Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

De Shining by Stephen King

321 reviews

maysiebe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dev0225's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Phenomenal! Maybe King’s best work. SO much better than the movie. The psychological depth of the characters, especially Jack as he spirals and lets evil take hold of the worst parts of him, is so well done! Intense and unnerving but not without hope and important glimmers of goodness all said and done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

marimaria's review against another edition

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

4.0

I would recommend reading this book if you're a fan of the film. They're very different from each other, so reading this was like a whole different experience to watching the film. I like how fleshed out the characters were, and the scenes were very descriptive. There was definitely a lot of detailed descriptions of violent occurrences in story. And the atmosphere was just so creepy. I think King was able to capture that really well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Blood

esgrace04's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

terrifying and devastating. suddenly i understand why stephen king hated kubrick’s adaptation (lol). but truly, king is such a master at writing nuanced characters and stories. each perspective is so rich and clear, every voice having its own distinct style without taking you out of the story. 

seeing jack’s perspective go from his own mind to the hotel’s mind is as devastating as it is horrifying. i truly grew to love that troubled man i’m genuinely so sad that he didn’t make it

left me with not just a pit in my stomach (which it did), but a glimmer of hope for the characters i grew to care so much about. 
long story short, worth the read and DEFINITELY as good as everyone says, if not better!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Murder

martestbr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

pierre7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aaliyahwalker's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

alvinsjoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

A very fun and interesting read. Stephen King really shows his creativity and talent for writing suspenseful stories and loveable characters in this book. Some parts felt long and unnecessary but it didn’t bother me that much because the rest was amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Racial slurs, Self harm, and Car accident

nigrumcattus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

greytai's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Disliked the writing from the perspective of Hallorann, it just felt awkward being written from a white guy. I wish Danny's coming of age too rearly moment was more focused on, but he comes of age too much- he's an 8 year old ghat truly can't process whats going on. But really enjoyed the Hotel coming alive and interacting with the character. The wholesome ending was cute and enjoyable though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism