Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Different Seasons: Four Novellas, by Stephen King

10 reviews

uhm_kai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

nice and spooky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Body horror, Car accident, Gore, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, and Genocide

yasmin_raev's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Rape, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Racial slurs

ikillsunflowers's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Gore, Murder, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Animal death, Suicide, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Ableism, and Abortion

mixtebaby's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow wow wow. Definitely worth the listen with the audiobook! I would’ve given this 5 stars but I couldn’t get into the second story of this collection. The writing was fabulous, I enjoyed every character I came across. Stand outs were Red, the dr in the last story, and Chris in The Body. I feel like these characters were the best I’ve read so far in my obsession with reading King. My favorite was The Shawshank Redemption, The Breathing Method, The Body. I was shaken to my core near the end of The Breathing method that is THE ONLY REASON it tops The Body. I literally stopped breathing….lol. Anyway, this book is definitely worth reading because those three are 5 star reads in my opinion. I want to give these collections a 5 star but unfortunately Apt Pupil messed it up. Maybe I’ll go back and read it one day…who knows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Suicide

sunny_not's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Some of the stories were super brutal and awful, they left me with a sense of dread while others were almost hopeful. Apt Pupil was not what I expected at all and I hated it. I hated the characters so much, it was dreadful, awful and really portrayed humanity's lows. I really liked Shawshank redemption it was a great novella and the breathing method although sad was a great one as well. Since I liked some stories I gave 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, and Medical content

lovelovelove's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

i want to eat every page in this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Cursing, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racial slurs and Homophobia

caidyn's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.5

Every other story after Shawshank paled in comparison. I did enjoy Apt Pupil, but the other two didn't excite me much. Still a good collection, but I wasn't in love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

grace_machine's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore

coloradolounge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

avasweet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the first Stephen King I've ever read, and I thought it was a great introduction to his work! All four stories are gripping and dark, underpinned by a deeply human sense of emotion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Rape and Antisemitism

The biggest TW I would say, besides gore for the whole book obviously, is in the story Apt Pupil, which has some rape mentions and a theme of antisemitism.