This is the very first in the Sandman series put together while the worlds of the Endless and the Dreaming were still being put together, and as such there are sections of exciting discovery along with patches which are roughly put together. I read this (as an ebook) at the same time I listened to the first audiobook presentation of Sandman, which was a goood way to compare the strengths of each medium. A good deal of this first installment concerns the imprisonment, release, and restoration of Dream whose personality is still largely being sketched out. There are plenty of places for content warnings- these are pulpy situations being depicted, but I think a reader should have a pretty good idea of that going in.