Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Misery by Stephen King

198 reviews

wickedbastard's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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? No

3.0

Surprisingly not very impacted by this book. I found it didn't really live up to the hype. There was a brief moment in the middle where I thought it started to pick up steam, when we find out a lot of backstory information about Annie Wilkes, but the moment doesn't last.

It's possible that the narrator wasn't really doing it for me, in which case I'd love to re-read Misery someday in paper.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs

nathan_ryan's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

lyndsmarie321's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Suspenseful, mysterious, twisted, and gory. Seemed fitting for an October-November read. Better than some of the other King books I've read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

A classic King horror. It's also a film I've always been too scared to watch, so I had very few preconceptions (apart from the well known) going in. And it was absolutely brilliant.

Sometimes the pace is agonisingly slow, drawing every scrap of tension from the moment that it can. The first time Paul gets out of his room I was completely on edge the entire time. I was so grateful to get to the first section of Misery's Return, where I felt safe, albeit briefly.

Between Paul's ramblings and the increasingly frenzied pace (and plot) of Misery's Return, we can brilliantly see how his state of mind deteriorates over the time he's trapped. The more Paul suffers, the more we get to know Annie, and the more hopeless everything seems.

Even by the very end, the tension can't immediately dissipate. I was hooked from the beginning, this was a fantastic spooky book perfect to read on Halloween!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Violence, and Murder

happymi's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

imrg's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

sassyykassie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

yellowease's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

taliabahar's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture