Reviews tagging 'Injury/injury detail'

»Es«, by Stephen King

46 reviews

alexander_z's review against another edition

the novelty of the horror genre wore off, and I was left with a challenge of a 1,300 page book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Homophobia, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Death, Bullying, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Self harm, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Gore, Fatphobia, Blood, and Suicide attempt

setaggu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Torture, Gore, Cursing, Child abuse, Injury/injury detail, Suicide, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

snarkandspark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Child death, Bullying, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

oops_i_read_it_again's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

Stephen King really pretended that children having an orgy in a drain pipe is integral to the plot 😫 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Death of parent, Suicide, Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Pedophilia, and Racism

Beverly, a young girl, is descriped sexually multiple times throughout the book. Every male character wants to have Sex with her.

ahhhhhkakamsjsksmsja's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Gore

Moderate: Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Drug use

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

Should’ve DNF it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/injury detail, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

auds_wright's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Ableism, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

livya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body shaming, Sexual content, Suicide, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

bluejeepbaby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Child death, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Racism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Self harm

Moderate: Fatphobia, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Infertility, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Antisemitism

reading_ani's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

I love Stephen King, but this book was such a draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag. I needed several attempts and a couple of switches between audiobook and normal reading just to make it through. The plot per se was great as always, but the prose was just really unnecessarily complicated and dragged out. Yet I’m just so happy to have finally managed to read the book that scared and scarred me so much when I was 10 years old and watched it with several older friends ages ago.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Murder, Death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Racism, Injury/injury detail, and Infidelity