Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

44 reviews

abookplaylist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

"il suo sangue non aveva sete, si faceva servire, si faceva venerare con il sacrificio altrui. Sacrifici di sangue. L'unica cosa che era richiesta al sangue era di scorrere.... E scorrere... E scorrere."

Ho iniziato questa saga perché spinta dal consiglio di un amico per me molto importante e la continuerò per lo stesso motivo, ma quantomeno a mio parere questo primo volume è stato una supercazzola non indifferente.
Partendo dal presupposto che fino ad un buon 70% mi sono annoiata come non mai, il libro inizia ad essere interessante per il restante 30%.
L'uomo in nero lo considero un cattivo coi fiocchi e Roland per il momento riesco solo a paragonarlo a Shadow di American Gods.
Per il momento resto tiepida a riguardo di questa saga, mi esprimerò più avanti

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Excrement, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Stalking, Abandonment, and Alcohol

abernathy_33's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual violence

gabbyeleene's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.0

I DNF’d this book once before and was determined to finish it this time. I have absolutely no idea what I read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gun violence

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia and Rape

steven_v's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

matthewosborne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Different from any other Stephen king book I’ve read with shades of Eyes of the Dragon and the Talisman.

At times a little hard to follow but an oddly addictive read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

barefootsierra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

meraru's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

erin_codes's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

3.5

The book is slow and the writing is indicative of a freshman author, not bad but not good. But it was an easy read. I was able to read it within a week, and I’m a slow reader. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Rape, and Abandonment

celey's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Well written, hauntingly strange, dreamlike high fantasy with a grounded touch. Explores the dark side of a world that’s dying, or perhaps already dead. Confusing and hard to follow sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Rape