Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Misery by Stephen King

53 reviews

peyviz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

There were times the book was very fast paced and action-packed, but then a lot of times where it was slow and dragging. I disliked reading the parts of Misery's Return, and though I'm probably missing something, it seemed pretty pointless to me besides telling how it started and ended. Wasn't my favorite, but I definitely don't regret reading it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

kyleeb4by's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

definitely some weird sentences in there but yeah stephen king ate 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

humanhalfofachilleus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

as with most Stephen King, it could have ended 50 pages earlier and the "creepiness" relies heavily on "gross-out" rather than true terror or horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

tomellibee's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Vomit

britainmic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, and Alcohol

emmasmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Rape

poorlyassembled's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Minor: Rape

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, and Rape

alliluh's review

dark slow-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? Yes

4.75

god this was so creepy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism

celina246's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

An SK classic, full of suspense and horror, so I can't complain. His ideas and stories are always fantastic in the world of horror, even if it did include those SK ever-present features that I dislike (i.e. racism which is always unnecessary & adds nothing to the plot, minor mention of rape, rambling, bad jokes). 

Those features plus the fact that it got a bit slow in the middle, so it took me awhile to get through, stop me from giving it a 4 - but once it picked up, it really picked up. I forgive the slowness a bit, because it did help you get in the mindset of what it was like for the main character day by day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Vomit