Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Friedhof der Kuscheltiere by Stephen King

19 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

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

I've owned this book for so long and I'm so glad that I finally read it. I can definitely see the appeal and I can see why people love this book so much, but it's definitely not one of my favorites. This is one of the only Stephen King books that I've read that I actually thought kinda dragged on, but I didn't mind it as much as 'Salem's Lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Death

Minor: Ableism and Infidelity

lecheeese's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

A study in the hold grief can have on a person

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

emimcmanis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Excrement and Cannibalism

pholcidae's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.75

Aside from the casual racism (using outdated terms for Native American people and unnecessarily bringing people’s skin colour to attention), a near-flawless book.

The story is paced perfectly and I have been reading it nonstop. The author’s use of language to create suspense and terror is reminiscent of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. 

This was my first King novel and I think it was the perfect one to start on! Very tense and lots of fun easter eggs in there :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and War

jaimc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Domestic abuse

ddspirittt's review against another edition

mysterious 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

0.25

It is the most expository, dull, and boring book I have ever read. I was thankful to avoid any and all plot points before picking this up, but it was so predictable! I got so excited to see where it would go because of that.

Then I read. And read. Read. And read. Read some more. Read. The end.

People keep recommending this as the "scariest" story by King. But if the emotional payoff or lack thereof is "scary" to some, then dear lord, go read some more. The action at the end was neither suspenseful nor emotional but laughable.

Part two could be interesting, but this was the biggest letdown and snoozefest of a book ever. I don't want to read King again because of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bomenvernietiger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This isn't a book it's a depression machine. Jesus Christ Stephen. Incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity

Louis says some ableist shit. You could interpret this as the author agreeing with that stuff, but since Louis is an asshole in other portions of the book too, I think it's just a symptom of the assholery.

boggnaver's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Terminal illness, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit