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The Outsider by Stephen King

41 reviews

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

sethers's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

wafeeliz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

TOUGH read in the first half... Between repeated descriptions of a horrifically graphic, violent crime and a mountain of exposition, I can understand why Stephen King may not be everyone's speed. That being said, the second half of the novel did go by quickly. Personally, the unveiling of The Outsider as a supernatural entity wasn't much of a revelation as the seed for a venture outside of the bounds of reality had already been sown.

I can acknowledge old Steve's strengths as a writer, I really can. Here: I enjoyed his unconventional metaphors, descriptions, and narrative integration of character thoughts. He really knows how to build a world and flesh out characters and their relationships. I've heard he is a pretty successful guy, so good for him! We won't dwell too much on the considerable amount of typos, erroneous use of various words and phrases, and casual 80s racism in this novel.

This book was lovingly gifted to me and I AM glad that I read something outside of my comfort zone. Hell, I might even watch the miniseries if I can stomach the visuals. How wonderful that Mr. King was inspired by my culture's folklore <3 This section does NOT resemble a message my kidnappers would have made me send to reassure my loved ones that I am safe.

What I WILL say: Holly Gibney you have captured my heart! And the scent of a new book?? NOTHING COULD EVER SURPASS THE SENSATION OF PURE ECSTASY! (Took a good sniff just now.)

#MexicanIt #HowLatinosSpeakInMovies #LearnedANewSlur<3 #DidAnyoneCatchThatYuneSabloWasLatino?ItWasUnclearToMe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

somebodys_fool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

c4rn4ge's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

andrea_95's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Stephen King never disappoints, The Outsider is a gripping read from start to finish. Special shoutout to my girl Holly Gibney, I've only known her for one book but if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this building and then myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Grief

alucke94's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

witchleaves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

catfanatichorroradict's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

Konnte meine Hände nicht mehr davon lassen und nicht aufhören zu spekulieren. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

drtone's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I flew through this one, couldn’t put it down.  The star of the show here is of course, Holly Gibney.  I’m excited to continue reading her story and getting to know her better.

I don’t think there was any real standout plot here, just your run-of-the-mill King novel and those are stories I continue to read and love doing so.

I did like how the villain here has origins in Mexican folklore (and maybe others?).  It wasn’t a creature I’d heard about before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer