Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Misery by Stephen King

52 reviews

booksandteatime's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Addiction, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Car accident, Confinement, Kidnapping, Body horror, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, and Violence

mrmarshall591's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Addiction

laurataylor's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Torture

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Excrement, Fatphobia, Death, Rape, Gaslighting, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Eating disorder, Car accident, Vomit, Sexism, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Gun violence

augustst's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

Minor: Vomit and Eating disorder

atthehuskinbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Body shaming

cameron_cassidy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Self harm, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

mickraine's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Torture, Alcoholism, Child death, Kidnapping, Addiction, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Car accident, Alcohol, Gore, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, and Body shaming

Minor: Racism and Rape

dkaren00's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Very engrossing, as King books tend to be. The ending lacked the punch that I desired, but the journey was worth it, and definitely went harder than I expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death, Torture, Vomit, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Child death and Drug use

katiejackson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I've read a lot of King books, and I have to say, this one is by far one of the best ones I've read so far. I'd say it's now in my top five King books. Unbelievably tense, atmospheric and sad. I've noticed a recurring theme in the books I've his that I've loved, all of them are about an author. Annie is one of the most terrifying unhinged characters I have ever read about, but at the same time, it made her incredibly interesting to read about. I was so tense the whole time reading it I couldn't put it down! So good in a morbid kind of way. One of his best written works to date. Do yourself a favour, if you want isolated, uncomfortable, sad, tense, atmospheric psychological horror, pick this book up as soon as possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Body horror, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail