Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

32 reviews

digthewarmth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I love this book. I can't wait to read it again. It's not as scary as The Shining with regard to hauntings, this instead takes a dark sci-fi turn. Horrifying in a different way. I love the mix of characters, and I loved seeing all of what the Shining power can do. I love the choice of the villain. Really unique idea! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction

vikinggirl08's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, and Kidnapping

azaan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

An interesting sequel to a timeless horror work, although it was kind of crude at times. Was NOT thrilled that a book written in 2013 had a character called by a racial slur. But the theme of healing from cycles of abuse and trauma was surprisingly well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, and Car accident

yodamordecai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

3.5

Not as good as the original, but I read it in three days and  was engaged through the whole thing. I feel like it was a bit disconnected from the original, which is okay but wasn't to my liking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

larareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

maddireads13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

ufojules's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

okay so overall I liked it better than The Shining but it definitely didn’t have the same level of suspense. I’ve read cheesy, high fae fantasy with better twists and climactic point tbh.

in Doctor Sleep’s defence, I absolutely loved Abra and the other hero characters were all pretty likeable while the antagonists were disgusting and I wanted them gone. so characters were great but the plot just wasn’t really there for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

blenchbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Grief