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veryill's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War
Minor: Rape
sommarborne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
But I think now more than ever this book is a critical read. This shows the inner workings of a kid who starts off innocuous and his descent into extreme bigotry and how kids can be groomed into horrific ideologies. It is a short, quick read and it is the kind of thing you won’t put down until you are done. There is no relief or happy endings here. It is just one fucked up short story. Read at your own risk.
As a caution, there is vivid animal cruelty and death with a cat that is vile to read. There is an equally disturbing sexual assault sequence in a dream.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
sloan_emmi92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Stephen King is an extremely, extremely talented author, especially because he made me visibly wanna gag throughout this book. I’ve never read anything like this, so maybe it’s just my first time reading a genuinely dark and disturbing novel. I think the thing that truly scared me about this was it was circling an event that actually happened that I’ve learned so much about and is so incredibly devastating.
I knew this book was gonna be scary but it definitely exceeded the expectations. And that ending!!!! It was so unexpected and the things that were revealed throughout the book, I never would’ve guessed.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, Alcohol, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Child death
sappypatheticm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and War
beathebluebird's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, War, and Classism
mariahlynn123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Antisemitism, Murder, and War
reemoony's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War
elisasifaa's review against another edition
0.5
I was willing to give this book a fair shot, even after realizing what it is about since it is a Stephen King novel after all but I won’t tolerate animal abuse.
What the hell is the deal with King and his abuse of cats, I think this is the third book I’ve read by him that has a descriptive cat abuse scene…
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault and Torture
midnightspell's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Murder
Minor: War