Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

It by Stephen King

258 reviews

roman_castavet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a long book and one which I would maybe say could due to be a few hundred pages shorter. This book took me over a year to read particularly due to the extensive "Derry history" parts and boomerangs between very fast pacing and aggressively slow dry parts, but in the end, I loved it. This is my second King read after The Shining, which I did love more in the moment but this book is less horror than it is adventure and a really beautiful coming of age story. At points, this read was a slog, but the character development is so special. I don't know if I would ever return to this book, but I am so glad to have finally finished it after a year, and the world building and character study is genuinely impressive and has truly loveable people to relate to. I think I maybe love this book? Despite being one of the reads that has taken me the longest to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism

Minor: Pedophilia

tbarneso's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.5

Took a long time for the book to get good, but once it did, it got really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

children sex scene

which was entirely unnecessary in my opinion

aj9moon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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 cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

fuerdeinestadt's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

charmarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

misfitnightmare's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

ffs_storm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, and Violence

fadeddpages's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

This could've been half the length and it would've been way better. There's SO MUCH extra/excess information and background. Also major trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

davidsimpier777's review against another edition

Many scenes in it went to far and were depressing to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Homophobia

The horror was well written, the characters were fun to read, and I love the ambitious story, but there is a lot of stuff here that felt unnecessary and went to far. I would recommend this book to anyone.

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity and Antisemitism

Minor: Infertility