Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Apt Pupil by Stephen King

6 reviews

gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

judassilver's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide

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

genevieveokeeffe's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

tylor's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol