Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Carrie by Stephen King

69 reviews

piealamode's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Blood, and Animal death

kellygarsha's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Rape, and Sexual assault

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Blood, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture

traceyanderson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Murder

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Miscarriage

tylerismisfit's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Animal death

scip's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Sexism, Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Fatphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

morag's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, and Religious bigotry

miriam_mal's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Kind of weird to rate this because here’s the thing: I hate horror and gore but I really wanted to read a Stephen king novel to know what the hype was about. He’s such a popular and successful author. I didn’t intend originally for this to be my first choice until I saw a post online commenting on how Carrie is “one of the most human girls” and it was available on my library app so I checked it out immediately. It was a real page turner and I think King’s writing is pretty tight. Read it in 2 days. The earlier parts about carrie’s mother’s religious fanaticism were like a car wreck I couldn’t look away from. I think this may live in my head for a bit. So by all accounts in terms of its construction I should probably be giving this book a higher rating. It’s just such nasty content in the second half that I don’t want to - which again, I knew I’d feel that way going in.  
I probably will read other stephen king books but I’ll check out which ones are less horror/gore oriented. We’ll see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Domestic abuse

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Animal death, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Antisemitism