Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Under the Dome by Stephen King

33 reviews

mayakinsley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

jordannw's review against another edition

3.0

It was a very slow read. I was also reading it during the start of the semester, so that took a while longer, but it's just very slow paced. It got interesting in the last 100-200 pages of the story, but other than that there were just a few interesting, fast paced moments every now and then. Several times I did gasp out loud at the shock, and sometimes the gore.
It's a largely character driven story, and I highly enjoyed that aspect of the novel. There were characters I loved, characters I absolutely despised, and characters that were just okay. I grew to love even someone of the most minor characters, however. Even the little puppies of the story.
The ending/solution to the main plot was subpar. I didn't exactly enjoy the "big reveal." It was pretty lackluster, and honestly not even revealed in a notable way. You'd think something like a huge plot reveal in a 1000+ page novel would be a big moment, but not really.

Overall, my time reading this was just okay. However, now that I've finished the novel I probably won't be able to stop thinking about it for a while. The characters and stories of said characters will stick with me. King really does know how to write realistic characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, and Murder

btrz7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury