Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Rose Madder by Stephen King

2 reviews

mscorrupter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

susysstories's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

A suspenseful and gripping book, but there’s a bit too much explicit domestic violence for my taste. Also I wasn’t a fan of the painting part. Why did it “choose” Rose, who were the women? All in all I liked it but I’m not a fan of this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Blood