Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Under the Dome by Stephen King

37 reviews

bittie_bee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What a very stressful ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

seidrulf's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

jenlikesbigbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gore, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

sophiemoony's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

epic and absolutely masterful in the description of its villains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

samburkhouse's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs and Vomit

aesweole's review against another edition

dark tense

5.0

this book kept me on edge the whole time. i absolutely hated the villains, king did a good job making them the most annoying and awful people. it was like i was watching a drama tv show, a fucking emotional rollercoaster. something bad happens to main characters— shit! something good happens to them — phew😮‍💨 i know it’s how it’s supposed to be, but in a lot of cases i just don’t care enough to care about the characters. perhaps, it’s more of a me problem, still. this book is by far my favorite of king’s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Vomit

Minor: Child death

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

will_foster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the ride of this mammoth. I don't think Stephen King would call it a deep work, it's a roller coaster that whips you from one situation to the next, and it was tons of fun. This feels odd to say considering how dark and horribly tense the ride is at points but there it is. 

Quite a few moments are harrowing and horrifying but you continue regardless. As with most of King's novels, it's all about the characters, the ordinary people, and the journey you as a reader go as opposed to the plot, of which the hook is great 
and the finale less so. For what it's worth I liked the ending but can see why people would not. It's quite abrupt and could very well leave you thinking "oh, was that it?". Despite this, I loved my time with this story. I'm scared of big books but this felt like it flew by. It wasn't deep or overly meaningful in a big way, good themes are present, but the journey and the characters are what we're here for, and King is the master

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Rape

hyperashley's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia