Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Cujo by Stephen King

24 reviews

kreglow's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

skelleybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

skysbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity

greenrequiem'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? No

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Strong warning if you are an animal lover

the dog dies, and we see the story from the dog's perspective at times as he get sicker

hk848's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Excrement, and Vomit

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This took me sooo long to read. The first half just dragged so much, I didn't want to pick it up and I struggled through. But the second half did really pick up especially towards the end. If it wasn't for the incredibly slow start I would've thought the last 150 pages to be brilliant, but that intial drag really brought it down for me, it just didn't seem necessary. The characters weren't particularly memorable, they didn't stand out to me. I liked the action at the end, I liked the tension, I felt we finally knew the characters, but unfortunately I was already too fed up with the book to really enjoy it when it finally got going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jfield351's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I wish they all died sooner

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

pastel_princess's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

halfmysoul's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

In terms of writing, this book is indeed worthy of 5 stars but it was genuinely horrifying. I knew to expect nothing less from the author but wow I was not prepared. I love King, I used to really want to read more books with the thriller/horror genre and the ones I read didnt really do it for me but his book's always ALWAYS had me getting chills up my spine, staying up late at night thinking about the story, etc etc. The writing in this book is of course amazing and although its a very interesting read, it isnt my favorite or one I would ever read again. The POV of Cujo is terrifying after he "turns bad" and the scenes of the mother's POV, while she's in the car, is possibly worse than the struggle scenes between her and Cujo. What happened to the little boy, and Cujo himself was horrifying. The way King describes everything is surreal and I had to close the book and get up often due to how graphic it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Blood