Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

82 reviews

chelseachips's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

Minor: Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

gbbywtsn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

jenivere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

narsere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism

lizzieinmt's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Excellent writing and pacing. I loved this one. The descriptions were so vivid and engaging I found myself completely wrapped up in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Alcohol

jiffy145's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

stephen u have done it again. i went nuts and read this in one day which i haven't been able to do in years and it made me feel sick to my stomach more than once. great shit

also i saw all ur references to ur other novels. u madman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Medical content

truckasaurusb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

lecheeese's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A study in the hold grief can have on a person

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

joelypop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

emimcmanis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Excrement and Cannibalism