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Apt Pupil by Stephen King

2 reviews

sloan_emmi92's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

   I honestly don’t even know what to rate this book because how can I rate something that put me in shock after I read it? Like I sat there staring at it wondering how I was not gonna think about what I read.
   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.

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Content Warnings

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

reemoony's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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

dont read this book. 

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Content Warnings

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