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Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

2 reviews

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I seriously don’t know what the Dreamcatcher represents. It was a good science fiction novel, the monster seemed stupid and like it could have been a little more creative in what it is described as looking like. Lots of good characters and symbolism. If I knew the purpose of the Dreamcatcher it would be rated higher, I’m gonna have to google what it means. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dakotahrey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

The book is pretty long. It felt like it took me forever to read it. Some parts are unnecessarily long, but for the purpose of expanding upon the backstory that is needed for the five main characters and their connection. It was a really cool book, but I just feel like it took so long to read lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, and Car accident