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mlovesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Gaslighting
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
bomenvernietiger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Infidelity
Louis says some ableist shit. You could interpret this as the author agreeing with that stuff, but since Louis is an asshole in other portions of the book too, I think it's just a symptom of the assholery.archaicgambit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Medical trauma
Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Antisemitism
paulrichard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Animal death and Child death
Moderate: Racial slurs and Terminal illness
chloseencounter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
asourceoffiction's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Firstly, the less you know about this story, the better! I had never seen the adaptations and I had no idea how incredibly rich this narrative was going to be. I also saw early on that, while this is one of King's scariest books, it isn't full of traditional horror tropes and jump scares. The horror comes from fear, from grief and from the anticipation of what the hell might happen next.
What I love about King's books is the writing; he can create entire worlds you can be completely immersed in. I felt everything Louis Creed and his family were feeling (including the increasing sense of dread as the book went on), and I fell in love with their messy, normal life. I also loved Jud, Louis's kindly, mysterious and occasionally creepy neighbour. But I could never tell where the evil was going to emerge; I just knew it was going to happen.
Half way through I decided that this wasn't a horror story, but more an examination of the effect tragedy and grief can have. By the end, I still believed all of that but I had also been proven very wrong; this is most definitely a horror. And it's an absolutely brilliant one.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, and Murder