Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Firestarter by Stephen King

32 reviews

bookwormloverofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I've had this book on my shelf for so long and I finally read it! I was debating whether to give it a 4.5 or a 5 star, but I did really love Andy and Charlie, so 5 it is :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pedophilia and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia

veronikar's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

epeolatrist's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

At first I thought, oh cool retro 80s setting. Except the book was published in 1980. And man, running from the government was hard then, but imagine trying to run now.

Also, the computer usage was....amusing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I’ve had a Stephen King phobia my whole life. This the first book I’ve read by him. It was so good! Excited to read more of his works now. Still a bit trepidatious, but much more open minded now for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.25

A good story that's buried under too much character building (yes there is such a thing as too much). The mom is dead in the book, so I would cut her character building in half, particularly everything about her sexual struggle, which doesn't relate to anything. I would cut the villain perspectives during the chase scenes down to a paragraph or two at most and place them at the end of each chapter. I enjoyed the story, but it was so bogged down and hidden by a bunch of extra pages that just didn't need to be there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

nishidake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Grief

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail