Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Body by Stephen King

13 reviews

katiecat22's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Vomit

hazardpossum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.5

The stories Stephen King tells are good but his writing style is annoying and slow to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lilprodigy00's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Cool adventure amongs a few friends,

a bit sad how the majority of them ended up.

It's the first Stephen King book I read and I enjoyed it, next I'm going to try a horror book, Pet Sematary, hope I'm able to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mr_d8a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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? No

2.5

At least there wasn’t any horror, just gross scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

shelgold's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I wish there was more, I didn’t want it to end. The Body sucked me in from the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, and Violence

pjv's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Gore and Racial slurs

samugranjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Forced institutionalization, War, and Injury/Injury detail

greciamj1958's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Grief, and Murder

cavexcanem's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury