Reviews tagging Animal cruelty

»Es«, by Stephen King

70 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

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

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

stuffo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Drug use, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, and War

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Hate crime, and Slavery

All I'm going to say is this. There is a scene containing some

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sexual content between the Losers club

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and it does not need to be there nor is it relevant to the story. It took me out of the story and as a result it definitely didn't need to be there and came out of left field. As a result it lowered my rating by 1 star. I would recommend anyone take a look at the content warnings before reading.

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

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

nataliii's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Fatphobia, Murder, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia, Cancer, Vomit, and Infertility