Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

38 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

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

dannybrown59's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

I really loved this book. Almost as much as The Shining. It was just written so well. There was a lot going on in the beginning but it all tied in together so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars. The more King I read, the more I appreciate his writing. I really loved this one, more so than I did the Shining (sorryyy) athough it has made me think about rereading the Shining at some point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

foxreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

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