Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Rose Madder by Stephen King

6 reviews

ro_lux's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

avrorae's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Death of parent

zone_a3's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, and Lesbophobia

stars_and_stags's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, however it is very much a book of its time. 

The first chapter is very dark and the opening pages are horrific to read. 

There are also quite a few words & phrases that were quite shocking to hear in 2023. 

Overall, I like the journey Rose goes on but I perfectly understand why some choose not to read this. It’s a tough read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

shinysarah28's review against another edition

Couldn’t get into it. Will return another time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Abortion

spare_comma's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

      This one surely is dark, in a very graphic gory way. Had to stop reading in the middle because of how uneasy I was feeling while reading it. 
Like, one month break.
But I was curious, and liked how the pace was in some parts so I went back to it..
I think that what was more interesting was how tense and complicated things were, seemed like a plausible plot, so I was a bit disappointed when

        suddenly fantasy was thrown into the story to resolve the problem, felt like a lazy way to do it. I was rooting for Rose, sure, but Norman being too complicated to deal with was the thing keeping me there.
+ the love interest was just unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail