Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

9 reviews

gyroshrike's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia and Pandemic/Epidemic

It's not enacted by the characters themselves, but there is deep antisemitism and anti Romani stereotypes embedded in the depictions of the antagonists. I wouldn't be surprised if the author didn't consciously or intentionally put it there, but wow it is THERE. Heavy spoilers, but nothing for the ending:

The villains have a history of being nomadic and "travelling in caravans and on camels" back in Europe, they kidnap and essentially devour children, referred to as monsters or inhuman, they are rich and have centuries of wealth stashed away. They are in the police force and even in politics if I remember correctly, in a way that allows them to evade persecution from the law.

All of these are very old and well documented stereotypes. Combine this with them spending much of the story

pursing blonde haired, blue eyed characters and you have a very unfortunate depiction of the classic "scary Jew tries to steal and eat the blonde, white/Christian child"

motifs in your story.

pixelpigeon's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really fun sequel to The Shining! If you liked that book I do recommend this one.

Stephen King does have a weird fixation on describing his female characters boobs though and it makes me uncomfortable every time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

perfectcupoftea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

bites_of_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I did not love The Shining but I was still curious to know more about Dan Torrance and what happened to him when he grew up. Dan ends up struggling with alcoholism like his father and eventually starts finding ways to manage his alcoholism. His shine is then put to use at a hospice where he helps people pass on and gives them some relief in their last moments. Throughout all this he is being contacted by someone via telepathic messages as well as writing on a chalkboard where he keeps track of patients. At first the messages are innocent but eventually they start talking about murder and danger so Dan has to find out more. 
There are still aspects of King's writing that are still sexist, racist, and ableist, so I can't give it the 5 stars it might have had without these inclusions. Compared to The Shining, this book does better in a lot of ways since I couldn't stop reading this 500+pg book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jess2obsess's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

kreglow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

_masha_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Gun violence

azaan's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis