Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Cujo by Stephen King

19 reviews

skelleybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

jacob_dion's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

hk848's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Excrement, and Vomit

pastel_princess's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jinni's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship

taviarz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Bad but entertaining

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

neptunereign's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

rhunziker's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was better than I expected. There are so many unanswered questions and interesting suggestions you are left to ponder after reading this book. Honestly, I am happy to do so. Usually, it would drive me nuts to have these questions answered but it works for this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, and Infidelity