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'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-In) by Stephen King

81 reviews

valkyriecain82's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

sc_schwartzm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Alcohol

libraryofdoe's review against another edition

Not only is this a dnf, it’s the reason I cleared out my entire Stephen King collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

jexjthomas's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, and Car accident

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Pregnancy

normalview's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction and Child death

Minor: Animal death

sharkbooiii766's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, and Car accident

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Suicide

zenzi2read's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

King made a few decisions that undercut the tension and destroyed the pacing of this vampire novel. The novel starts with a pre-log that explains that Salems lot is now a Ghost Town. Less than 10 of the towns inhabitants, which numbered more than 1000 are alive in accounted for. Then we flashback. our protagonist arriving, this would be an fine device if we moved into the main plot at that point instead the first half of the book introduces us to more than 20 town people with their own subplots and back stories. Not only is this a lot of material to keep track of, but it’s all for naught. When the action starts in the second half their lives and backstory serve no purpose that moves the plot or makes you mourn their loss. And despite the amount of time spent with our characters before the horror begins, their back stories feel shallow. Ben was married before, but what does that mean? Who is he? he’s nice and he’s a writer. There’s not much more to him than that. Most of the men are in this book. Nice, but homophobic, even tempered men. The women are essentially children each, and every one of them is a brat! that being said, I think Kings take on vampirism is a better one than most. He concentrates on the horror of this Apex predator and removes the idea of seduction entirely. This is much closer to Bram Stoker’s idea then much of what’s been written over the last 50 years. You also see King’s talent and weaving multiple POV’s together in its early stages here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexism

madkatrob's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Gore