Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

48 reviews

djenkin96's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

This book seemed to be split into 3 completely separate stories almost. I got a bit confused and struggled around 200-350 pages in. I struggled going from an odd

fairy tale story

to almost

hunger games style story

and then back to the strange fairy tale story. There was a lot of stairs and I often got confused if what was happening ! It was overall okay ? I enjoyed the style of writing and would read other kings.

I just kept reading because I was worried the dog was going to die !  I’m unsure if that’s good because of the hook or bad because it was the only reason after

mr bowditch dies

- I feel that In. Itself  didn’t do the character justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

elizas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death

xlipkins's review

adventurous dark inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Torture

Minor: Incest

anniefizzell's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

connie29's review

adventurous challenging dark funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and War

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and War

javafenn's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is very different from what I expected of Stephen King and I loved it!! I enjoyed the little bits of fairy tale lore laced throughout the story and the dollops of King’s world mentioned too. It was a fun story to listen to and a great twist on fairy tales in a very Stephen King way! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

wildflower_magic's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

ktdakotareads's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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

4.25

Lots of fun to read, though it took a while to get to the action. Loved the relationship between Charlie and Howard as well as Charlie and his dad. Jam packed and adventurous and a really awesome princess too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Confinement