Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Different Seasons by Stephen King

5 reviews

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Cursing

asourceoffiction's review

dark hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 

⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟/5

Just one of the best things King has ever written, in a little over 100 pages. The film does absolute justice to the story (though I'm pretty sure Red was originally a redhead, and Andy is supposed to be short 😂) and it lives rent-free in my heart.

It's amazing how much is packed into such a short story, given how long some of King's books go on (I'm looking at you, The Dead Zone). Andy Dufresne is almost deified the way Red tells it, because he represents hope when life is at its most hopeless. And that's what the whole novella is about, and how it ends. With hope.

APT PUPIL

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

In stark contrast to Shawshank, there's no hope to be found in Apt Pupil. It's a study of darkness, and it only gets darker as it goes on. As the longest of the four stories by far, it's heavy. Todd scares me a lot more than Dussander as he sets everything in motion, and their association just gets creepier. I'd forgotten almost everything about this story except that ending, which haunts me.

THE BODY 

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

The first half of this is 3⭐, the second half is a solid 5⭐. It's the classic coming of age story, but has so much beauty and melancholy as the boys get further into their journey and Gordie becomes more reflective. Chris is just a wonderful character.

THE BREATHING METHOD

⭐⭐⭐/5

Wow. I mean... I read this 20 years ago and didn't remember any part of it. I think I repressed it. Only in Stephen King's mind could the Lamaze Method = horror story...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Rape, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

sappypatheticm's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide

sareena's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

yasmin_raev's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Racial slurs