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»Es« by Stephen King

84 reviews

neleusb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

audiobook with stephen weber is FANTASTIC, absolutely hard to get through some parts content wise, i was spoiled going in and still cringed at all that stephen king had to say

the tom shit in its entirety and the INTENSE sex scene with the kids at the end

and

the spiritual alien eternal pain in my ass twist with finding out what pennywise IS, and it is a she and SHES PREGNANT, and sorry a turtle made the universe and gave bill a pep talk to kill a clown like what was that

. absolutely gripping

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Stalking, and Murder

bobiii's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

craighead_the_wolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

gethin_burke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism

pax007's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

demartinodoc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I’ve surprisingly never read this book in it’s entirety, let alone listen the audiobook, but this is a gem of work from a madman. My overall impression is you have to have some serious screws loose to write this. Makes the movies feel like a preview of the actual story you get here!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

kiwifay's review against another edition

No amount of alcohol or coke can make this good. No amount of alcohol or coke can make me ignore the thousands of slurs.

I think I’ll take my copy camping and use it as fire starter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

_seanna_nicole_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

chadconnecticut's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

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

4.0

Two things about this book are true: that something being popular does not preclude it from being good, and that SK was deep in his cocaine years when this book was written, and it shows. 

There are moments of brilliance. King’s prose is lush and evocative, and his examinations of fear and coming of age are beautiful, haunting, and sad. The violence is gripping; the horror is affecting. 

Is the book too long by at least 300 pages? Absolutely. Is Richie Tozier a tough character to read from a contemporary lens (especially in an audiobook)? Of course. But the DNA of modern horror can be found all over this book, and the literary landscape wouldn’t be the same without it. 

I doubt I’ll read it a second time, but my perspective on the horror canon has been enriched for having read it. King is good. This book is good. The Scene That Will Never Make It Into Adaptations is…a choice that I wouldn’t make personally, nor do I think it would hold up in contemporary fiction, but in the context of both the narrative and the time in which it was written, it wasn’t as jarring and awful as I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Blood

sydgolt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I loved it. Obviously the gross part when they were kids was vile and imo completely unnecessary. he wanted them to create some deep connection but that felt… wrong. i think that’s when they should’ve made the blood pact. i understand that horror tends to push boundaries to really evoke strong emotions in the readers but this was just not right. 

that being said i absolutely loved reading this book cover to cover. it was so captivating and intricately written, more so than the majority of books i’ve read. stephen king has easily become one of my favorite authors. i loved the characters and their friendships and how strong and unqiue each personality was. sometimes in books they over-develop the main character and under-develop the side characters but everyone got equal effort put into them which i really
appreciated. 

I’m so glad i read this book when i did cuz im starting the year with such a high point. this will definitely be in my top 5 as well!! 

5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment