Reviews tagging 'Death'

»Es«, by Stephen King

126 reviews

elikapaarnia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Blood, Fatphobia, Gore, Racism, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual content

kylee_hegel's review against another edition

So bad I couldn't finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, and Pedophilia

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

mini_mo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Suicide, Homophobia, Violence, Child abuse, Body horror, and Sexual content

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

laird_br0wn3's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The only King book (so far) to actually creep me out! Taking 3/4 a star off due to... that one scene. If you know, you know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Bullying, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Incest, Grief, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

patriciapfreitas's review against another edition

dark medium-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

3.75

The author could have taken some things out to make the book shorter. Some things were random. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Murder, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Gore, Rape, Bullying, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual harassment

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.

erinamazing's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Child death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment