Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Pet Sematary, by Stephen King

17 reviews

smithreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

principessa_32's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

It a lot filling stuff in the story

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

jayejab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I’ve been reading Stephen King since the 80s and this is his most gruesome work in my opinion. Not for the faint of heart, but it says a lot about loss, grief and the acceptance of death. Michael C. Hall’s narration was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

saskia6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

i have no words honestly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Violence, Cannibalism, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

amandalouise717's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

kacyn21's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

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

5.0

It has been well over 15 years since I last read Pet Sematary and I am so happy I got to read it again. I had forgotten so much about this book and how much I actually love it. This has to be one of the few books that SK wrote that isn't long-winded and drones on the whole time. Don't get me wrong, there were some parts where this fid happen, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. There's such a creepy and great atmosphere, and the pacing is just perfect. I must admit, I think some parts went by too fast while other parts (that I personally didn't think mattered much) were lingered on. You can bet that I will read this again. Oh yes, I will read this again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Animal death, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

yello_ow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

zaraha's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Terminal illness, Child death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death

grasss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Child death, Car accident, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Genuinely amazing. The characters are wonderfully written; they are so believable and so human. The way it handles grief is absolutely amazing. It's pretty depressing and I loved every moment of it. You feel everything the characters are feeling. It's a story about grief and sadness and losing everything you care about, told in the most sympathetic and believable way possible. To the point where you understand what brings someone to resurrect their own child. Little slow at first, and it doesn't really get scary until the about the last 100 or so pages, but once it does its terrifying. I had trouble sleeping the night I finished it. One of the best books I've ever read.