Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Friedhof der Kuscheltiere by Stephen King

82 reviews

mlkao94697's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

The worst crime of this book was just how boring it was. The exploration style of writing that is used to try to connect us to the characters and set up the plot of the story might work for some people, but not for me. It just made the plot feel really meandering. About 70% of the way through the book,

after Gage died

, things started to pick up a bit, but even then there were only a few parts that were really engaging and the rest just more or less dragged on. The ending did not make up for the rest of the book either.

I thought that the influence of the Wendigo just kind of took the gas out of the whole plot, and in a way, it removed a lot of the responsibility of the events of the book from Louis, which I found kind of annoying.

The other characters besides Louis and Jud were so one-dimensional and basically felt only like tools for the plot. The passive sexism and racism were also super grating. The female characters could basically just be boiled down to sex objects. This was especially prevalent with Rachel, who was only there to serve as a source of pleasure for Louis

and her main contribution to the book is her childhood trauma, which is used as a horror device later in the book

. Also, the evil "Indian" burial grounds wreaking havoc on the poor white people premise is so overdone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Infidelity and Racism

alanareads747's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

chelseachips's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

Minor: Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

gbbywtsn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

calamity_114's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child death, Death, Gore, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

devonsonnessa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

This book started off really good, had me hooked from the introduction. However, as the book went on, it was way too wordy and so many parts were dragged on. I felt like it was a lot of build up for nothing to even really happen at the end. The ending absolutely sucked. Movie>>>>book. And I never say that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

jenivere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

gizley0420's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lizzieinmt's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Excellent writing and pacing. I loved this one. The descriptions were so vivid and engaging I found myself completely wrapped up in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Alcohol

fausticontrelibros's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail