Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Mist by Stephen King

22 reviews

clobo2021's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It was a short easy read. My first Stephen King book I’ve read so far.!

I must admit I found the ending quite abrupt and felt it was lacking. It left me feeling quite disappointed because it was such a build up for nothing. 

I did find the concept of the story very interesting with the sense of the unknown. I feel that there was not enough time to enjoy the characters or build a connection to any of them. 

I’ll definitely give a different Stephen King Book a try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, and Suicide

Moderate: Body horror and Alcohol

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Death

tyelperinquar's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Just a really, really great book. This is my first ever Stephen King novel, and I understand now why he’s been so successful with his stories. His imagery is just fantastic, simple yet evocative, and the way he threads events together makes you want to keep going.

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about the narrator upon first listen, but his voice quickly grew on me. He has a great diversity of voices for the characters, even when the differences are a bit more subtle.

I watched the movie several years back, and while I enjoyed it, I think I ended up liking the book better. That’s always how it goes, isn’t it?

Now that I have a taste of what King is like, I’m really excited to start looking into his other works. Time to start expanding my TBR…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol

issymaae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Vomit

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Does Stephen King ever not set a book in Maine?

Good quick read, though I wouldn’t say I liked this more than The Long Walk. I sort of have a bigger appreciation for it now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

danimacuk's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

emilymcavoy's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

wooblatoober's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

didn’t like it. i wish king fleshed out the electrical wires thing more. it showed up so much in the beginning only to be half-assedly mentioned once later on. HATED the unnecessary sexuality. how many times does this dude have to mention his massive erection?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

epeolatrist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual content