Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Revival by Stephen King

9 reviews

ryleezittlau's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Medical trauma, Grief, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent

sofiazee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Writing was good, though there may be a tad too many slangs for me, a non-American, to understand. (For example, "carny".) Build-up was so slow I almost wanted to give up - the reviews on GR encouraged me to push forward. "This was scary," they say.

Sad to report that climax was thoroughly, utterly underwhelming. Overly cliche. Was it because I wasn't reading this at night? That I don't believe in a wonderful, happy afterlife? I guess our preconceived notion of afterlife differs culture to culture, and even person to person, and thus this book may only work on people with strong religiosity? Honestly speaking, the ending I had in mind is probably even more exciting than this.

If we were to look past the less-than-mediocre ending and slow story building, I do like Stephen King's writing. Description was vivid and realistic. I like how he drops little cliffhangers or clues at almost every section to tease you, to keep you hooked to the story. I felt attached to Jamie and his family as they went through ups and downs in life. Charles/Charlie/Danny Jacobs wasn't as scary as the author wanted him to be, perhaps because Jamie hadn't perceived him as horrifying until very late.

Instead of an ending that is so epic and so easily flopped

such as finding out what the afterlife is like

, perhaps a simple haunted house adventure with Jamie and their siblings (another <i>It</i>, maybe?) may be good enough, lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Suicide, Body horror, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder and Gun violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

pierreadsbooks's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child death, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Car accident

rachelunabridged's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

stephen king killin' it with the character work again! thoroughly enjoyed this read, even though it was such a slow burn. a lot of time was spent setting up the characters and carefully building the story to its horrifying conclusion. this is an example of slow burn done right; i was so invested in the characters + relationships that i didn't even mind the slower pacing. would definitely recommend to readers who enjoy a character-focused story with strong themes of faith, grief, and mortality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Grief, Addiction, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer and Chronic illness

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gaslighting, Cancer, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Drug abuse, Gore, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

lemonwrlds's review

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug use

imstephtacular's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Grief, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: War and Classism

kyorosuke's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

emilymdxn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Child death, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, and Gun violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Mass/school shootings