Reviews tagging Physical abuse

»Es«, by Stephen King

88 reviews

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Infertility, Self harm, and Terminal illness

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

infectiousreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

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

laurelaurel's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

Sure it had good moments and great quotes but it just genuinely wasn’t worth it. It was SO LONG and I feel like I got nothing out of it. I was just kinda reading it to get it over with not because I actually enjoyed it and I kept thinking it would get better but it didn’t. Also Stephen King is so weird and I hate him what is wrong with him. Also I just kept thinking “what was this guy on when writing this, he needs a new editor.” He must’ve been on so many drugs while writing this and it did not help him 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Racial slurs, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Stalking, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

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

apxllo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Racism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Classism, Cancer, Animal death, Sexism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Gore, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content