Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Outsider by Stephen King

58 reviews

loudonuts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

without a doubt, THE OUTSIDER is my favourite stephen king book. so many elements of this story kept me on the edge of my seat, and just when i thought it might be over, it got worse. the story was fast-paced, but not enough that you feel like you can’t connect with any of the characters (holly is now one of my favourite women in literature). even though it does peter out slightly towards the end, the suspense and horror in this book is impressively immersive. i highly recommend you go into it as blind as possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Grief

natmorrall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

pretty boring and slow to start with and then goes in a super weird direction but it's stephen king so like kinda expected 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death

crystal689's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping

angst_of1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

A really good book, but didn't like the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

theologize's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

stardustvein's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Pregnancy

jossywright's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Takes an unusual turn which you will either love or hate 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

alylentz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

I really enjoyed this! I do think it was too long and lost momentum at the end (it also just became more action-y that I necessarily wanted), but the first third especially was just ENTHRALLING and I could not put it down. For sure interested to read something centered around Holly as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

spot_fan_69's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Like all Stephen King books the second half was pure nonsense, but I really did enjoy how the mystery was set up at the beginning, even if it was a little obvious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail