gaiman narrating.

It's a thoroughly enjoyable program until it abruptly ends less than a third of the way through the story, with the Midsummer Night's Dream play. I'm sure there are good reasons for the decision to do it this way but it's very jarring for somebody already familiar with the comics. Anyone who hasn't read the comics should do so as soon as they can and not bother with this.

If you're somebody for whom this is not an option, I believe a novelization of the story is coming out soon and hopefully, there will be an audio version soon.
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Yuri
4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely get the books along with it
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2021
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Pros: high quality audio, voice actors, and sound effects.

Cons: you can easily get lost if you don't have the books or already know the stories as this was my first time and I might have missed some context that only the graphic novels could have provided
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KGBeast
5.0 out of 5 stars Sandmann 1 - 20. Starbesetzte Audiofassung
Reviewed in Germany on May 13, 2023
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Dieses Audiobook versammelt die erste 20. Episoden und damit die ersten drei Zeichenromane ('Preludes & Nocturnes', 'The Doll' s House' und 'Dream Country' der vielfach ausgezeichneten DC-Vertigo Serie 'The Sandman' zusammen, Neil Gaimans erste große Comic -Produktion in deren Vertonung er nun den Erzähler gibt. Morpheus wird von James McAvoy gelesen, Death von Kate Dennings und Michael Sheen gibt Lucifer, der ja später aus dieser Serie in seine eigene Serialisierung aufsteigen soll - erst in Comics und dann im Stream.

Eine überaus angemessene und sehr zufriedenstellende Umsetzung des Beginns dieser sagenhaften Comicserie. Sollte in keiner Fantasy-Sammlung fehlen.
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Mark
4.0 out of 5 stars Great product but some faults
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2021
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Great product apart from the first disc not working properly in the cd player. But still a great cast and great set of stories.
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Susan A. Hudson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great listen
Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2020
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As a fan of the comics, I really enjoyed this audio version.
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stefano
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo libro audio adatto a persone in cerca di intrigo pultroppo un po sadico
Reviewed in Italy on December 29, 2020
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Molto bello ,intrigo di un contenimento e l evocazione del dio dei sogni e del incubo , dove il sogno dormire la giovinezza è il songno e la vite finisce a diventare un incubo
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Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyable audiobook
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2021
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Fantastic, saving up for volume 2
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