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blackrose098's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
emnime's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
scip's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, and Police brutality
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
mariana_ct08's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
juliafritz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
miriam_mal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I probably will read other stephen king books but I’ll check out which ones are less horror/gore oriented. We’ll see.
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
roseisvibing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage and Antisemitism
nathegz's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Car accident
snackykennedy's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent
thestorydoer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The book is fantastic in it's tension, as per King's trademark style. It also provides an interestinf emotional journey from cathartic to ultimately disturbing which was quite the evolution.
It is also quite good in it's exposition. I usually find Kings exposition rather monotonous but this time, it was quite enjoyable to read thanks to the interesting creative decision to include research and journalistic articles dispersed within the main narrative.
However, this creative decision is stuck to religiously, may it be to the books benefit or it's detriment. When it benefits, it's interesting and has quite good foreshadowing (even if it were a little on the nose). When it doesnt though, it's quite unfortunate. This is because it often repeats climactic events twice, from different perspectives yes, but to repeat twice over became a little monotonous. I would've hoped that perhaps the separate perspectives were broken up in between Carries perspective, as opposed to full narratives played through twice. This ften took away from the climactic sequences.
Disturbing, tense, and interesting, if not a little too religious in it's creative delivery. Pun not intended. 3/5
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Blood